Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management - An Introductory Guide
Healthy marine and coastal ecosystems provide valuable services, from food security, resources for economic growth and recreation to tourism and coastline protection. Published by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
this guide on Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), seeks to assist countries and communities to take steps towards making marine and coastal ecosystem-based management operational, from strategic planning to on-site implementation. It outlines operational considerations in an accessible language, drawing upon practical experiences and lessons across the globe, from tropical coastlines to temperate estuaries and polar ocean ecosystems.
IAN staff attended the 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in Fiji in early December, setting up our first IAN conference booth. Our booth proved extremely popular, with almost all of our materials ravaged by the end of the first day! The conference itself was a fantastic opportunity to meet Pacific-based colleagues that we've worked with virtually, and to catch up with others. IAN diagrams and reports were featured in several keynote presentations and workshops throughout the conference, and we've started lining up potential new collaborations for the next few years. The word is getting out!