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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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