A team of experts led by Brown University has a plan to advance President Obama’s directive to manage the nation’s waters better. In a paper in Conservation Letters, Leila Sievanen and Heather Leslie – along with a number of other natural and social scientists – offer several recommendations based on a two-year investigation of marine management efforts […]
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Science Careers hosts an array of resources for folks interested in scientific careers in academia, government and the nonprofit and private sectors. They’ve just published a new guide to making the most of research and professional development opportunities, from your undergraduate years on.
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Caribbean and Atlantic coral reefs suffered record losses due to extreme heat in 2005. In the most comprehensive assessment of regional coral bleaching, scientists from over 22 countries, including Brown’s Sheila Walsh, report that over 80% of corals bleached and 40% died. These losses are especially alarming because Caribbean corals are already in peril due […]
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Conservation International just released 3 major publications on a solution to the global ocean crisis. Produced by the Science-to-Action partnership, which includes more than 75 organizations led by Conservation International’s Marine Management Area Science Program, the publications are based on 5 years of natural and social science research in over 70 marine managed areas in 23 […]
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Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment recently published a special issue on science communication and translation. The issue features a guest editorial by Brown alum Andrew Revkin, an overview of how ecologists can more effectively engage in communication and translation of their science by Groffman et al., and a very useful piece on how assessment […]
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On June 18th, the journal Science published a special issue on oceans. Along with a number of reviews (including one by Brown alum John Bruno) and news pieces, it includes a policy forum on the need for ecosystem-based management (and cites Heather’s book, Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans).
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Jane Lubchenco and Nancy Sutley published a Science Policy Forum on the need for a US national ocean policy, as proposed by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. They highlight the need for ecosystem-based management, and particularly more coordinated governance and management institutions, in order to help prevent future disaster like the Gulf oil spill.
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Conservation social science is the study of aspects of human society, including relationships among humans and between humans and their environment, that are relevant to conservation of Earth’s biological diversity. As articles herein emphasize, achieving the vast majority of conservation objectives requires changes in human behavior. Diverse societal structures and processes, from resource tenure systems […]
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