The Official MPA Blog

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity coming to Scotland from 26-30 September 2011

2010-03-16T09:48:00.000Z

The University of Aberdeen, in partnership with the University of St Andrews, is delighted to be bringing the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity to Scotland from 26-30 September 2011.The conference will provide the premier platform for discussion, dissemination, policy analysis and development of the key issues surrounding marine biodiversity, as well as providing an opportunity for the

CITES Considers Protection for Marine Species

2010-03-16T09:43:00.001Z

Red and pink corals, the Atlantic bluefin tuna, the polar bear and several shark species are being considered for increased protection when the 15th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) convenes in Doha, Qatar, from March 13 to 25...writes Oceana. Sweden (on behalf of the European Union) and the United States have proposed that all species of red and pink

New online training course for reef managers now available

2010-03-16T09:35:00.002Z

The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with NOAA and with support from the MacArthur Foundation, is offering a new virtual training program on Reef Resilience to provide coral reef managers, trainers, and policymakersguidance on building resilience to climate change into the design of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and daily management activities.The course incorporates the new science, lessons

Supplementary guidelines on the application of the protected area (PA) category system in marine environment

2010-03-07T23:50:00.002Z

IUCN WCPA is planning to about prepare some supplementary guidelines on the application of the protected area (PA) category system in marine environment. A survey has been developed to assist in preparation of this document. We are inviting marine experts to 1. Complete the survey and 2. Send this email on to others in your network who you think would have some relevant information and opinions

Changing Oceans Expedition on CNN. How climate change affects our oceans

2009-11-29T16:50:00.000Z

In the run up to Copenhagen, there is a lot of talk about the destruction of forests and air, about carbon trading and clean energy, but very little about the impact of our oceans and climate change. In our oceans, climate goes well beyond melting ice caps and endangered polar bears in the North Pole. Our seas are acidifying at unprecedented levels and the Mediterranean is being invaded by

Register now! European MPA Conference, December 8/9th, 2009, London, UK

2009-11-16T20:54:00.001Z

‘Sea change: securing a future for Europe's seas’ is a International Marine Protected Areas (MPA) conference organised by Natural England in partnership with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and supported by The Crown Estate, Royal Haskoning and the Countryside Council for Wales. It will be held in the centre of London on 8 & 9 December 2009. The conference is designed to stimulate

South Orkneys MPA - a new Antarctic MPA!

2009-11-12T16:32:00.005Z

We very much welcome recent news of the approval of a new marine protected area, south of the South Orkney Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula Region. It covers a large area of the Southern Ocean, in the vicinity of the South Orkney Islands (see map below). The proposal put forward by the UK was adopted by the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) at its meeting last week in

Don’t shun the ocean – IUCN tells climate leaders

2009-11-11T22:11:00.003Z