2022: a year in review
IAN is looking back on a great year in 2022. We continued to collaborate effectively with partners across the globe to assess and encourage responsible environmental stewardship. IAN's core principles of effective science communication and stakeholder engagement were evident in all of our work. Report cards, workshops, and scicomm courses forged ahead, many the result of long-standing productive partnerships. Thank you all of our collaborators, partners, colleagues, and staff for a great year, and here's to another great year in 2023!
Notable publications in 2022
- The first-ever Maryland Coastal Adaptation Report Card
- The annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card
- The first-ever Cuando River Basin Report Card
- The annual IAN Report Card
- The first-ever Upper Rio Grande Report Card
- The annual Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card and State of the Bays Report, published every five years
Teaching science communication in 2022
- January: the 4-D REEF Early State Researchers through the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
- June: IMET summer interns
- August: International Seagrass Biology Workshop course and University of South Carolina students
- October: Future Earth Coasts Monsoon School
- December: UMCES REEF Program Course
Online professional certificate in environmental management for sustainability
Our professional certificate program in Environmental Management for Sustainability is available on EdX, an online learning platform for open online courses. All four courses are self-paced. A professional certificate is available for verified learners, and all content is available for free. For more information, visit our certificate page on EdX.
COAST Card Stakeholder Listening Sessions
This year, the COAST Card project launched a series of stakeholder listening sessions in the D.C.-Maryland region to engage with local opinions on river condition and management. Listening sessions were held for three rivers:
- Patuxent River in Maryland
- Potomac River in Maryland/Virginia/D.C.
- Choptank River in Maryland
New partnership in the South Pacific
As part of the PACPATH project, IAN participated in a variety of seminars and workshops this year. These include:
- University of the South Pacific Seminar on SDG 14 Indicators for Pacific Island Countries
- Pacific Ocean Pathways Project Science-Society Council Meeting
- Initial PACPATH workshop in Nouméa, New Caledonia