An essential component of the Blue Solutions Initiative is to collate, document and share successful approaches, or “solutions”, addressing marine and coastal challenges. Click on the link below to access the full publication.
This global study of MPA efficiency suggests MPAs are often unnecessarily expensive in terms of their impact on fisheries, and also miss protecting many unique ecosystems. Click on the link to access the full article.
Vanuatu is leading the Pacific, in terms of ocean management...and is the first country in the region to have an integrated, holistic Ocean Policy. Click on the link below to read the full article.
IUCN has published new Guidelines for invasive species planning and management on Islands...Click on the link below for further details
Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which become destructive to the environment or human livelihoods. Islands are particularly vulnerable to invasive species, owing to the evolution of their native animals and plants in isolation from predators and diseases, and the dependence of island peoples on imports, travel and tourism, which lead to high rates of arrival of new pests.
When the International Astronomical Union changed its definition of what constitutes a planet in our solar system in 2006, demoting hapless Pluto to a dwarf planet, the decision sparked fierce scientific debate and an outcry from the public...Now, the ocean science community may be facing it
The Protected Areas Learning & Research Collaboration (PALRC) is proud to launch the new round of scholarships for students undertaking study in 2018. Applications for this round close 30 April 2018.Click on link below for more details.
When each of us faces a challenge in life, our first reaction is often to ask a trusted friend or colleague, "Have you also faced this" If so, how did you handle it"" It"s the same in MPA planning and management.
Sustained observations of marine biodiversity and ecosystems focused on specific conservation and management problems are needed around the world to effectively mitigate or manage changes resulting from anthropogenic pressures. Click on the link below to access the full paper.
Lincoln University and the Department of Conservation are teaming up to meet "a desperate need" in the parks and recreation sector. Click on the link below to read the full article.