Anthropogenic activities impact terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems globally. Current ecosystem conservation and management financial and effort-realted budgets are limited–how do we prioritize what conservation and restoration efforts to implement first? The fourth and final topic module in the class examines … Continue reading
The third topic module in the class examines the complicated process of monetizing nature, the benefits of doing so, and the associated potential problems or unintended consequences. Module week 1 (10/25/16): Market-based conservation: Win-win-win or veiled green grab? Bateman IJ, Harwood AR, … Continue reading
Status of global fisheries **Manuel Berrio has provided an excellent contemporary bibliography on the status of global fisheries which we’ve uploaded in a separate post on this page** Blaustein R. 2016. United Nations seeks to protect high-seas biodiversity. Bioscience 66:713-719. … Continue reading
Expand this post for a link to the class-participant generated list of ideas on how to get involved in conservation and management of global ocean fishery resources.
The second topic module in the class explores the question of what are relevant ecosystem reference baselines when managing systems in the face of naturally dynamic ecosystems, invasive species introductions, changing stakeholder values, and myriad other anthropogenic drivers? Module week 1 … Continue reading
Class participant Manuel Berrio provided this list of contemporary papers on the status of global fisheries. Thanks Manny! — forwarded material from M. Berrio– Below is a list of references I compiled to track the current status of our debate. … Continue reading
Expand this post for a link to the summary of points of interest regarding the conservation issues addressed during the seminar that participants provided during our first class meeting. Perhaps these may be useful for generating discussion points or debatable claims … Continue reading
We’ll kick off class discussion with readings from the Status of global fisheries topic. Readings are: Module week 1 (9/6/16): Have we fished down marine food webs? Pauly D, Christensen V, Dalsgaard J, Froese R, Torres F. 1998. Fishing down marine … Continue reading
We are a diverse group! Expand this post to see a stem and leaf plot of seminar participants’ expertise.