2010 Ocean Seminar Series:
New Approaches to Growing Challenges
In 2006 the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) hosted its first Ocean Seminar Series with the goal of educating members and employees of government, industry, private practice, and environmental non-profits about ocean law and policy. The series expanded in 2008 to focus on managing industrialized oceans, and the 2009 series addressed key ocean challenges and law and policy developments under the new Administration and Congress. The 2010 Ocean Seminar Series will emphasize new governance approaches to tackle increasing and emerging ocean challenges and will examine specific ocean management issues that require solutions that go beyond traditional domestic regulation. The 2010 Ocean Seminar Series, New Approaches to Growing Challenges, will address issues such as:
- A National Framework for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
- Arctic Marine Spatial Planning and the Role of the Arctic People
- Market-Based Fisheries Management: Are Catch-Shares Catching On?
- Mixing Air and Water: Domestic and International Management of Ship Emissions
- The Changing Ocean: Predicting and Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
- Beyond National Jurisdiction: Straddling Stocks and the High Seas
More information on the individual seminars is available below. The dates and locations of the seminars will be announced as the details become available. As always, participants may attend seminars in person or join via teleconference.
A National Framework for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
January 26, 2010 (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
In January,
ELI hosted
a seminar
on the Interim
Framework
for Coastal
and Marine
Spatial
Planning
issued by
the Interagency
Ocean Policy
Task Force
last December.
Panelists
discussed
the primary
components
of the Interim
Framework,
the anticipated
role of
agencies
with authority
over ocean
uses such
as the Department
of the Interior
and NOAA,
and the
reactions
of members
of the nongovernmental
and regulated
communities. Click
here to
download
the
panelists'
presentations,
an audio
recording,
and
a summary
of the
event.
Arctic
Coastal
and Marine
Spatial
Planning
and the Role of the Arctic
People
March 11,
2010
The Alaska
Eskimo Whaling
Commission
and the
Environmental
Law Institute
bring together
representatives
of Arctic
communities
and federal
agencies
to begin
a national
conversation
about U.S.
Arctic coastal
and marine
spatial
planning
(CMSP).
The discussion
will center
on the rights,
traditions,
and experiences
of the Arctic
people;
existing
co-management
practices;
competing
management
imperatives;
and how
to build
from the
existing
system toward
an Arctic
marine spatial
planning
framework. Click
here to
download
the panelists'
presentations
and an audio
recording.
The Oil Spill Liability Framework
May 24,
2010
As the Gulf of Mexico spill grew, stakeholders and interested parties raised questions about the governing federal, state, and tort liability framework for oil spills.  The panel summarized the legal framework for oil spill liability and highlighted potential future issues. Speakers from academia, government, private practice, and industry discussed the primary liability provisions in effect today, to help the audience understand aspects such as the types of damages covered and the factors that influence liability, and how and why the framework has and continues to evolve. Click here to download the panelists' presentations, an audio recording, and a summary of the event.
Ocean Acidification: Managing the Marine Impacts of Climate Change
June 23, 2010
Climate change is affecting the biogeochemistry of the ocean. The ocean serves as a sink for large quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide, but this ecosystem service comes at a price: the dissolution of carbon dioxide acidifies seawater, which affects the ability of marine organisms to form calcareous shells and skeletons. Panelists representing the scientific, nongovernmental, and federal communities addressed the litigation, legislation, and research being undertaken and developed to address these changing ocean conditions. Click here to download the panelists' presentations, an audio recording of the session, and a brief summary of the event.
The Ocean Seminar Series 2010 is made possible by generous support from the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation.
View event descriptions from the Ocean Seminar Series 2009.
View event descriptions from the Ocean Seminar Series 2008.
View event descriptions from the Ocean Seminar Series 2006-07.
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