Extended Sessions
On Tuesday afternoon three concurrent sessions will be
extended to three-hour presentations to allow adequate time
for discussion and to provide complete information and case
studies. These sessions will run from 3:30 to 6:30 PM.
THE POTENTIAL OF MARINE
CITIZENSHIP TO MOBILISE PUBLIC
BEHAVIOUR CHANGE TO SUPPORT
MARINE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Tuesday, June 5, 3:30 – 6:30 PM
Contact: Stephen Fletcher
Centre for Marine and Coastal Policy Research,
Plymouth University
steve.fletcher@plymouth.ac.uk
Individual human behavior is a driver of marine environmental
damage. This is linked to lifestyle choices, a lack of
understanding of the coastal and marine environment, and
personal value systems that fail to recognize the importance
of making choices that support well-functioning ecosystems.
An emergent area of research is how to prompt public
behavioral change to reduce the pressure exerted upon
marine ecosystems. This is the study of marine citizenship,
which describes a relationship between an individual, the
state, and the marine environment, in which the individual is
encouraged to adopt behaviors that support improved marine
ecosystem functions and services. Associated considerations
include public understanding of the marine environment, the
values held by the public towards marine ecosystems, and
the enabling factors that support marine pro-environmental
behavior. This extended session will touch upon all of these
factors, but will focus on marine citizenship as a route to
deliver improved ecosystem functions and services. Marine
citizenship as a policy channel has potential to deliver tangible
benefits to marine and coastal ecosystem governance; therefore
this workshop is a timely opportunity for discussion of its
benefits and burdens. The aim of this extended session is
to debate the potential effectiveness of marine citizenship
as a contribution to improved marine and coastal ecosystem
functions and services. This will be achieved through
a structured workshop involving two presentations to
communicate key ideas related to marine citizenship and
public values towards the marine environment, and two onehour
structured discussions.
WE’RE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU:
USING INDICATORS TO OBSERVE
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
AT MULTIPLE SCALES
Tuesday, June 5, 3:30 – 6:30 PM
Contact: Susan Lovelace
NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory
susan.lovelace@noaa.gov
Perceptive observation of economic, environmental, social and
demographic situations strengthens policy formation, response
planning and decision-making. Coastal resource management
agencies, academic research programs and non-governmental
organizations can contribute by developing indices which
reflect community sustainability (including resilience), human
security and well-being.
This session will discuss several tools currently being
developed within NOAA and elsewhere to support
understanding and decision-making related to oceans, climate,
health, well-being, and human security. These efforts are
aimed at monitoring social, economic, and environmental
conditions at varying scales, including global, national,
regional, and community. Outputs include indices which
attempt to characterize conditions and changes in society.
Data compiled from primary and secondary sources support
current and future information needs, operational monitoring,
evaluation, methodological enhancement, and predictive
modeling in a cost and effort efficient manner. Additionally,
such research provides ways of examining the contributions of
social and economic conditions to environmental health, and
vice versa. For example, current efforts include local, placebased
indicators developed to monitor the health of fishing
communities, regional tools to monitor communities impacted
by disaster, and national and global tools designed to observe
human security.
The session will focus on the development and use of
indicators to measure and monitor the communities of different
scales and constituencies as well as the implications for
policy necessary for response planning and decision-making.
Speakers include representatives from government, academic
and private sectors. Other conference attendees are asked to
bring their expertise and experience to the discussion section
of this session.
- David Loomis and Shona Patterson, East Carolina
University
- Michael McDonald, University Maryland
- Sam Brody, Texas A & M University
- Manoj Shivlani, Center for Independent Experts
- NOAA’s David Hastings, Kristen Crossett, Michael
Jepson, Maria Dillard and Susan Lovelace.
Coastal
and Marine Spatial Planning
Advancement Training (CMSP-AT)
Tuesday, June 5, 3:30 – 6:30 PM
Leslie-Ann McGee
Battelle
mcgeel@battelle.org
Battelle Memorial Institute, in association with the Coastal
States Organization and with resources provided by
the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, is leading an
initiative to develop and deliver Coastal Marine Spatial
Planning Advancement Training (CMSP-AT). The CMSPAT
will accelerate the use of CMSP in the U.S. through
the development and delivery of a high-quality CMSP
curriculum for use by professional coastal managers. The
curriculum may include e-learning modules and webinars,
and will provide opportunities for peer-to-peer collaboration,
mentoring, and set groundwork for a Professional Coastal
Manager’s Credentialing Program. The Battelle project team
will coordinate and host CMSP-AT education workshops in
which the curriculum will be delivered to coastal managers
in up to three U.S regions. The workshops will include core
curriculum and enhanced modules tailored to the regional
audiences, collaborative and interactive problem solving, and
incentives for continuing CMSP education and networking.
This extended session will be used to gather input from coastal
managers on the direction and content of the draft CMSPAT
curriculum. The session will be centered on an open
discussion regarding the following topics:
- Content and direction of the draft CMSP-AT
curriculum
- Examples of best existing CMSP education,
training, and evaluation material
- Key questions that coastal managers and
participating stakeholders struggle with in
implementing CMSP, to help frame the curriculum
- Establishment of a peer-to-peer network – interest,
ideas for implementation
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