COAST Card Research Consortium releases first newsletter
The Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST) Card is an international, transdisciplinary research program seeking to foster solutions to global sustainability challenges. This project brings together researchers from the USA, Japan, Philippines, Norway, and India. COAST Card merges three tools: socio-ecological network analyses; socio-environmental report cards; and system dynamics models. You can subscribe to the COAST Card e-news for updates. Follow COAST card on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Professional certificate opportunity and environmental management course now available online
On February 15, we launched our first professional certificate program in Environmental Management for Sustainability on EdX, an online learning platform for open online courses. Four courses make up the certificate. All courses are self-paced and available in five languages (English, Spanish, Filipino, Japanese, and Hindi). A professional certificate is available for verified learners, and all content is available for free. For more information, visit our certificate page on EdX.
Welcome, Kelly!
At the end of September, Kelly Dobroski joined the IAN team as a Science Communicator. Her background includes a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, where she used drone technology to map coastal marshes and mangroves. During her masters, she studied environmental communications and geospatial analyses to convey technical information to broad audiences. Kelly worked with the North Carolina Coastal Federation to develop a state-wide action plan to implement nature-based stormwater strategies to reduce flooding and improve water quality. When she's not communicating science, you can find Kelly running, paddling, and baking.
Subscribe to the COAST Card Research Consortium newsletter
The Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST) Card is an international, transdisciplinary research program seeking to foster solutions to global sustainability challenges. This project brings together researchers from the USA, Japan, Philippines, Norway, and India. COAST Card merges three tools: socio-ecological network analyses; socio-environmental report cards; and system dynamics models. You can subscribe to the COAST Card e-news for updates. Follow COAST card on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
2020 Coastal Georgia Report Card now available
This is the seventh Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card. Georgia DNR has been creating report cards since 2014, when IAN helped kick off the process. This report card updates indicators and methods. New indicators added were dissolved oxygen, spotted seatrout, and bald eagles. Overall, Coastal Georgia received a score of 77%, a B+.
Subscribe to the COAST Card Research Consortium newsletter
The Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation (COAST) Card is an international, transdisciplinary research program seeking to foster solutions to global sustainability challenges. This project brings together researchers from the USA, Japan, Philippines, Norway, and India. COAST Card merges three tools: socio-ecological network analyses; socio-environmental report cards; and system dynamics models. You can subscribe to the COAST Card e-news for updates. Follow COAST card on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
COAST Card at the 24th International RiverSymposium
Our COAST Card team virtually presented at the 24th International RiverSymposium, on topics including how report cards help inform environmental management, stakeholder engagement and environmental justice, and how to build better relationships with international teams. Strategies like these help advance the effort of moving from healthy rivers to resilient rivers. In addition to presentations by our international team, Dr. Bill Dennison and Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen facilitated a workshop with the James River Association to share success stories of using report cards to catalyze meaningful action. To learn more about the conference, visit riverysymposium.com.
COAST Card: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Workshop
Dr. Bill Dennison, Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, and Kelly Dobroski participated in a five-day session on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning hosted by the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on November 7–11, 2021. COAST Card partners from the US and Philippines delivered lectures on ecosystem-based management, Manila Bay natural resources, and stakeholder engagement practices. After two days of presentations, IAN staff facilitated a three-day Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Workshop. This workshop revealed the values and threats to Manila Bay, additional stakeholders to engage, and a shared vision. Four key areas of coastal planning were addressed: data availability, user compatibility, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation. Equipped with these tools, the Philippines DENR will host similar workshops to continue engaging additional stakeholders as they work to develop a spatial plan for Manila Bay. Interested in viewing the first two days of presentations? Watch the Day 1 session here, and Day 2 session here.