CIAO DATE: 04/2014
December 2013
The Ocean Community Report targets several key areas of opportunity in which the ocean conservation community can improve its efficacy. These opportunities include strengthening collaboration between conservation groups (and creating funder incentives to do so) and developing an information clearinghouse for the community through which efforts can be aligned. The report also highlights the importance of improving communications by reframing conservation within other nationally prioritized issues such as economic development or food security, including the voices of unorthodox stakeholders, and training political and business leaders to become informed spokespeople for conservation. This report is a product of the Energy & Environment Program’s Ocean Community Study & Dialogue, a year-long study of opportunities for improving the design and implementation of spatial management strategies and policies that can reduce the impact of overfishing on ecosystems and fisheries biomass. In this study, the Aspen Institute partnered with Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Institute’s own Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program to survey recent funding, policy and advocacy related to establishing marine protected areas. - See more at: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/ocean-community-report#sthash.QVzDY9Uo.dpuf
Resource link: The Ocean Community Report: Building an Aligned and Supportive Ocean Conservation Community [PDF] - 941K