Webinar on the Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Communities in the Eastern Caribbean

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Webinar on the Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Communities in the Eastern Caribbean

The NOAA National MPA Center, the EBM Tools Network co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org, and MPA News are pleased to announce that they will host a webinar on the Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Communities in the Eastern Caribbean by the Eastern Caribbean Marine Managed Areas Network (ECMMAN). The presentation will be held Thursday, June 23, at 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC. A description of the webinar is below. You can register for the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6950682974112616961. The full list of upcoming EBM Tools Network live events is also below.

Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Communities in the Eastern Caribbean by ECMMAN

Join us for a webinar on Jun 23, 2016 at 1:00 PM EDT.

Register now!

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6950682974112616961

To relieve fishing pressure and provide supplementary income to coastal communities surrounding MPAs, the Eastern Caribbean Marine Managed Areas Network (ECMMAN) is implementing sustainable, alternative livelihood projects on six islands. Supported by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), small livelihood grants were made available to qualified applicants selected by a regional committee. Projects range from eco-tourism cooperatives, agriculture projects, mooring sites, and training a network of fishers and vendors to catch and market invasive lionfish. The projects have effectively equipped displaced fishers and community members with the skills and investment needed to launch micro-enterprises. In this webinar we will hear about the Livelihood Support Fund concept and implementation, as well as from the facilitators of two national projects.

This webinar is presented by Joan Norville, Programme Officer, OECS; Roland Baldeo MPA Coordinator, Grenada Fisheries Division; and Michael Savarin, President, Tan Tan Development Corporation, Dominica.

Webinar co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org).

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Other upcoming EBM Tools Network events:

 

Tuesday, May 17, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC

The View Past Peak Catches: Global Catch Trends in Marine Fisheries by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us and the University of British Columbia. How much fish are we really catching from the world’s oceans? Catch data are important in fisheries research, but the availability of reliable and comprehensive catch data is often taken for granted. In a large number of countries, reliable catch data are not available, and the catch data these countries submit to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are incomplete and highly variable. Given the role of FAO in world fisheries, this means that many of the “big numbers” cited when talking or writing about global fisheries are erroneous. We present a “catch reconstruction” approach that we have applied to all maritime countries of the world to overcome this situation. (Read about this effort in the Nature Communications journal article “Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining”.) In this webinar, we will present our scientific approach, results from several countries illustrating the issues and problems, and the global results as presented in our recent paper. All materials and data for all maritime countries in the world (plus a wide variety of additional data and information items) are freely available for download at www.seaaroundus.org. We always welcome communications and feedback on our work and the data we present. Webinar co-sponsored by the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org) and MEAM. Register for the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1012177793044004355.

 

Thursday, June 2, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC

A Methodology for Assessing the Vulnerability of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change by Wendy Morrison of NOAA. To prepare for and respond to current and future changes in climate and oceans, fisheries managers and scientists need tools to identify what fishery resources may be most vulnerable in a changing climate and why. The NOAA Fisheries Fish Species Climate Vulnerability Assessment Methodology uses information on species life history characteristics, species distributions and projected future climate and ocean conditions to estimate the relative vulnerability of fish species to changes in abundance or productivity (and to some extent distribution). The results help guide additional science to better understand possible climate impacts on fish species or stocks and assist fisheries decision makers in considering how to prepare for and respond to climate-related changes. NOAA scientists recently applied this new methodology to 82 fish and invertebrate species occurring on the US Northeast Shelf to assess the relative vulnerability of these species to climate change. They are in the process of expanding the assessment to additional regions including the US West Coast and Alaska. This webinar will introduce the methodology and use results from the US Northeast assessment to describe the type of information created and potential uses of the results. Learn more about the methodology at https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/Assets/ecosystems/climate/documents/TM%20OSF3.pdf

and http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0146756. Webinar co-sponsored by the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org) and MEAM. Register for the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5688758087253260035.

 

Tuesday, June 7, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC

Using InVEST for Coastal Zone Management in Belize by Katie Arkema of Stanford University, Chantalle Clarke-Samuels of the Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, and Gregg Verutes of WWF. Ocean planning requires balancing numerous competing uses such as recreation and commercial fisheries, tourism, and renewable and nonrenewable energy production. To help meet the demand for information on how human actions affect ecosystems and the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, the Natural Capital Project (NatCap) developed the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) toolkit.

In 2010, Belize’s Coastal Zone Management Authority (CZMAI) partnered with WWF and NatCap to answer the question, “Where should we site coastal and ocean uses to reduce risk to marine ecosystems and enhance benefits they provide to people?” The project team used a risk assessment tool in InVEST to assess how threats to marine ecosystems posed by humans and other factors can modify ecosystem condition and function. They then applied a suite of other models within InVEST to map and measure key ecosystem services – annual production of spiny lobster, tourism and recreation, and coastal protection in this case – and changes in value under different management scenarios. This work informed Belize’s first National Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan which was recently endorsed by the Belize government. Read more about the project at https://www.openchannels.org/node/12032. Webinar co-sponsored by the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org) and MEAM. Register for the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4148382978668819457.

 

Thursday, June 23, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC

Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Communities in the Eastern Caribbean by Joan Norville of OECS, Roland Baldeo of Grenada Fisheries Division, and Michael Savarin of Tan Tan Development Corporation, Dominica. To relieve fishing pressure and provide supplementary income to coastal communities surrounding MPAs, the Eastern Caribbean Marine Managed Areas Network (ECMMAN) is implementing sustainable, alternative livelihood projects on six islands. Supported by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), small livelihood grants were made available to qualified applicants selected by a regional committee. Projects range from eco-tourism cooperatives, agriculture projects, mooring sites, and training a network of fishers and vendors to catch and market invasive lionfish. The projects have effectively equipped displaced fishers and community members with the skills and investment needed to launch micro-enterprises. In this webinar we will hear about the Livelihood Support Fund concept and implementation, as well as from the facilitators of two national projects. Webinar co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org). Register for the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6950682974112616961.

 

Wednesday, July 20, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC

Demonstration of SituMap Multi-User Mapping Application by Seneca Holland of Texas A&M University. SituMap is a multi-user, multi-touch mapping application that cultivates participation, collaboration and conversation. SituMap can be installed on a touch screen device like a Microsoft surface tablet (although keyboard and mouse functionality is also supported) and allows for users to quickly (with very minimal training) map out a situation or identify spatially features that are important to them. All the line work that is drawn in SituMap is spatially defined and can be exported (no digitalizing of hardcopy maps) to a desktop GIS environment for future spatial analysis later. Maps can also be sent out to collaborators via a QR code or email. Learn more about SituMap at http://cartofusiontech.com and view a short video about SituMap’s capabilities at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HqvAgJ-6Lg. Webinar co-sponsored by the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org) and MEAM. Register for the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7141365780279570692.