Posts by Beth Pike
Effective Protections are needed to Restore Marine Life and Ensure a Resilient Future
The world faces the dual challenges of biodiversity loss paired with a rapidly changing climate and many scientists point to the urgent need to increase effective global marine protection to at least 30% by 2030. Known as “30×30,” this worldwide campaign is designed to apply pressure to nations currently negotiating a new agreement on conservation…
Read MoreNewly released MPA Guide assessments of Canadian federal MPAs published on MPAtlas.org
This week, MPAtlas history was made, as the first regional application of The MPA Guide framework was released for 18 Canadian marine protected areas. Evaluating Canadian MPAs necessitates careful consideration of important Indigenous fishing rights which are closely entwined with marine protections in Canada. Little is known about the impacts—or even the possible biodiversity benefits—of…
Read MoreA (Marine) Conservation Carol: A Visit from the Ghost of Conservation Past
https://marine-conservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MPAtlas-Past-Blog-.mp3 A Decade (2011 – 2020) of Marine Conservation in Review Declared the UN Decade of Biodiversity, the past ten years brought about a lot of change in the field of marine conservation. At the beginning of the decade, the conservation of our oceans lagged behind the efforts to protect land with only about 2%…
Read MoreCoalition urges support to protect and conserve at least 30% of the global ocean.
Marine Conservation Institute Joins Coalition Statement to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Support of Conserving 30% of the Global Ocean “We need more humility as humans” and to give nature the respect it deserves, so we can “guarantee the future of the next generation, and this future begins now.”- Ludovic Burns Tuki The statement…
Read MoreWorking to Ensure Effective Marine Conservation at the 6th International Marine Conservation Congress
Science advances and good ideas spread in the scientific community when members get together at conferences. Marine Conservation Institute’s team of scientists recently attended , virtually that is, the 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC6). They played a very busy role co-hosting a two-day workshop, organizing a symposium viewed by over 100 people and giving…
Read MoreLeading the Effort to Ensure that Global Marine Protection Efforts Fulfill Global Promises
The global community is pushing forward on promises to achieve internationally agreed upon levels of environmental protection, and marine scientists are working diligently to evaluate the efficacy of these actions. Definitions are being refined, levels of protection are being researched, and “on the water” implementation is being evaluated. Marine Conservation Institute is leading this work…
Read MoreMarine Conservation Institute Releases SeaStates US 2017
Our Marine Protection Atlas (MPAtlas.org) team has released its annual review of US marine protection levels for 2017. They update the SeaStates US report annually to ensure it is the most rigorous, quantitative, and topical accounting of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the waters of US coastal states and territories. First published in 2013, the reports…
Read MoreThe Ocean Protection Calculator
Here at MPAtlas.org we often get asked how much of the ocean would be protected as a result of various proposed and promised marine protected areas (MPAs). In order to help visitors to MPAtlas.org see the results for themselves, we’ve created the Ocean Protection Calculator. As you can see from the tool below, it is…
Read MoreMarine Conservation Institute at the 2015 Esri User Conference
Last week, I presented the results of our 2015 SeaStates US report, at the 2015 Esri User Conference in San Diego, California. Marine Conservation Institute and Esri are partners on a wide range of projects and we are grateful that they have supported our conservation work for over a decade. Mapping conservation priorities and assessing…
Read MoreMarine Advocates Win Big at Goldman Environmental Awards
Congratulations to our colleagues Jean Wiener (Haiti) and Howard Wood (United Kingdom), both of whom were recognized this week with a Goldman Environmental Prize for their work in designating marine protected areas in their respective home countries. It is rewarding and encouraging to see accolades given for the hard, often unsung, work that it takes…
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