How Community Voices and Knowledge can Inform the U.S. National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy

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How Community Voices and Knowledge can Inform the U.S. National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy

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On August 7th, we hosted an exciting virtual panel on how community voices and knowledge can inform the U.S. National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy. The panel introductions were given by Dr. Emmett Duffy (Smithsonian Institution) and Gabrielle Canonico (U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System), and the event was moderated by Kelsi Furman (Smithsonian Institution).

Panelists included:

  • Tiara Thomas, Accokeek Foundation/Piscataway Conoy Tribe
  • Philip Plack, Annapolis Oyster Company
  • Richard Rutland, Cold Blooded Fishing
  • Scott Bannon, Alabama Marine Resources Division
  • Jodie Toft, Puget Sound Restoration Fund
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When I and my colleagues began developing the Marine Biodiversity Assessment Framework that led to our January 2024 paper in the journal One Earth (New framework reveals gaps in U.S. biodiversity protection), we did not imagine the United States would commit to developing a National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy.

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New Framework to Assess Marine Biodiversity in U.S. Waters

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In a new paper in One Earth, an international task force of experts developed a framework to assess the abundance and distribution of marine biodiversity and applied it to U.S. waters from the near coast to the borders of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

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Projects: Marine Biodiversity Dialogues Expert Task Forces
Topics: Ocean Conservation
Experts: J. Emmett Duffy, Daniel C. Dunn, Gabrielle Canonico & Steven Scyphers
Researchers
J. Emmett Duffy Director
Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Institution
Daniel C. Dunn Associate Professor and Director
CBCS School of the Environment, University of Queensland
Gabrielle Canonico Marine Life Program Manager
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
Steven Scyphers Associate Professor
Center for Socio-Environmental Resiliency, University of South Alabama
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Post August 1, 2024

Raise Your Hand to Inform Implementation of The National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy

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Post August 1, 2024

As we’ve mentioned in past blogs, challenges remain in turning knowledge into action for the management, protection, and restoration of ocean life across the United States. While communities of knowledge holders, users, and supporters (Ripple et al., 2024) have been collaborating more than ever before to tackle these issues, their efforts have yet to coalesce at the national scale.

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