MEAM (Marine Ecosystems and Management) Newsletter – July-August 2016
Money matters: Financing multi-sector ocean planning and management. Finding additional funding for critical activities can be a big – if not the biggest – challenge for ocean planners and managers. Read more about financing multi-sector marine planning and management.
Tundi’s Take: We need investments in ocean management, not just welfare. “I would argue that the biggest hindrance to [attracting investment in management] lies in our distaste for performance-based management and a naïve sense that EBM should be done because it is the right thing to do, not because it can profit investors.” Read more.
The EBM Toolbox: Planning for equity: Tools for finding triple bottom line solutions. Learn about tools for assessing equity concerns, measuring equity, and assessing equity tradeoffs in conservation and management decision making.
Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners
- Global information released on economic, social, and cultural values of coastal nature
- Strategies described for minimizing conflicts between offshore wind and fisheries
- MSP challenges and opportunities for ocean businesses analyzed
- Draft ocean plan released for US Mid-Atlantic
- Denmark undertakes MSP process to promote economic growth
- US makes progress towards offshore wind energy
