Cambridge World Ocean Day Event – Tues 8th June, 1 – 2.30 pm London (BST).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Cambridge Conservation Forum Marine (CCFMarine), in association with the Cambridge University Marine Conservation Society (CUMCS), will be celebrating World Oceans Day 2021 with an online event. This year, the World Ocean Day theme is “The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods”, with an associated conservation action focus on the 30x30 protected area challenge. We will therefore be exploring the challenging issue of the urgency to protect 30% of the ocean, whilst also ensuring that coastal communities and economies dependent on the marine environment recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Five speakers, representing different regions and issues, will present their work and ideas, and we will end with an open discussion. Times and below are approximate – we will be providing a more detailed programme shortly
Speakers:
- Dom Andradi-Brown (WWF- US): Meeting the 30X30 target for the oceans within the context of emerging blue economies and recovery from the pandemic
- Todd Steiner (Turtle Island Restoration Network): Cocos-Galapagos swimway: protecting endangered sharks, sea turtles, whales, and the biodiversity of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the expansion of MPAs. (recorded talk)
- Maria Arteaga and/or Claudia Guerrero (CEM), Honduras
- Alice Pires (Rare), Mozambique
- Tammy Davies (Birdlife), OSPAR NACES High Seas MPA
The meeting will be recorded and made available for those unable to join live.
If you are interested in the general topic of marine protected areas and COVID-19 recovery, this paper might be useful:
Parks Journal 27 - Special Issue on COVID-19, March 2021: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.PARKS-27-SICP.en
Carol Phua, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Shauna L. Mahajan, Kirk Larsen, Stephen Friel, Russell Reichelt, Marc Hockings, David Gill, Laura Veverka, Richard Anderson, Lovasoa Cédrique Augustave, Awaludinnoer, Tadzio Bervoets, Kitty Brayne, Rili Djohani, Joan Kawaka, Fabian Kyne, January Ndagala, Jenny Oates, Kennedy Osuka, Mosor Prvan, Nirmal Shah, Fabio Vallarola, Lauren Wenzel, Hesti Widodo and Sue Wells
Marine protected and conserved areas in the time of COVID
Supplementary Online Material: Marine case studies compilation