EBM Tools Network Webinar and Office Hour Series

The EBM Tools Network Webinar Series highlights key tools and tool use case studies to help practitioners learn about tools quickly and determine their suitability for specific EBM projects. Webinars are held 1-3 times per month and typically last 1 hour.

Upcoming EBM Tool Demonstration Webinars

 

Tuesday, June 4, 2 pm US EDT/11 am US PDT/6 pm GMT

Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Environments Webinar #1: Reef Check California,
COASST, and MPA Watch. Thinking
about starting a citizen science program and wondering how to make it successful?
On this webinar, organizers from three marine
citizen science programs along the U.S. West Coast will describe how their
programs work and answer questions from webinar participants. The
webinar will last 1.5 hours to allow ample time for
questions/discussion after the presentations. Featured presenters and projects
are:

·        Jan Friewald from Reef Check
California. Reef
Check California trains and leads volunteer scuba divers as citizen scientists
to conduct surveys of the fish, invertebrate and algae communities on
nearshore rocky reefs to provide data to marine management and foster a science-based
ocean stewardship. Learn more at www.reefcheck.org/rcca/rcca_home.php 

·       Julia Parrish of the University of
Washington. The
Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is a seabird monitoring
program that generates baseline data to help assess patterns of seabird
mortality due to natural and human-induced events across both time and space.
Learn more at http://depts.washington.edu/coasst/what/vision.html 

·       Sarah Sikitch of Heal the Bay. MPA Watch volunteers are trained to
observe and collect human use data on coastal and marine resource use within
and outside marine protected areas (MPAs). This program provides insights on
how people are using recently established MPAs,
and the data can be used to inform MPA management. Learn more at www.healthebay.org/get-involved/volunteer/mpa-watch.

Register for the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/519867936.

 

 

Thursday, June 13, 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT/5 pm GMT

Webinar on Big Ocean MPA Network: Addressing the Common Challenges of Large,
Remote Marine Protected Areas by Aulani Wilhelm of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine
National Monument. Is big always better?  Big Ocean is a network of
managers and partners of existing and proposed large-scale marine managed
areas. The network’s aim is to improve the effectiveness of management efforts,
to serve as a peer learning resource and support system, and to build the
professional standards of practice for large, remote MPAs. The six founding
member sites in Australia, the United States, Kiribati, Chagos (UK) and Chile
represent more than 900,000 mi2 (2.3 million km2) of
ocean ecosystems -- roughly the same size as the Mediterranean Sea. Webinar
co-hosted by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, and OpenChannels. Register
for the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/176985136.

 

Thursday, July 11, 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT/5 pm GMT

Webinar on SocMon: Social Science Monitoring in Coastal
and MPA Management by Peter Edwards of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. How do we know what
impacts MPAs and other coastal management tools are having on the lives of
people who live nearby?  This information is critical for management
decisions, but often lacking. The Global Socioeconomic Monitoring Initiative
for Coastal Management (SocMon) works through regional and local partners to conduct
community-based socioeconomic monitoring.   Partners collect
household and community level data about dependence on coral reef resources,
perceptions of resource conditions, threats to marine and coastal resources,
and support for strategies such as marine protected areas.  Take a look at
some of these monitoring exercises and learn about findings, lessons learned
and challenges facing effective use of human dimensions data as part of coastal
resource management. Webinar co-hosted by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News,
and OpenChannels. Register for the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/971236993. 

 

 

Thursday, July 25, 2 pm
EDT/11 am PDT/6 pm GMT

Webinar Demonstration of COAST by Sam Merrill and JT Lockman of
Catalysis Adaptation. Many communities are ready to take action to adapt to
changing conditions, but may be unsure which actions are good investments. Recent software enhancements in the
Coastal Adaptation to Sea level rise Tool (COAST) help predict and visualize
damages from ranges of sea level rise and storm surge frequency and intensity
and the relative benefits of candidate adaptation responses. COAST output is in
the form of Google Earth-compatible files and tables showing costs versus
benefits (avoided costs) of stakeholder-derived adaptation scenarios. These
outputs have proven effective in helping communities generate policy and
finance innovations necessary for a robust response to the combined threats of
sea level rise and storm surge. The webinar will explore new capabilities of
the tool and provide an array of recent case studies and other software
enhancements underway. The free software is
available online, along with a user's manual and tutorial data sets, at http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/pages/coast.html. Register
for the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/114202440. 

 

 

Thursday, August 8, 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT/5 pm GMT

Webinar on Drawing the Line: Visualizing Global MPA
distribution using Practical Protection Categories with MPAtlas.org
by Lance Morgan and Russell Moffitt of the Marine Conservation Institute. Currently, only
about 1.8% of the world’s oceans are in MPAs; far less than the 12% of land
area that is protected. Of the world’s MPAs, only a small fraction—less than
half—are in areas designated as no-take marine reserves, places where fishing
is prohibited. MPAtlas.org is an interactive online compilation of key information on
the world’s MPAs to help users locate and learn about individual MPAs. Speakers
will discuss country- and regional-level progress towards implementing MPAs and
allow users to obtain information on the distribution of MPAs relative to
social, political, and ecological contexts. Webinar co-hosted by the NOAA National
MPA Center, MPA News, and OpenChannels. Register for the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/834025201. 

 

Wednesday, August 14, 1 pm EDT/10 am PDT/5 pm GMT

Webinar Demonstration of Marine Valuation
Databases by Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership, Earth Economics, and the
Ecosystem Services Partnership. Ecosystem services
valuation data is abundant, yet often hard to find. This is especially true for
the marine world which has seen a proliferation of valuable data coming from a
wide variety of peer-reviewed journals and grey literature. This webinar brings
together three organizations offering tools and databases to ease access to and
the use of valuation information. The Marine
Ecosystem Services Partnership (MESP) offers a
searchable library of marine valuation data, which currently holds over 800
studies. The MESP is also a community of practice updating its members on the
latest news, events, and jobs in the field. Earth Economics recently developed an Ecosystem Valuation Toolkit. Their data
repository is the “world's largest database of published valuation data and
literature from natural and social sciences”. They also offer a self-service
tool to conduct ecosystem service valuation and natural capital appraisal. The Ecosystem
Services Partnership created the Ecosystem
Services Valuation Database (ESVD) which contains original values in monetary
units, organised by service and biome. For this webinar, the Marine
Ecosystem Services Partnership, Earth Economics, and the Ecosystem Services Partnership will each present their databases and tools in a short
presentation followed by a Q&A. Learn more about the Marine Ecosystem
Services Partnership at www.marineecosystemservices.org, Earth Economics at www.esvaluation.org, and Ecosystem Services Partnership
at www.fsd.nl/esp/80763/5/0/50. Register
for the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/160223208. 

 

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