Belize established early fisheries legislation and the first marine reserve in 1987 to manage coastal areas. In 1989, a workshop introduced the concept of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) and recommended forming a coastal zone management advisory board and planning unit. Major issues in coastal management included increasing population along the coast, expanding agriculture and tourism, and associated impacts. A Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute were established in 1999 through a Coastal Zone Management Act to oversee a coastal zone management plan using an integrated approach.
Managing and Conserving Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Centr...Iwl Pcu
Presentation during the focused learning discussion on Marine Fisheries at the 4th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference.
Barbara Hanchard
Project Coordinator
Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project www.ffa.int
Transform Aqorau, Forum Fisheries Agency
Presentation given during the 5th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Cairns, Australia (during the host region project results and expectations session).
Presented by Maria Elena B. San Jose, MPA, Coastal Management Coordinator of the Provincial Environment Management Office during the Seminar on Environmental Laws and Enforcement for the Police Environment Desk Officers and Members of Task Force Ilahas. The said seminar was attended by 75 participants held at the Goverrnor's Hall, Capitol Building, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental on 18-19 September 2013.
Marine Reserves in the Philippines: Challenges, Success and Perspectives (IWC...Iwl Pcu
E. D. Gomez and P. M. Aliño, The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines'
Presentation given during the 5th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Cairns, Australia (during the pre-conference workshop marine ecosystems, Global Change and Marine Resources).
Managing and Conserving Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Centr...Iwl Pcu
Presentation during the focused learning discussion on Marine Fisheries at the 4th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference.
Barbara Hanchard
Project Coordinator
Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project www.ffa.int
Transform Aqorau, Forum Fisheries Agency
Presentation given during the 5th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Cairns, Australia (during the host region project results and expectations session).
Presented by Maria Elena B. San Jose, MPA, Coastal Management Coordinator of the Provincial Environment Management Office during the Seminar on Environmental Laws and Enforcement for the Police Environment Desk Officers and Members of Task Force Ilahas. The said seminar was attended by 75 participants held at the Goverrnor's Hall, Capitol Building, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental on 18-19 September 2013.
Marine Reserves in the Philippines: Challenges, Success and Perspectives (IWC...Iwl Pcu
E. D. Gomez and P. M. Aliño, The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines'
Presentation given during the 5th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Cairns, Australia (during the pre-conference workshop marine ecosystems, Global Change and Marine Resources).
CHINA’S SUSTAINABLE OCEAN AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN 21ST CENTURYIwl Pcu
Ocean is a treasure house of resources, including minerals (sand, polymetallic nodules, cobalt crust, hydrothermal vents) energy (oil and gas, gas hydrate)and food ( fish etc.) for sustainable human development .
In April 1998, a small indigenous community began one of the earliest Community-managed Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in Fiji, beginning a decade of commitment to protecting reef life for future generations. The project was a founder member of the Fiji Locally Managed Marine Areas (FLMMA) network, and one of the few FLMMA projects to include an
income-generating community-managed tourism operation.
Annual biological monitoring since the project’s inception, undertaken by a team of scientists and community members,
utilised in-water survey methods, including Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) for key invertebrate species, Manta Tows for
broad-scale habitat and invertebrate assessment, Point Intercept Transects for coral cover, and Fish Underwater Visual Census (UVC). These surveys demonstrated increased fish populations within the MPA after 3 years, and increased invertebrate populations after 5 years. Fish and invertebrates important to local subsistence and commerce are harvested in the spill-over area near the MPA. Some poaching occurs inside the MPA, so far not significantly impacting overall populations, suggesting the ecosystem is now adequately robust to withstand some harvesting.
Coral growth was retarded by a bleaching event in 2000, but herbivory has reduced macroalgal cover within the MPA,
creating better coral-growth substrate, accelerating coral settlement and recovery in comparison with heavily fished areas where macroalgae covers most available substrate, preventing new coral settlement. A small coral restoration project is thriving inside the MPA.
Socio-economic surveys have shown the MPA to have economic and social importance to the local inhabitants, and the value of the MPA as a reserve for conservation and future fish stocks has been reinforced by the income-generating potential of eco-tourism activities.
Keywords: Community Managed Marine Areas, Ecotourism, Sustainable development, Long-term biological monitoring, Coral bleaching, Habitat phase shift.
Why can't programmers test and what can you do about it?
Do your developers take part in testing tasks?
Fact! [Most] developers are not good testers.
So how can we help then out?
Full webinar recording here:
https://www.practitest.com/qa-learningcenter/webinars/developer-testing-webinar/
Presentation at the Nordic Data Journalism Conference 2016 in Helsinki, Finland about the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the need of a Data Revolution that includes using Open Data and Responsible Data practices. Notes can be found on http://bit.ly/noda16-pernillan
The same world class specialists who treat patients at our main campus in NYC will soon be available close to your home. Easily accessible from I-95 using exit 9, our new Stamford office will offer medical diagnosis, pre-and post-operative care, non-surgical management of injuries and joint pain, MRI, x-rays and more.
To request an appointment with an HSS physician at the Stamford location, please contact the HSS Physician Referral Service by calling 1.877.606.1555 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm ET).
CHINA’S SUSTAINABLE OCEAN AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN 21ST CENTURYIwl Pcu
Ocean is a treasure house of resources, including minerals (sand, polymetallic nodules, cobalt crust, hydrothermal vents) energy (oil and gas, gas hydrate)and food ( fish etc.) for sustainable human development .
In April 1998, a small indigenous community began one of the earliest Community-managed Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in Fiji, beginning a decade of commitment to protecting reef life for future generations. The project was a founder member of the Fiji Locally Managed Marine Areas (FLMMA) network, and one of the few FLMMA projects to include an
income-generating community-managed tourism operation.
Annual biological monitoring since the project’s inception, undertaken by a team of scientists and community members,
utilised in-water survey methods, including Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) for key invertebrate species, Manta Tows for
broad-scale habitat and invertebrate assessment, Point Intercept Transects for coral cover, and Fish Underwater Visual Census (UVC). These surveys demonstrated increased fish populations within the MPA after 3 years, and increased invertebrate populations after 5 years. Fish and invertebrates important to local subsistence and commerce are harvested in the spill-over area near the MPA. Some poaching occurs inside the MPA, so far not significantly impacting overall populations, suggesting the ecosystem is now adequately robust to withstand some harvesting.
Coral growth was retarded by a bleaching event in 2000, but herbivory has reduced macroalgal cover within the MPA,
creating better coral-growth substrate, accelerating coral settlement and recovery in comparison with heavily fished areas where macroalgae covers most available substrate, preventing new coral settlement. A small coral restoration project is thriving inside the MPA.
Socio-economic surveys have shown the MPA to have economic and social importance to the local inhabitants, and the value of the MPA as a reserve for conservation and future fish stocks has been reinforced by the income-generating potential of eco-tourism activities.
Keywords: Community Managed Marine Areas, Ecotourism, Sustainable development, Long-term biological monitoring, Coral bleaching, Habitat phase shift.
Why can't programmers test and what can you do about it?
Do your developers take part in testing tasks?
Fact! [Most] developers are not good testers.
So how can we help then out?
Full webinar recording here:
https://www.practitest.com/qa-learningcenter/webinars/developer-testing-webinar/
Presentation at the Nordic Data Journalism Conference 2016 in Helsinki, Finland about the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the need of a Data Revolution that includes using Open Data and Responsible Data practices. Notes can be found on http://bit.ly/noda16-pernillan
The same world class specialists who treat patients at our main campus in NYC will soon be available close to your home. Easily accessible from I-95 using exit 9, our new Stamford office will offer medical diagnosis, pre-and post-operative care, non-surgical management of injuries and joint pain, MRI, x-rays and more.
To request an appointment with an HSS physician at the Stamford location, please contact the HSS Physician Referral Service by calling 1.877.606.1555 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm ET).
Drugs in the Classroom data is from the 2010 study compiled by Monitoring the Future.
Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991). In addition, annual follow-up questionnaires are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation. The Monitoring the Future Study has been funded under a series of investigator-initiated competing research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a part of the National Institutes of Health. MTF is conducted at the Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
You can see the infographic on drug use here
http://www.homehealthtesting.com/infographic/teen-drug-use.html
Applying an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management: focus on seamou...Iwl Pcu
Carl Gustaf Lundin
IUCN (Indian Ocean Seamounts)
Presentation given during the 5th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Cairns, Australia (during the pre-conference workshop marine ecosystems, Global Change and Marine Resources).
Presentation of Ileana Lopez (MsC), SPAW Protocol Programme Officer & Secretariat of the Cartagena Convention representative, at the eebinar "Herbivorous Fish to improve Coral Reef Health: Scientific and regional regulatory measure", held on June 25th, 2020.
Workshop 7: Building Partnerships and Alliances to Scale Up Climate-smart and Adaptation Solutions in the Caribbeanat The Caribbean-Pacific Agri-Food Forum 2015 (CPAF2015) taking place 2-6 November in Barbados with support from the Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy programme, organized in partnership with the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). http://www.cta.int/en/news/caribbean-pacific-agri-food-forum.html
The Youth’s Role in Reconciling Development and Environmental SustainabilityFernando Penarroyo
Environmental Rights: Legal and Institutional Framework; Development and Environment Protection;Energy Transition and Digital Transformation; Environment, Social, and Governance
Youth’s Role in Environmental Protection
Valuation of Marine Ecosystem Goods & Services in the Caribbean: A review and...Iwl Pcu
7th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference in Barbados Presentation on Valuation of Marine Ecosystem Goods & Services in the Caribbean by Patrick Debels and Laverne Walker
GEF and Integration of Activities in Biodiversity and International Waters Iwl Pcu
Development Objective: To Contain Existing Damage and Prevent Further Environmental Degradation of the Gulf of Aqaba’s Coast, Coral Reefs and Marine Ecosystem.
