[Coral-List] FW: SPAM R2: Re: Concerns over ICRS, 2021 (Austin Bowden-Kerby)
Carla Isobel Elliff
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Thu Sep 10 13:02:00 UTC 2020
Dear all,
I would just like to add my voice to this support. Last month I
participated in the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC6),
which coincidentally was also planned to occur in Germany this year. The
organizers did a great job in transforming the event to an online format. I
wrote a short post about this in the Young Ecosystem Services Specialists
(YESS) network's blog, if anyone is interested in knowing about my
experience as a first-timer at an online conference:
https://medium.com/naturewords/my-first-online-conference-5d6b3a1bec0?source=friends_link&sk=9cd5142f14b81883731acb384f627157
I am among those in a "developing country" who would not be able to
participate in ICRS 2020 due to lack of funds. And I imagine the situation
will remain so for 2021...
An online format (or maybe hybrid?) could increase accessibility and save
the organizers a lot of hard work if we expect the pandemic to continue.
best regards,
Carla
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Em qui., 10 de set. de 2020 às 02:26, Julian via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> escreveu:
> Dear list
>
> I'd like to support the views of the two writers below. I'm not convinced I
> will be allowed to leave my country of residence (Malaysia) by next July;
> I'm not sure I would want to anyway, given the risks associated with travel
> (look at the number of cases flying back into the UK from holidays in
> Greece, just for example); and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be attending
> anyway given the cost.
>
> Virtual is possible, and might be preferable. Next week I am participating
> in a two-week long virtual conference here in Malaysia on climate change,
> resilience and solutions. There are several sessions each day; audience is
> targeted at several thousand over the time. Separately, this past Monday I
> participated in a training session delivered by two trainers - one in
> Australia and one in the South Pacific, in which we used break out groups,
> whiteboards...pretty much all you would expect. Might take a bit of getting
> used to...but it is possible.
>
> Imagine how many people from "developing countries" (whatever they are) -
> who would never be able to attend a conference in Germany - would be able
> to
> participate on-line?
>
> Regards,
>
> Julian Hyde
> General Manager
> Reef Check Malaysia
> +60 3 2161 5948
> www.reefcheck.org.my
> Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rcmalaysia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coral-List [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf
> Of Chelsie Counsell via Coral-List
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 September, 2020 8:56 PM
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: SPAM R2: Re: [Coral-List] Concerns over ICRS, 2021 (Austin
> Bowden-Kerby)
>
> Dear Austin & List,
>
> Another option could be a virtual conference for ICRS 2021. We had great
> success with Global Coral Reef Week 2020 - while we had hoped to have
> regional hubs, our conference was entirely virtual and we had 2,700
> subscribers from across the globe. GCRW (www.coralreefweek.org) was
> organized entirely by volunteers with a budget of <$1,000. Imagine how
> amazing a virtual coral reef conference could be with the resources of
> ICRS.
>
> All the best,
> Chelsie
>
> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><>
> Chelsie Counsell, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Marine Biology
> College of Arts & Sciences
> Fairfield University
> 1073 North Benson Road
> Fairfield, CT USA 06824
> chelsiew12 at gmail.com
>
>
> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 11:21:33 +1200
> > From: Austin Bowden-Kerby <abowdenkerby at gmail.com>
> > To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Concerns over ICRS, 2021
> > Message-ID:
> > <CAL0VXCU_LzGh7tfpU_9den_kkbxqJJEZBPQ4Ap9GfXV=
> > Qae7yA at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I hesitate to write this, but seriously- are we kidding ourselves? To
> > plan for ICRS to be held in July 2021 seems absurd, based on the many
> > scientific medical reports and the informed opinions of the experts,
> > and despite attempts by certain leaders and the media to deny the
> > facts for economic or political reasons. The experts tell us that
> > there is a strong chance that the pandemic will still be raging by
> > next July, and with all the tremendous energy required to pull off
> > ICRS, is it really wise for the global coral reef community to forge
> ahead
> like this- only to have all of these efforts
> > come to naught- yet again? Am I the only one here who feels this way?
> >
> > For perspective, I am writing this from the South Pacific, where we
> > are sealed off in a COVID-19 free bubble- no community spread, and
> > only a few cases intercepted at the border and in strict quarantine.
> > At least for us in this region we may not be able to emerge from our
> > secure bubble for a long time, perhaps until the virus is as rare as
> > SARS1? Presently it is very difficult to get flights in and out, and
> > on returning we are required to be in government quarantine for two
> > weeks- which might be expanded to three. Barring some miracle cure or
> > long lasting effective vaccine, ICRS is certainly not going to happen
> > for us unless it is pushed back to 2022 or
> > 2023
> >
> > Kind regards, and stay safe,
> >
> > Austin
> >
> > Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
> > Corals for Conservation
> > Sustainable Environmental Livelihoods for the Future P.O. Box 4649
> > Samabula, Fiji Islands https://www.facebook.com/C4Conservation
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009j6wb
> > TEDx talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PRLJ8zDm0U
> >
> > https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/emergency-response-to-massive-co
> > ral-bleaching/
> > <
> > https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/emergency-response-to-massive-co
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> > >
> >
> >
> > Sustainable Environmental Livelihoods Farm Km 20 Sigatoka Valley Road,
> > Fiji Islands
> > (679) 938-6437
> > http://
> > <
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> > >
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