Hello coral-list'ers,

In response to this discussion, there is a conference already discussing
this, the 5th World Environmental Education Conference this May in Montreal:

http://www.5weec.uqam.ca/

Unfortunately a number of us may not know of this conference because we tend
separate ourselves from the field of social sciences. This was also
discussed at the ICRS this past summer, specifically at the socio-economic
mini-symposium, in Daniel Pauly's talk, and at the ISRS meeting. This goes
deeper than just making sure we take marine science courses and organize
Science clubs in schools, although those are key. If you think back to the
2006 coral-list discussion that began with Phillip Dustan's comments
concerning the existence of 'pristine reefs' in the Florida Keys, you will
remember we concluded that coral reef ecology research has historically
focused on monitoring rather than educating, particularly in the Caribbean.
For those interested in this topic and wanting to read more on this field in
coral reef studies I strongly recommend looking at Browning et al's chapter
'Education as a toll for coral reef conservation: lessons from marine
protected areas' in Côté, I and Reynolds, J. D (2006) edited book "Coral
Reef Conservation".

Saludos,
Carlos


Carlos G. A. Ormond
Ph.D. Student
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
cormond@sfu.ca
604-562-0926
