[Coral-List] EBM Tools Webinar: Insuring nature: An insurance policy for the Mesoamerican Reef

[Raye Evrard]

Hi Coral-Listers!


I would like to invite you to our upcoming webinar on...insurance, but with
corals! We are excited to platform this webinar and hope you can attend.


best, Raye


The EBM Tools Network <http://www.ebmtools.org/> (co-coordinated by
NatureServe <https://www.natureserve.org/> and OpenChannels.org
<https://www.openchannels.org/>), MPA News
<https://mpanews.openchannels.org/mpanews>, and the Reef Resilience Network
<http://www.reefresilience.org/> are pleased to announce that they will
host a webinar on


*Insuring nature: An insurance policy for the Mesoamerican Reef** by
Fernando Secaira of The Nature Conservancy*

*Wednesday, February 28, at 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC. *

Nature, including coral reefs, mangroves, wetlands, sand dunes, and healthy
beaches, provides the first lines of defense to slow waves, reduce
flooding, and protect coastal people and property. Insuring habitats like
reefs and beaches can help protect the health and protective services of
these ecosystems and ensure they are restored after extreme storms hit.
Fernando Secaira of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will discuss a pilot
project underway in Mexico in partnership with Swiss Re and the Mexican
state of Quintana Roo governments to insure coastal natural ecosystems that
support tourism and offer an associated source of funding for ongoing reef
protection and repair.

*Register Here:*
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8701982911715916034?source=cl

*Please distribute around! *The full list of upcoming EBM Tools Network
live events is also below.

-- 
Raye Evrard
Project Manager | OpenChannels <http://www.openchannels.org>
OCTO | Open Communications for The Ocean
raye at octogroup.org




*Other upcoming EBM Tools Network **events:*



*Thursday, February 8, 1 pm EST/10 am PST/6 pm UTC*

*Engaging governments, businesses, and the public in the fight against
marine plastic litter: the #CleanSeas campaign by Carla**Friedrich of UN
Environment*. UN Environment launched #CleanSeas in February 2017 to engage
governments, the general public, civil society and the private sector in
the fight against marine plastic litter. This campaign is addressing the
root cause of marine litter by targeting the production and consumption of
non-recoverable and single-use plastic. It is also giving a platform to
hundreds of local organizations doing important work on marine litter to
highlight their efforts. The campaign contributes to the goals of the Global
Partnership on Marine Litter
<http://www.unep.org/gpa/what-we-do/global-partnership-marine-litter>, a
voluntary open-ended partnership for international agencies, governments,
businesses, academia, local authorities and non-governmental organizations
hosted by UN Environment. Learn more about #CleanSeas at
http://cleanseas.org. Webinar co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center,
MarineDebris.info, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by
OCTO and NatureServe). *Register for the webinar at *
*https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6035325265841774850*
<https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6035325265841774850>*.*



*Tuesday, February 13, 2 pm EST/11 am PST/7 pm UTC*

*What we can do to curb social and human rights abuses in the seafood
industry by Jack Kittinger, Nathan Bennett, Lydia Teh, Katrina Nakamura,
Eddie Allison, and Yoshi Ota.* Scientists have been working to make
fisheries environmentally sustainable for decades. But startling exposés of
human rights violations (particularly the widespread use of slave labor) in
the seafood industry in the past few years have highlighted the need for
governments, businesses, and nonprofits to start working together to
address human rights and social issues in the sector – including access to
resources and markets, food security, and livelihood security. Conservation
International recently spearheaded a working group of environmental NGOs,
social responsibility NGOs, academics, and business leaders to develop a
framework for social responsibility and offer concrete recommendations to
businesses, governments, and NGOs for ensuring that social responsibility
is enforced throughout the seafood supply chain. These recommendations will
help businesses reduce reputational risks in their seafood supply chains.
They will help governments better regulate marine resources and their
national seafood industries. And they will also help nonprofits and donor
organizations determine the best ways to direct their resources to address
critical social issues. Learn more athttp://stories.conservation.
org/a-sea-change-for-seafood. Webinar hosted by the EBM Tools Network
(co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe). *Register for the webinar at *
*https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MHePIJJRRE-k8RysYSJCww*
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MHePIJJRRE-k8RysYSJCww>*.*



*Wednesday, February 28, 1 pm EST/10 am PST/6 pm UTC*

*Insuring nature: An insurance policy for the Mesoamerican Reef by Fernando
Secaira of The Nature Conservancy. *Nature, including coral reefs,
mangroves, wetlands, sand dunes, and healthy beaches, provides the first
lines of defense to slow waves, reduce flooding, and protect coastal people
and property. Insuring habitats like reefs and beaches can help protect the
health and protective services of these ecosystems and ensure they are
restored after extreme storms hit. Fernando Secaira of The Nature
Conservancy (TNC) will discuss a pilot project underway in Mexico in
partnership with Swiss Re and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo governments
to insure coastal natural ecosystems that support tourism and offer an
associated source of funding for ongoing reef protection and repair. This
webinar is co-sponsored by the Reef Resilience Network and the EBM Tools
Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe). *Register for the webinar
at *https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8701982911715916034?source=cl
*.*



*Thursday, March 8, 2018, 1 pm EST/10 am PST/6 pm UTC*

*Conservation Connections: Species and Places, NOAA's Partnerships for
Transboundary Protection Program by Lisamarie Carrubba and TBA of NOAA. *The
Partnerships for Transboundary Protection (PTP) Program was established by
NOAA's Office of Protected Resources and Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries to better connect conservation efforts directed toward marine
species and their habitats. Through collaborative conservation that aligns
sanctuary management plans, species' recovery plans, and habitat
protection, the PTP Program is working to improve internal coordination and
management of threatened and endangered species and their habitats, as well
as other NOAA resources such as key fishery species in sanctuaries. The PTP
Program is also working on expanding collaboration with other marine
protected areas and external partners in order to further support
conservation and recovery of species such as whales, corals, and Nassau
grouper. Webinar co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center,
MarineDebris.info, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by
OCTO and NatureServe). *Register for the webinar at *
*https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1915167454283/WN_ijMfXUTcQoCgen5ganvwxg*
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1915167454283/WN_ijMfXUTcQoCgen5ganvwxg>
*.*



*Thursday, March 22, 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT/6 pm UTC*

*Optimizing Restoration Activities for Ecosystem Services: The Restoration
Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT) by Peter Hawthorne of the University
of Minnesota and the Natural Capital Project.* Restoration Opportunities
Optimization Tool (ROOT) is a software tool that helps decision makers
evaluate trade-offs among different ecosystem services and visualize where
investments in restoration could be made to optimize benefits for multiple
landscape goals. It uses information about the potential impacts of
restoration or management activities together with spatial prioritization
or serviceshed maps to identify key areas for ecosystem service provision.
It then uses multi-objective analysis to allow users to consider how to
best manage tradeoffs between different project goals. ROOT has been
applied in Costa Rica, Myanmar, Malawi, Colombia, and Brazil’s Espirito
Santo State to help these countries optimize the placement of restoration
activities for ecosystem services in national and subnational conservation,
development, and agricultural objectives in support of increased ecological
function to benefit people and livelihoods. It has not yet been applied in
a coastal context but is applicable to coastal areas as well. The tool is
free for download and use at https://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/root.
Webinar co-sponsored by EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and
NatureServe). *Register for the webinar at *
*https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aRKelKZITpeb-1z-NX23ig*
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aRKelKZITpeb-1z-NX23ig>*.*



*Tuesday, April 10, 6 pm US EDT/3 pm US PDT/10 pm UTC*

*Wednesday, April 11, 8 am Australia EST/10 am New Zealand ST*

*Ghost Fishing Gear: The Global Problem and the Global Solution by Ingrid
Giskes of World Animal Protection, David Parker of Young’s Seafood, and
Joan Drinkin of Natural Resource Consultants.* Each year, worldwide,
millions of marine animals are injured or killed by abandoned, lost, or
discarded fishing gear – ‘ghost gear’. In 2014, World Animal Protection
launched its Sea Change campaign with the Fishing’s Phantom Menace report
<https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/sites/default/files/int_files/sea-change-campaign-tackling-ghost-fishing-gear_0.pdf>,
highlighting that cross-sectoral global collaboration was the only way to
combat ghost gear. In 2015, World Animal Protection launched the Global
Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), bringing together a critical group of
stakeholders and experts on this topic. The GGGI addresses sea-based
sources of marine debris, specifically abandoned, lost, and discarded
fishing gear, and contributes to the delivery of the first target under UN
Sustainable Development Goal 14, calling for a significant reduction in
marine debris of all kinds by 2025. Now, as we head into 2018, join us to
hear about how the GGGI’s three working groups – Building Evidence, Best
Practice, and Solutions – have played a key role in formulating a global
approach and strategy to tackling this deadly issue and working towards
ghost gear-free seas. Learn more at https://www.ghostgear.org. Webinar
co-sponsored by MarineDebris.info and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated
by OCTO and NatureServe). *Register for the webinar at *
*https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BdYuG7YuRp-zkta_B7wVqQ*
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BdYuG7YuRp-zkta_B7wVqQ>*.*



*Thursday, April 26, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC*

*Why Polystyrene Is The New Microbead by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of The 5
Gyres Institute. *Through the 5 Gyres’ “Nix the 6” action campaign,
thousands of people have pledged to refuse single-use polystyrene plastic.
What does it mean to Nix the 6? #sneakystyrene polysytrene products are
everywhere, from coffee cup lids to straws, cutlery, and cups (even red
SOLO cups). Expanded polystyrene foam - commonly known as "Styrofoam" - is
basically polystyrene that's expanded with air. You can identify these
plastics by the number "6" on the bottom. When you Nix the 6, you pledge to
refuse these single-use plastics. Why is this so important? 5 Gyres has
seen how individual decisions like these can snowball into massive change.
Our 2012 study that discovered plastic microbeads in the Great Lakes
inspired a movement, culminating with major corporate phase out - think
L’Oreal and Johnson & Johnson - and statewide bans on both coasts. In 2015,
President Obama signed a federal microbeads ban into law! Like microbeads,
polystyrene plastics are environmental hazards. They are extremely toxic to
make and difficult to recycle. Polystyrene and "Styrofoam" are even banned
from many recycling programs because of contamination problems - less than
2% of polystyrene was recycled in 2013. With local polystyrene bans on many
ballots this year and a statewide ban being considered in California, this
is the year to join the movement. We did it before with microbeads - now
it's time for a polystyrene ban! In this webinar, we’ll cover the new 5
Gyres white paper on polystyrene and reproductive toxicity, activism
resources, and our partnership with the Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN)
to support bans on college campuses - even in preemptive states. Meanwhile,
look for the #sneakystyrene hashtag to follow the campaign on social media.
Webinar co-sponsored by MarineDebris.info and the EBM Tools Network
(co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe). *Register for the webinar at *
*https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kkVhgLyKSbKRp4_tQmoVTA*
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kkVhgLyKSbKRp4_tQmoVTA>*.*