The EBM Tools Network is pleased to announce that it will co-host:
Webinar:Â Sharpening Our Focus on MPAs for 2020 and Beyond
Presenters: Jane Lubchenco and Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Dan Laffoley of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, and Naomi Kingston of UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Date/Time:Â Tuesday, December 4, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC [Webinar will last for 1.5 hours]
Webinar: Sharpening Our Focus on MPAs for 2020 and Beyond – Extended Q&A
Presenters: Jane Lubchenco and Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Dan Laffoley of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, and Naomi Kingston of UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Date/Time:Â Monday, December 10, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC
A description of these events and the full list of upcoming EBM Tools Network live events are below.
Featured webinar:
Webinar:Â Sharpening Our Focus on MPAs for 2020 and Beyond
Presenters: Jane Lubchenco and Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Dan Laffoley of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, and Naomi Kingston of UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Date/Time:Â Tuesday, December 4, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC [Webinar will last for 1.5 hours]
Description: As countries work toward meeting their Aichi and SDG targets of protecting 10% of the ocean by 2020, and as post-2020 agenda discussions begin, many players are wrestling with the confusion around the plethora of types of MPAs and other related conservation measures. Fortunately, clarity surrounding many of the key issues is emerging. This webinar will describe the consensus arising from multiple recent MPA workshops, including answers to these questions: What is (and is not) an MPA? What standards should all MPAs meet? What are Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) and how do they relate to MPAs?  IUCN already recognizes different types of MPAs according to their management objectives and governance arrangements, but is there a simple set of categories to describe the level of protection afforded by an MPA?  What outcomes are likely from different levels of protection?  Recognizing that it often takes time and multiple steps to establish a new MPA, when during the process should a new MPA be ‘counted’ in official tallies of total protection for a country or the world? Presentations will last approximately one hour, with the final half-hour reserved for questions. Please note: There will also be a one-hour live chat session on Monday, December 10, at 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC to provide additional opportunity for questions and discussion with the presenters on this topic.Â
Co-sponsors:Â NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EfNGiLkUSCuqVaTe71_U4A
Webinar: Sharpening Our Focus on MPAs for 2020 and Beyond – Extended Q&A
Presenters: Jane Lubchenco and Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Dan Laffoley of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, and Naomi Kingston of UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Date/Time: Monday, December 10, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC Description: As countries work toward meeting their Aichi and SDG targets of protecting 10% of the ocean by 2020, and as post-2020 agenda discussions begin, many players are wrestling with the confusion around the plethora of types of MPAs and other related conservation measures. Fortunately, clarity surrounding many of the key issues is emerging. This webinar will describe the consensus arising from multiple recent MPA workshops, including answers to these questions: What is (and is not) an MPA? What standards should all MPAs meet? What are Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) and how do they relate to MPAs? IUCN already recognizes different types of MPAs according to their management objectives and governance arrangements, but is there a simple set of categories to describe the level of protection afforded by an MPA?  What outcomes are likely from different levels of protection?  Recognizing that it often takes time and multiple steps to establish a new MPA, when during the process should a new MPA be ‘counted’ in official tallies of total protection for a country or the world? Please note: This session is an extended question and answer session following the December 4 webinar on this subject. A brief overview of the December 4 presentations will be given at the beginning of this session, and a recording of the December 4 session will be sent to all preregistrants for the December 10 session.
Co-sponsors:Â NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RjPas1vhTXOyQ0L5x1bQgw
Other upcoming EBM Tools Network events:
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Webinar:Â New Study Highlights Need to Tackle Fisheries and Climate Together
Presenter: Steve Gaines and Chris Costello of UCSB and Kristin Kleisner and Merrick Burden of EDF
Date/Time:Â Thursday, November 15, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC
Description: The world’s oceans have the potential to be significantly more plentiful than today even with climate change, provided good management practices are put in place and warming is held to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, according to the first-of-its kind study (http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaao1378). The study shows that compared to today, estimated future global outcomes include a $14 billion USD increase in profits, 25 billion additional servings of seafood, and 217 million more metric tons of fish in the sea – nearly a third more fish than exist today, if we can meet the imperative of the Paris Climate Accord and ensure global temperatures don’t rise beyond 2 degrees Celsius. Co-authors will discuss the findings and implications of the paper, as well as what is already being done by governments around the world to address climate change impacts on fisheries and people around the globe.
Co-sponsors:Â EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YniKAtwWSm-_JKK5FL_lmQ
Webinar:Â Sharpening Our Focus on MPAs for 2020 and Beyond
Presenters: Jane Lubchenco and Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Dan Laffoley of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, and Naomi Kingston of UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Date/Time:Â Tuesday, December 4, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC [Webinar will last for 1.5 hours]
Description: As countries work toward meeting their Aichi and SDG targets of protecting 10% of the ocean by 2020, and as post-2020 agenda discussions begin, many players are wrestling with the confusion around the plethora of types of MPAs and other related conservation measures. Fortunately, clarity surrounding many of the key issues is emerging. This webinar will describe the consensus arising from multiple recent MPA workshops, including answers to these questions: What is (and is not) an MPA? What standards should all MPAs meet? What are Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) and how do they relate to MPAs?  IUCN already recognizes different types of MPAs according to their management objectives and governance arrangements, but is there a simple set of categories to describe the level of protection afforded by an MPA?  What outcomes are likely from different levels of protection?  Recognizing that it often takes time and multiple steps to establish a new MPA, when during the process should a new MPA be ‘counted’ in official tallies of total protection for a country or the world? Presentations will last approximately one hour, with the final half-hour reserved for questions. Please note: There will also be a one-hour live chat session on Monday, December 10, at 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC to provide additional opportunity for questions and discussion with the presenters on this topic.Â
Co-sponsors:Â NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EfNGiLkUSCuqVaTe71_U4A
NEW Q&A SESSION!
Webinar: Sharpening Our Focus on MPAs for 2020 and Beyond – Extended Q&A
Presenters: Jane Lubchenco and Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Dan Laffoley of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, and Naomi Kingston of UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Date/Time: Monday, December 10, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC Description: As countries work toward meeting their Aichi and SDG targets of protecting 10% of the ocean by 2020, and as post-2020 agenda discussions begin, many players are wrestling with the confusion around the plethora of types of MPAs and other related conservation measures. Fortunately, clarity surrounding many of the key issues is emerging. This webinar will describe the consensus arising from multiple recent MPA workshops, including answers to these questions: What is (and is not) an MPA? What standards should all MPAs meet? What are Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) and how do they relate to MPAs? IUCN already recognizes different types of MPAs according to their management objectives and governance arrangements, but is there a simple set of categories to describe the level of protection afforded by an MPA?  What outcomes are likely from different levels of protection?  Recognizing that it often takes time and multiple steps to establish a new MPA, when during the process should a new MPA be ‘counted’ in official tallies of total protection for a country or the world? Please note: This session is an extended question and answer session following the December 4 webinar on this subject. A brief overview of the December 4 presentations will be given at the beginning of this session, and a recording of the December 4 session will be sent to all preregistrants for the December 10 session.
Co-sponsors:Â NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RjPas1vhTXOyQ0L5x1bQgw
Webinar:Â Unmanned Systems (UxS): Transforming How We Study and Manage the Marine Environment
Presenter:Â John McDonough of NOAA
Date/Time:Â Thursday, January 10, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC
Description:Â Unmanned Systems (UxS) are transforming how we study and manage the marine environment. This presentation will provide an overview of unmanned aerial systems, unmanned surface vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles, buoyancy gliders, and remotely operated vehicles. Emphasis will be placed on their contributions to establishing and managing marine protected areas.
Co-sponsors:Â NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l4bARAavSjmiCV85_5_dgQ
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Presenters: Eva Papaioannou of the University of Dundee and Rebecca Selden of Rutgers University
Date/Time:Â Thursday, January 31, 11 am US EST/8 am US PST/4 pm UTC
Description: Fish resources in Northeast US are sensitive to the impacts of climate change, with marked shifts in species’ distribution already taking place. Fishing communities’ response strategies to change are frequently neglected within policy, compromising the effectiveness of management schemes. This presentation will describe: 1) how fishing communities in these regions are responding to changes in the abundance and distribution of major commercial species and 2) how key characteristics of the fisheries (e.g., species diversity, gear diversity, vessel mobility, quota and permitting systems, proximity to fishing grounds) and fishing communities shape their choice of response strategies (e.g., changes in fishing effort, port of landing, and target species). This presentation will draw from research on New England lobster fisheries and mid-Atlantic Bight trawl fisheries. Results from these types of studies are critical for the development of climate-ready fisheries management and community adaptation plans.
Co-sponsors: EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RiwCqw_aRhqkyAtOX0d5FA
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Webinar:Â Principles for Investment in Sustainable Wild-Caught Fisheries
Presenter:Â Tim Fitzgerald of EDF
Date/Time:Â Thursday, February 6, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC
Description: Although billions of public and private dollars are invested in fisheries every year, more often than not, sustainability is neither the driver nor the intended outcome of those investment dollars. These Principles were created to help change that dynamic. Launched at the World Ocean Summit 2018, the Principles provide investors with certainty about the specific challenges and enabling conditions in wild-caught fisheries, while also generating confidence that building environmental and social sustainability into fisheries will yield a strong return on their investment. Since their release earlier this year, the Principles have garnered commitments from more than two dozen investors, project developers, philanthropies and conservation organizations, and we are eager to continue to grow this network of influential actors to help spur global sustainability for fisheries and fishing communities. The Principles cover everything from data-poor fisheries to human rights  and food security. They align with IFC Performance Standards and UN Principles of Responsible Investment and are designed to help advance at least five of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more information, you can access the Principles here: http://www.fisheriesprinciples.org.
Co-sponsors:Â EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)
Register:Â https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kN88xczoSU646vVH985iDg
Best wishes for your work,
Sarah Carr
Network Coordinator
Coastal-Marine EBM Tools Network
Co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe
via Foro de Medio Ambiente e Investigaciones Marinas