Symposium Ideas
Andy Hooten
Environmental_Services at ibm.net
Fri Nov 10 22:11:07 EST 2000
The issues raised in the recent threads about future Symposium and =
publication ideas are obviously on many of our minds who attended the =
9th. I also recall the large attendance during the 8th in Panama (in =
1996), where many concerns were raised about the upsurge in popularity =
and attendance-- especially among those interested in applied ecology, =
monitoring, reef management, economics, conservation, tourism-- and all =
of the other coral reef issues evolving around the basic science, and =
that these might have frustrated many of the scientists attending who =
wished to focus and debate academic issues.
This time around, Terry Done's effort, with David Hopley's help, to be =
inclusive of all these coral reef interests with an eye toward =
integrating them is certainly to be applauded, as well as the efforts of =
the Washington, D.C.-based Seaweb's work in helping to bridge the =
communication gap between investigators, managers and the media. But =
given the sheer size of the conference and the number of participants, =
it clearly points to so many being overwhelmed with information (as =
noted in Alina Szmant's recent email, quoting the statistics from =
Bernard Salvat's plenary presentation).=20
It seems to me that the very first International Tropical Marine =
Ecosystems Management Symposium (with the unwieldy acronym of ITMEMS) =
held in Townsville, Australia in November, 1998 , could potentially =
serve coral reef managers and related interests--to take the information =
gained from the ICRS, and apply it in coral reef management, =
conservation and economic, etc. contexts. It is true that the very =
first ITMEMS largely focused on reviewing progress to date of the the =
International Coral Reef Initiative, but subsequent programs could be =
incorporated to truly be the Symposium whose main focus serves coral =
reef managers and related interests--applying the ever-increasing =
information gained from the scientific meetings.=20
Now an ITMEMS II is being planned for 2002, and perhaps this could serve =
as the opportunity to begin an alternating focus--highlight the more =
applied management and conservation interests for coral reefs? In short, =
there could be a "summer olympics/winter olympics" analogy alternating =
between ICRS and ITMEMS that could be synergistic, and possibly take =
some of the load from any single, large symposium.=20
I would also like to suggest that in the future, the ISRS consider a =
sister publication to "Coral Reefs" that might allow refereed =
publications specifically for applied coral reef studies and management =
("Reef Management"?). It seems that certain parts of "Reef Encounter" =
have been moving in this direction over recent years, and a =
complementary publication whose focus in applied work would be useful, =
welcomed, and might help redirect management-related articles, thereby =
reducing the increasing rate of overload (and rejection rate) for "Coral =
Reefs".
Perhaps in combination with the recent ideas submitted on Coral-List of =
moving publications into electronic platforms, we could develop both =
platform and symposium standards for our community of practice, and make =
this increasing amount of information better balanced, processed, =
peer-reviewed and edited, and in so doing, make it more digestible for =
us all.
Andy Hooten
AJH, Environmental Services
4005 Glenridge Street
Kensington, MD 20895-3708
+1-301-942-8839 (office)
+1-301-962-9405 (fax)
+1-301-257-5739 (mobile)
Environmental_Services at attglobal.net
alternate email:
ahooten at worldbank.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Delbeek <delbeek at waquarium.org>
To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 2:21 PM
Subject: Symposium Ideas
> Maybe its time to consider running the symposium every two or three =
years
> instead of four? If the number of papers has been steadily increasing =
over
> the years, running the symposium more frequently may cut down on that.
> J. Charles Delbeek
> Aquarium Biologist
> Waikiki Aquarium
> 2777 Kalakaua Ave.
> Honolulu, HI, USA 96815
> 808-923-9741
> 808-923-1771 FAX
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<P>The issues raised in the recent threads about future Symposium and=20
publication ideas are obviously on many of our minds who attended the =
9th. I=20
also recall the large attendance during the 8th in Panama (in 1996), =
where many=20
concerns were raised about the upsurge in popularity and attendance-- =
especially=20
among those interested in applied ecology, monitoring, reef management,=20
economics, conservation, tourism-- and all of the other coral reef =
issues=20
evolving around the basic science, and that these might have frustrated =
many of=20
the scientists attending who wished to focus and debate academic=20
issues.</P>
<P>This time around, Terry Done's effort, with David Hopley's help, to =
be=20
inclusive of all these coral reef interests with an eye toward =
integrating them=20
is certainly to be applauded, as well as the efforts of the Washington,=20
D.C.-based Seaweb's work in helping to bridge the communication gap =
between=20
investigators, managers and the media. But given the sheer size of =
the=20
conference and the number of participants, it clearly points to so many =
being=20
overwhelmed with information (as noted in Alina Szmant's recent email, =
quoting=20
the statistics from Bernard Salvat's plenary presentation). </P>
<P>It seems to me that the very first International Tropical Marine =
Ecosystems=20
Management Symposium (with the unwieldy acronym of ITMEMS) held in=20
Townsville, Australia in November, 1998 , could potentially serve coral =
reef=20
managers and related interests--to take the information gained from the =
ICRS,=20
and apply it in coral reef management, conservation and economic, etc.=20
contexts. It is true that the very first ITMEMS largely focused=20
on reviewing progress to date of the the International Coral Reef=20
Initiative, but subsequent programs could be incorporated to truly be =
the=20
Symposium whose main focus serves coral reef managers =
and related=20
interests--applying the ever-increasing information gained from the =
scientific=20
meetings. </P>
<P>Now an ITMEMS II is being planned for 2002, and perhaps this could =
serve=20
as the opportunity to begin an alternating focus--highlight the =
more=20
applied management and conservation interests for coral reefs? In short, =
there=20
could be a "summer olympics/winter olympics" analogy alternating between =
ICRS=20
and ITMEMS that could be synergistic, and possibly take some of the load =
from=20
any single, large symposium. </P>
<P>I would also like to suggest that in the future, the ISRS consider a =
sister=20
publication to "Coral Reefs" that might allow refereed publications =
specifically=20
for applied coral reef studies and management ("Reef Management"?). It =
seems=20
that certain parts of "Reef Encounter" have been moving in this =
direction over=20
recent years, and a complementary publication whose focus in applied =
work would=20
be useful, welcomed, and might help redirect management-related =
articles,=20
thereby reducing the increasing rate of overload (and rejection =
rate) for=20
"Coral Reefs".</P>
<P>Perhaps in combination with the recent ideas submitted on Coral-List =
of=20
moving publications into electronic platforms, we could develop =
both=20
platform and symposium standards for our community of practice, and make =
this=20
increasing amount of information better balanced, processed, =
peer-reviewed and=20
edited, and in so doing, make it more digestible for us all.</P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial>Andy Hooten<BR>AJH, Environmental Services<BR>4005 =
Glenridge=20
Street<BR>Kensington, MD 20895-3708<BR>+1-301-942-8839=20
(office)<BR>+1-301-962-9405 (fax)<BR>+1-301-257-5739 (mobile)<BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:Environmental_Services at attglobal.net">Environmental_Servic=
es at attglobal.net</A><BR>alternate=20
email:<BR><A=20
href=3D"mailto:ahooten at worldbank.org">ahooten at worldbank.org</A></FONT></P=
>
<P>----- Original Message -----</P>
<P>From: Charles Delbeek <delbeek at waquarium.org></P>
<P>To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov></P>
<P>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 2:21 PM</P>
<P>Subject: Symposium Ideas</P>
<P> </P>
<P>> Maybe its time to consider running the symposium every two or =
three=20
years</P>
<P>> instead of four? If the number of papers has been steadily =
increasing=20
over</P>
<P>> the years, running the symposium more frequently may cut down on =
that.</P>
<P>> J. Charles Delbeek</P>
<P>> Aquarium Biologist</P>
<P>> Waikiki Aquarium</P>
<P>> 2777 Kalakaua Ave.</P>
<P>> Honolulu, HI, USA 96815</P>
<P>> 808-923-9741</P>
<P>> 808-923-1771 FAX</P>
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