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Lubchenco: “Hope for people and the Ocean” at National Academy of Sciences

Yesterday, Jane Lubchenco addressed a rapt audience at the Arthur M. Sackler Colloqiua of the National Academy of Sciences on “Coupled Human and Environmental Systems.”

Her talk, entitled “Enough with the doom and gloom! Holistic approaches bring hope for people and the environment” focused on success stories in fisheries management and Marine Protected Area regulations.IMG_20160314_180912765

 

Her message isn’t sugar coating – there are plenty of challenges and motivations to be worked out. Yet through top-down and bottom-up approaches, significant improvements can be made. For example, some fish stocks are increasing. Scale-able solutions need to be identified. Get involved, and stay hopeful.

For more on the role of hope in environmental management –

Smithsonian article by Dr. Nancy Knowlton: Why we have trouble talking about success in ocean conservation 

Paper I wrote about Hope and Environmental Management in Cancun (in Spanish)

 

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