"Icelanders stopped defining themselves by their land and started defining themselves by their ocean." One of our panelists Gudrún Pétursdóttir speaks about how #Iceland became a world leader. #7ICEF#ActOnClimate#ClimateChange
"I heard people talk about paradise on earth but I never knew what it meant until I stood at the top of the hill and looked down." Supin Wongbusarakum speaks about what drove her to work in conservation. #7ICEF#ClimateAction#ClimateChange
"How far do we have to go back to make things right? And who decides? I look at the trees and think, let the islands decide..." Laurie Brinklow shares a poem with us during the plenary session at #7ICEF check out our Facebook page now for the live stream #ActOnClimate
Key barrier to effective coastal fisheries management is outdated management policy, legislation and planning @ruth_wow#7ICEF Gourlie et al 2018 Performing “A New Song”... Marine Policy
@StacyDJupiter highlights the major themes of the #IntegratedManagement session. 1. Importance of involving people through understanding well-being 2. Building relationships 3. Empowering the next generation of local scientists 4. Stop the cycle of donor dependency. #7ICEF
Joe McCarter - biocultural approaches to build place-based indicators of well-being in the Solomon Islands. Unraveling the connection between people and place to shed light on socio-ecological systems through the eyes of the people. #IntegratedManagement#7ICEF
Jason Flower explains his collaborative work surrounding marine spatial planning in the Caribbean. Highlights data and capacity limitations that inhibit the creation of robust models that guide effective spatial management. "You need local knowledge to fill in that data." #7ICEF
Kammie Tavares spoke about modeling sea level rise scenarios to understand future action to harden Hawaii's shorelines. Current policies are reactive in nature. The time is now. We need proactive policies and community collaboration to address place-based needs. #7ICEF
Kosta Stamoulis opened up the #IntegratedManagement afternoon session sharing his work on developing seascape models to identify how factors such as human population, bathymetry, wind, waves, etc. can predict areas of fish recovery for fisheries management. #7ICEF
“We should empower the kids and educators. They should be co-researchers, not just the object of research evaluation.” “If you don’t know the name of a tree, you are more inclined of curting it”. Thoughts of the discussion in #Session15#EnvironmentalEducation
Isoa Korovulavula of Fiji - community-based collaborations in the Ra Province to address land and ocean connectivity in their recovery process after the devastation brought on by Cyclone Winston. A true testament to community-driven approaches to #IntegratedManagement#7ICEF
Raquel Tirona, Rare Philippines just gave a great talk showing the effectiveness of using mascots to promote fish abundance and coral habitats in marine conservation campaigns! #session15, #EnvironmentalConservation#EnvironmentalEducation