earth to ocean

Selected presentations and workshops

earth to ocean staff have delivered presentations or contributed to workshops as listed below:

• “Ecosystem-based management of Western Pacific Fisheries” Two workshops: socio-economic aspects (January 2006) and a final policy-focused workshop (January 2007)
  
• A new Zoning Plan for the Great Barrier Reef: implementing the brave new world. Presented at: Managing and Researching Reefs in a Changing World: Australian Coral Reef Society 81st Annual Conference, Heron Island, Queensland, 19-22 August 2005.
  
• Biophysical principles to design a network of no-take areas: the Great Barrier Reef case study. Presented at: First International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Geelong, Victoria, 23-28 October 2005.
  
• Analytical tools - what they can, and cannot do, when developing MPA networks. Presented at: First International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Geelong, Victoria, 23-28 Oct. 2005.
  
• Decision support systems for natural resource management. Poster Presented at: First International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Geelong, Victoria, 23-28 Oct. 2005.
  “Ecosystem Based Management & Reserve Network: A Learning Workshop for the Fiji Islands” Aug. ’04.
  
• Weaving an ideal design of MPAs into the real world: the Great Barrier Reef case study. In: Abstracts, 10th International Coral Reef Symposium : Stability and Degradation of Coral Reef Ecosystems, June 28 to July 2, 2004, Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa: ICRS 2004, International Society for Reef Studies, Japanese Coral Reef Society, 2004. p. 207.
  
• “Risk spreading as a strategy to build resilience into large scale planning on the Great Barrier Reef “ Sep. ’03. World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa.
  
• National Marine Classification Scheme Workshop. Melbourne Victoria. Sep. 2002.
  
• Protecting representative areas of bio diversity in the biggest coral reef ecosystem in the world. In: World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas: what works best and how do we know? Handbook and abstracts, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland, 14-17 August 2002. Victoria: Australian Society for Fish Biology, p. 83.
  
• Scenario planning workshop on the social and economic impacts of coral bleaching. Townsville, Australia August 2002
  
• Connectivity Workshop for The Nature Conservancy/Conservation International global initiative – Transforming Coral Reef Conservation. Townsville, Australia April 2002
  
• Sustaining Seascapes – the science and policy of marine resource management. Spring Symposium of the American Museum of Natural History. New York, USA. March 2002
  
• Marine Protected Areas Management Effectiveness: Indicators Workshop. Chichiriviche, Venezuela Oct. 2001
  
• Global International Waters Assessment – Great Barrier Reef Sub-region 60. Townsville, Australia. July 2001.
  
• Plenary: Why is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority rezoning the entire Marine Park? Australian Coral Reef Society Annual Conference. Magnetic Island, Australia. July 2001.
  
• GBRMPA/CRC Reef Joint Scoping Workshop on Performance Indicators for Management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Townsville, Australia. June 1999.