Coordinate and Facilitate BC Input to the Marine InVEST Program

0 Comments | Jan 26, 2010

Coordinate and Facilitate BC Input to the Marine InVEST Program

Assisting in the development of strategies to develop and test methods for trade-offs analysis for ecosystem services (Marine InVEST). PacMARA hosted a 2 day workshop to solicit input from a diverse set of stakeholders who were interested in the development of ecosystem service trade-off tools that could be used in BC.

Ed Gregr, Dave Nicolson and Michele Patterson played a key role in assisting the ED and and program director deliver this workshop and associated report. Former Board Member Nigel Haggan did exemplary service collecting notes and compiling the draft report.

An Announcement regarding the next phase of this 1.9 million dollar project is forthcoming shortly.

« Henry Kucera, M.Sc. – Executive Director

2009 Marxan Training Session »

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

}

Latest News

Exciting Events at UVic Coming up
Lectures on “First Nations struggle to have their aboriginal rights and title recognized and respected in today’s economy” and “MARINE NIGHT: Whales, satellites and cold lunches on the edge of Antarctica” coming up at UVic!
“Cautious optimism” about projecting the biggest salmon run in a century
The Pacific Salmon Commission revised its estimates, predicting 25 million sockeye are bound for the Fraser River this summer. That is more than double the early summer forecast, making it the best run since 1913.
Final Recommendations of the US Ocean Policy Task Force
US President Obama has established the country’s first comprehensive national policy for the stewardship of the oceans, coasts and Great Lakes. This national policy will set the United States on a new path toward comprehensively planning for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.