MPAs have been an integral component of local, national, and international strategies for fisheries management and biodiversity conservation for decades, yet many aspects of MPA implementation and impacts remain uncertain. WWF is hosting a one-day international symposium on November 5, where we will review knowledge of Marine Protected Areas as a foundation for both science-based […]
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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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Leslie lab postdoc Sheila Walsh recently was interviewed about Kiribati, where she conducted her doctoral research, by The Yale Globalist and Change.org. Congrats, Sheila! See: http://environment.change.org/blog/view/theres_no_pro_side_to_sea_level_rise_in_kiribati http://tyglobalist.org/index.php/20091230246/Focus/The-Tides-of-Change.html
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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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Marine biologists are developing an appreciation for conservation, a change that is creating new jobs. Emma Marris reports…. In an article for naturejobs.com, Prof. Leslie and others describe the growing trend in marine conservation science jobs in academia, non profits and the government. For a PDF copy of the article, click here.
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Prof. Leslie published an op-ed on the new ocean policy and the prospects for New England ecosystem-based management in The Providence Journal. For a PDF version of the print article, click here.
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Click here for Peter Lord’s piece in The Providence Journal on the new national ocean policy.
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The President released the National Ocean Policy and the Executive Order on Stewardship of our Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes on Monday, July 19. The Executive Order establishes, for the first time, a comprehensive, integrated national policy for the stewardship of the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes. The new policy will call for comprehensive […]
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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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