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Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans Book
Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans, published by Island Press, is a comprehensive guide to the science and practice of marine EBM.  The book synthesizes theoretical and empirical knowledge, features case studies of EBM in practice from around the world, and provides tools for the design and implementation of EBM. Targeted for students, scientists, and practitioners, this volume is particularly suitable for upper-level courses in marine management and policy.  Learn more.

Ocean and Coastal EBM Implementation Handbook
The Environmental Law Institute has developed a handbook to identify successful approaches to implementing marine EBM, describe their limitations, and highlight opportunities to apply them in the future. The handbook provides a spectrum of examples that take steps toward EBM. It is designed to share a variety of approaches that may be useful in different settings depending upon regional needs and opportunities. Learn more.

Expanding the Use of EBM in the Coastal Zone Management Act
The Environmental Law Institute has released a report making suggestions for how the Coastal Zone Management Act could be amended to strengthen ecosystem-based management principles.  Learn more.

Science Tools to Implement EBM in Massachusetts Draft Report
The Massachusetts Oceans Act of 2008 requires the Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs to develop a comprehensive ocean management plan, following a scientific and stakeholder process that leads to a draft plan by June 30, 2009, and the final promulgation of the plan by December 31, 2009.  A technical report prepared by MRAG Americas, Incorporated, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, UMass Boston, and the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, provides a framework for implementing EBM and suggests a range of science information tools and their appropriate application to the decision making process. Learn more.

Governance of Marine Ecosystem-Based Management: A Comparative Analysis Discussion
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Environmental Change and Security Program hosted a discussion of “Governance of Marine Ecosystem-Based Management: A Comparative Analysis” on September 29, 2008.  Ecosystem-based management (EBM), which manages ecosystems according to ecological rather than political boundaries, is being promoted as a more holistic and effective approach to conserving vital ecosystem functions. Supported by a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 13 researchers and practitioners analyzed the factors that influence EBM effectiveness, with an emphasis on governance structures. The study assessed how to modify governance structures to facilitate effective EBM; how to generate practical ecological and social indicators for marine EBM; and how to produce analyses and planning materials useful for scientists, EBM practitioners, and policy makers. The panel presented the results of two years of comparative research on four EBM programs. Click here to view a video of this presentation.

SeaWeb EBM Resources Webpages
SeaWeb provides EBM Resources Webpages to provide a comprehensive set of online resources about EBM and assist in communications about EBM. Learn more.

Needs Assessments

EBM Tools and Tools Training Needs Assessment
Results of a survey on what ecosystem-based management (EBM) practitioners need in terms of tools and capacity-building were released in September 2007. The Web and phone survey was prepared by Intelligent Marine Planning and the EBM Tools Network. Respondents shared their views on what they consider as the most severe problems for implementing EBM; the most critical needs for planning and implementing EBM; the importance of increasing awareness of EBM tools; and other data.  Download The Tools Training Needs Assessment document.

Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey Report
The Gulf of Maine EBM Toolkit Survey was conducted in 2007 to help determine the types of tools and information needed to put EBM into practice.  The survey included 55 people involved in ocean and coastal management in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and U.S. and Canadian federal waters.  The report provides region-specific information on management issues to which practitioners seek to apply EBM, critical obstacles to implementing EBM, and tools and information needed to put EBM into practice.  Learn more.

NCEAS 2008 Assessment of Information Needs for Ecosystem-Based Management of Coastal Marine Systems
In 2008, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) conducted a survey of EBM practitioners. The survey was designed to address two primary questions: 1) What types of information might fill gaps or needs in the practice of ecosystem-based management? 2) What might be the most useful ways to share this information with practitioners?  There were 47 respondents from seven geographic regions: western Caribbean, Galapagos/eastern tropical Pacific, Philippines, Gulf of California, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Maine, andsix locations along the West Coast of the United States.  Learn more.

NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal EBM Needs Assessment                                              
NOAA Coastal Services Center released a Coastal EBM Needs Assessment in February 2008.  The assessment looks at results from about 250 respondents regarding their EBM knowledge, attitudes, use, obstacles, and data, tools, and training needs.  Learn more.

Tools for Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based Management:  A Survey and Evaluation Of Utility, Sustainability, and Opportunities for Further Development
In 2004, NatureServe conducted a survey for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation of available tools to assess their range and capabilities that could be useful for coastal marine ecosystem-based management.  The primary objectives for this study were to: 1) develop a hierarchical framework describing the functions of software tools needed to conduct coastal-marine ecosystem-based management (CMEBM); 2) survey existing tools that may support CMEBM and annotate a subset that appears particularly relevant and promising; and 3) conduct workshops of scientists, CMEBM planners and managers, and software developers to evaluate NatureServe's study and make recommendations to the Packard Foundation for funding priorities and strategies for supporting software tools.  Download the Tools for Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based Managementdocument.