Summit Outcomes report

Global Marine Protected Areas Partner Summit

Partnering for Healthy Oceans

November 2 - 3, 2015

Prepared by: Nathalie Udo InDepth Strategies LLC. [email protected] @nathalieudo (415) 430-5525

Table of Contents

Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Workshop Structure............................................................................................................................................ 4 Results from Problem Identification: Mega Trends ......................................................................................... 5 Results from Headlines from the Future .......................................................................................................... 9 Results from Speedboat ................................................................................................................................... 10 Results from Global Ocean Refuge System ................................................................................................... 15 Results from Roadmap to Our Vision ............................................................................................................. 18 Results from Partnering for the Future........................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX – MPA Tools ................................................................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX – Team Result of Mega Trends .................................................................................................... 29 APPENDIX – Summit Agenda .......................................................................................................................... 34 APPENDIX – Summit Attendees ...................................................................................................................... 36

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Executive Summary On Nov 2 and 3, 2015 approximately 50 marine conservationists from several ocean conservation organizations convened for the Global Marine Protected Areas Partner Summit at the Esri headquarters in Redlands, CA under guidance of Marine Conservation Institute. The objectives of the Summit:

Create common goals for marine protected areas (MPAs)

Identify ways to partner together to reach our ocean protection goals

Learn from each other and build a global ocean protection community Envisioned Summit Outputs:

1. Meeting Summary (this document) 2. Recommendations for future MPA partnerships (see action items) 3. Synthesis document on participants’ efforts and online MPA “tools”

The Global Marine Protected Areas Partner Summit was held in an interactive workshop format with multiple breakout sessions to share thoughts and ideas about MPA program activities and goals, new strategies to make all of our efforts more effective, new planning tools and analyses to support these efforts and what we can do to build an effective global MPA system. Overall, it was a very productive workshop with clear follow-up activities developed. Dr. Lance Morgan of Marine Conservation Institute opened the workshop. After which Nathalie Udo, the workshop facilitator, did some “brain openers” to get everybody to think outside their normal paradigm. The key to success in any area of life (personal, business, environmental) is to have clear goals, clear communication and clear priorities, which was the focus of the workshop establish. The common, working MPA goal adopted during the workshop was protection for at least 30% of the oceans by 2030. A vehicle for this could be the Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES). Its objective is to create a diversified portfolio of strongly protected, well-enforced areas with enough representatives, replication and dispersion to maintain resilient marine populations in our increasingly threatened world. To explain GLORES, Lance showed the following video during the workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrVujtXjUCM The focus of the second day was on building partnerships to advance a global MPA network. Presentations by Dawn Wright, Sylvia Earle and Lance Morgan highlighted different ways to collaborate. This was followed by in depth discussions of specific opportunities to collaborate more effectively. Some key insights from the MPA Summit

Better identification of biodiversity patterns helps better management.

Conservation needs to incorporate human behavioral science to be successful.

Facts will not save us! People make decision on emotion and then rationalize the decisions.

We need improved ways to involve communities.

Language matters. We need to tailor the message to different audiences and simplify the message.

We need to be better storytellers and spread the message globally, tailored to local situations and involve schools to educate the next generation.

It is crucial to translate the benefits of MPAs to different audiences to get the support needed and be able to protect 30% or more of the oceans.

Overall awareness of ocean issues is increasing. We need to use this to scale our efforts.

We need to candidly acknowledge and learn from failure.

There is a need to align economics with the environment using total cost accounting and taking into account long-term cost and benefits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrVujtXjUCM


Overall, we need to work together on an integrated approach to reach our MPA goals and deal with the negative impact of climate change and current global trends.

High Seas (ABNJ) has to be incorporated to make global MPA targets.

Next steps agreed to during the workshop (see p.22 for more details)

Summit participants worked through several facilitated exercises to better understand opportunities to collaborate on a Global MPA System. Significant momentum was generated around the following specific areas for future collaborative work: Data / Mapping / GIS tools to advance MPAs:

1. Integrate existing online MPA tools (i.e., MPAtlas.org and MPA Action Group are talking together, and many other tools are available) - better integration of MPA information and collaboration with other sites can support Global MPA system goals

2. Integrate mapping into MPA campaigns including existing MPAs, biogeographic regions, gap analyses, Ocean Wealth Mapping (TNC), Ecological Marine Units (Esri), habitat classifications (NatureServe)

3. Better tap into the technical capacity of Esri, Marine Conservation Institute, NatureServe, TNC and others to better support MPA community

4. Create a coalition funding proposal 5. Esri encouraged new partners to join their Ecological Marine Units project

Leaders: John Guinotte, Russell Moffitt and Emilie Reuchlin-Hugenholtz Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES):

1. Recruit additional organizations that endorse GLORES a. Define roles for organization b. Develop fundraising proposal to support steering committee c. Plan for 2016 meeting of partners

2. Recruit GLORES Ambassadors that spread the message and get buy in. a. Ambassadors work with existing MPA staff and agencies to advance GLORES b. Identify MPAs that meet GLORES standards

3. Create a Science Council to work on criteria for Global Ocean Refuges a. Review and evaluate criteria b. Evaluate test criteria with existing MPAs and review with Science Council c. Plan for 2016 workshop / IMCC workshop

4. Get a group together per country that represent broad array of people/perspective. Simple/affordable ways towards natural preservation regionally tailored for different parts of the world.

Leaders: Lance Morgan and Marine Conservation Institute Communication / Advocacy:

1. Establish a MPA coalition with tools and means to increase awareness and support for the ocean 2. Develop a collective strategy 3. Collaborate with existing efforts such as the MPA Action Agenda

Leaders: Jackie Dragon and Charlotte Vick MPA Best Practices – Elements for Success

1. Create coalition to create a manual on best practices (building on existing material) 2. Review existing literature and work, explore a possible publication 3. Work with the MPA Supersite idea as a clearinghouse and bring communications in

Leader: Leslie Cornick to engage potential coauthors As a Board Member of Marine Conservation Institute, Nathalie Udo volunteered to facilitate this event. This report captures the days’ outcome and our recommendations for actions to take after the event. Remember, Optimism is a strategy. If we don’t believe that we are able to protect 30% or more of the ocean we will never reach our goal nor convince others to help us. – Nathalie Udo


Workshop Structure The workshop was structured to meet the objectives listed in the Executive Summary above. To optimize the outcomes of the workshop, every activity built on previous activities. The overall structure was:

Day One: 1. Problem Identification: Mega Trends – The objective of this activity was to identify mega trends and

their implications for MPAs in 2030. Mega trends are global, sustained macro-economic forces of development that impact society, environment, economy, politics and life on earth. This activity revealed the external trends that impact MPAs, enabling the marine conservation community to adjust plans and activities to make sure that MPAs are effective and in the right location in the future.

2. Headlines from the Future – Every group imagined that it is now 2030 and the marine conservation

community successfully realized its 2030 vision of protecting at least 30% of the ocean. A major news broadcaster is running a special on the success. What was their headline? This activity’s objective was to create a clear vision of what success looks like since that might be different for different people. Understanding what success looks like helped identify how to create a path to that success.

3. Speedboat – After having defined the future vision in the last activity, the objective of this activity was to identify what is holding marine conservationists back today from reaching their goal (anchors) and what could help accelerate them reach their goal (accelerators). This activity helped identify clusters of anchors and accelerators, which can be used when prioritizing activities to focus on first.

4. Global Ocean Refuge System – The objective of the Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES) is to

create a diversified portfolio of strongly protected, well-enforced areas with enough representatives, replication & dispersion to maintain resilient marine populations in our increasingly threatened world. After a short presentation on GLORES, the objective of this activity was to get feedback on what appropriate criteria should be for GLORES, how to deal with ecological importance and location, and how to involve partners.

Day Two: 5. Roadmap to Our Vision – What are the key steps that get us to healthy oceans? After having more

clarity on what success looks like for the 2030 vision, on what is holding the marine conservation community back from reaching it vision, and what can accelerate it towards its vision, this activity identified which roadmap is the most likely one to get the marine conservation community to its vision successfully, taking into account the mega trends the planet is facing (identified on Day One).

6. Partnering for Success – What are we doing now that aligns with success? What are we doing now

that does NOT? What should we be doing? What tools enable marine conservationists at local and global scales? This activity’s objective was to identify ways to work together so the marine conservation community reaches it goal as fast as possible.

The next pages will provide the summarized data from the different activities that took place during the workshop.


Results from Problem Identification: Mega Trends In this activity, participants were asked to identify mega trends that will shape the world of 2030 and thus will impact the oceans. These trends can either be currently happening or might happen in the future. These trends can also be either positively or negatively impacting our ability to protect the oceans. Four predefined areas were provided to identify the mega trends:

Social

Economic

Environmental

Political Summary of key trends identified across the areas Clearly the planet’s population, and especially consumption will significantly, increase. This will increase the environmental pressure both on land and especially in the oceans, which in turn will cause food security issues. Climate change will open new global shipping routes and areas for deep-sea oil and mining. On the positive side awareness of the dire state of our oceans is increasing especially under the Millennial generation. The increased awareness will help increase political action in protecting the oceans both near shore as well as the high seas. Discoveries of new species will also increase especially in the deep sea. Improved technologies will help with better data collection, which will help improve the identification of what and where to protect. It will also improve monitoring and help in identifying and bringing justice to violators. New professions will evolve in the conservation and science fields that will integrate social, economic, and environmental disciplines. Human behavioral science will be crucial in involving communities. There is also a clear trend towards taking animal and environmental rights into account when making decisions. Facts will not save the oceans! Language matters and we need to change our language depending on our target audience if we want to get the help of the masses. Summarization of Mega Trends per area across groups

SOCIAL

Positive Negative

End of limitless resource thinking

Increase in aquaculture (let’s do it right: hunters => growers)

Growing awareness of ocean issues

Increase in aesthetic / spiritual value of oceans

“Blue economy” – Blue carbon

Better understanding of teleconnections

Increased awareness of issues via social media platforms (global reach)

Increased public awareness of MPAs

Ecological economics growing

Increase of ocean conservation interest among local communities

Increased awareness of marine debris & efforts to clean up

Technology advancing for data analysis

Increasing human population

Increasing demand on resources

Increased coastal population growth

Food insecurity (maybe fresh water too)

Changing food security context

Sea level rise affecting coastal communities / island nations

Nutrient loading: Eutrophication

Increase of acidification / sea temperature including their impact on fisheries

Increased global travel

Environmental refugees

Post industrialization & resource conflict in the ocean

Pole-ward shifts in species ranges & human activity

Growth in consumption globally and corresponding impacts


SOCIAL

Positive Negative

Human rights based approach to conservation

More actual integration of the “human dimension” in conservation & mgmt. research

Increased community based mgmt.

Increased political & social motivation to protect the ocean

Increased visualization of the ocean for public

Increased level of optimism about what can be accomplished

Feminization of the marine conservation movement bringing new perspectives

Using technology to tell global stories & increase awareness

Rise of legal framework: human rights/ animal rights/ environmental rights consideration

More private oversight and accountability

Filling in of missing links from what we know to what is taught at various educational levels

Increased demand for protein

Increased global travel

ENVIRONMENTAL

Positive Negative

Alternative energy lowers CO2

Better understanding of land/ sea interface

Revamped approaches to social & ecological monitoring

Complimentary non-spatial mgmt.

Greater recognition of more endangered species

Recovered endangered marine species

Big MPA leaders

More & better MPAs

Effective enforcement of MPAs

Increased open-ocean stratification

Climate disaster response & minimization

Blue – carbon: incentivizing countries (e.g. credits) for creating MPAs

Better science (but still not enough)

Increased visualization of underwater world

Discovery of news species continuing and understating connection to human dimensions

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) Convention on Biological Diversity

Increased food resource demand and thus pressure on fish

Shifting populations

Increased pollution

Opening of Artic (less ice, increased shipping lanes)

Food web alterations

Extinctions / Extirpation

Increased pollution and plastic debris

Invasive species

Biodiversity loss

Release of deep sea carbons

Overfishing

IUU fishing

Bycatch (including impacts on sensitive species)

Climate change

Species at risk and decline

Acidification coastal waters

Sea levels rise

Marine defaunation + Habitat loss


ECONOMIC

Positive Negative

Increased surveillance

New sources of more sustainable energy / Renewable energy revolution

Technology as driver of positive impacts

Better high tech/ low cost solutions to manage and enforce

Increased sustainable fishing

Technological advances reduce costs and complexity

More ways to analyze data and visualize

More natural capital information & data

Replacement of GDP with something that takes all cost into account

Market (seafood industry) drives creation of MPAs

Supply chain ID & awareness provide transparency to influence markets (barcode tracking)

Food security awareness

Ecotourism / dive tourism benefits coastal communities

Better monitoring

Habitat mapping / cumulative impact mapping

MPAs as part of a legitimate Blue Economy

Awareness of true costs and benefits of conservation

Aquaculture

Act on better data (spatiotemporal resolution, extent, types)

Technology provides ability to exploit new areas

Increased shipping also in new waters (artic)

Increased global trade

Increased global ocean commerce

Increased development in the artic

More human based activities and emerging uses in the ocean

Increased Recessions

More Unemployment

Increased ocean uses and ocean use conflict

Increased economic impacts of climate change

Seabed mining

Offshore energy resource development

Declining fisheries

New industrial use of the ocean

Very high ocean economic development rates

POLITICAL

Positive Negative

Government subsidy for all when countries create and enforce MPA e.g. >10%

Incentivize conservation (services, economic benefits, etc)

Adaptive management: dynamic MPA frameworks

Science diplomacy on the rise

Awareness of relationship between environment and economy

More global political concern and action on ocean conservation

Green party in the US

High seas governance formalized

Ocean Refuge System: organized portfolio of protected areas

Lack of dialog and/or cooperation between organizations and countries impedes progress

Revert subsidies to conservation

Less international cooperation

Commercialization of Arctic

Outdated political processes

Crisis in progress in many places

Lack of global enforcement

Opposition as a result of regulation

Inequality causes strife, causes unrest and the environment pays the price

Perception that economic productivity and sustainability are mutually exclusive

Low lying developing countries subject to refugee issues


POLITICAL

Positive Negative

Tradeoffs between ocean uses better understood

Heightened attention to international environmental justice issues e.g. “import product/ export problems”

International biodiversity and conservation targets

Support for resource dependent communities w government subsidies

Greater protection from government

Better policy tools to support diverse mgmt. approaches including but not limited to MPAs

Increase of Indigenous rights

NGO & government partnerships in coral triangle developing countries

More environmental laws

Increased local ownership rights

End of tragedy of commons

Refugee crises impact


Results from Headlines from the Future Each group imagined that it is 2030 right now and the marine conservation community successfully realized its 2030 vision of having at least 30% of the ocean protected. A major news broadcaster is running a special on the success. What is their headline? This activity’s objective was to create a clear vision of what success looks like. Observations: Participants indicated how hard it was to use language that would connect to the average person, a key to successfully capturing the hearts of local communities and the general population to get their support for, and involvement in, MPAs. In addition, it was noted how crucial it is to translate the benefits of MPAs to different audiences to get the support needed and be able to protect 30% or more of the oceans. This includes (but is not limited to) local communities, fisheries, politicians, and landlocked citizens. Headlines

Healthy Seas in 2030: World leaders overt ocean catastrophe thanks to global cooperation

Crisis averted: UN charts a course to healthy oceans.

UN marine parks system declared

Mission accomplished for the oceans: humans change their food consumption

Governments to incentivize 30% protection of the oceans - signals a global shift toward social and environmental justice

The Biosphere Wellbeing Index positive 5th year in a row

Dolphins, turtles and sharks - oh my! Healthy oceans are back!

Fish are back! Collapse Averted! Notes of one of the groups to understand process:

“Global leaders come together to protect 30 % of the ocean”

“For the first time species ‘x’ is seen again

“Protection effort success due to technological advances”

“Global cooperation leads to 30% of our vital ocean protected”

“Innovative economic and environmental frameworks successfully result in global cooperation and protection of 30% of our vital ocean protected”

“Rare coral species rebound; global cooperation leaders to protect 30% of vital oceans”

“Protein needs met globally thanks to global cooperation protecting 30% of our vital oceans”

“Healthy seas in 2030; world leaders overt ocean catastrophe thanks to global cooperation”

“The biosphere wellbeing index positive for the 5th year in the world”

Notes on process: o Wanted to include emphasis on: economic benefits to conservation, community level

engagement o 30% of ocean protected signals a global shift toward greater social & environmental justice o “people everywhere eat bigger fish”....engenders idea of ocean being our refrigerator o Wanted to change the metric from economic to environmental o Difficult to know how to connect to the “average” reader o Challenging for folks to imagine a positive headline in 2030 because we need unforeseeable

exponential change o Was a very aspirational exercise that showed the importance of optimism o 2030 is a target and not an end point.


Results from Speedboat In this activity, the participants were asked to identify what is holding marine conservationists back today from reaching their goal (anchors) and what could help accelerate them reach their goal (accelerators). Below is the summarization of all teams grouped by main themes both for accelerators as well as anchors.

ACCELERATORS to Protect More of the Oceans Better and Faster Priorities / Focus

Clear shared vision, strategy and aligned action among participants

Clear purpose & measurable outcomes – zoom!

Cooperation and shared goals of all stakeholders

Portfolio of conservation approaches

Develop a vision that people will be drawn to

MPA integration into other ocean governance (MSP)

Alignment of priorities across sectors

International agreements

More people working together = bigger motor

Ocean protection is a priority for decision makers

International cooperation and pressure

Long-term plans with near-term milestones

A bigger ocean constituency – bring in new audiences Mindset

Going beyond % targets – to effective conservation

Optimism

Imagine the solutions by ignoring the negatives Political

Bi-Partisan agreement

Informed politicians

Enlightened leaders

Government support for science-based policy

Political will

New constituencies

Public call for action

Politics has long-term view

Political regime shifts Financial

Personal evidence of economic / ecological benefits

Funding: long term and non-target specific

Penalties for inaction

Financial incentives for developing technologies for sequestering carbon

Align environmental and economic incentives

Incentives for decision-makers to create MPAs

Incentives for ocean users to abide by regulations

Provide economic benefits of conservation to affected communities

Trillions of $s for MPAs (robust funding)

Stop fishing and other short-term focused subsidies

Eliminate corporate welfare – include full cost of extractive industries

Align economics and environment impact


Awareness

Tell more compelling stories

Understanding how to better appeal to people’s hearts and values

Build larger public campaigns – more $ resources

Raise public awareness + support for oceans conservation

Better connection to the environment

Improved outreach and education that reaches inland

Engage more teachers

Create personal connections with ocean

Making a Hollywood movie on the issue

Translating and effectively communicating science

Demonstrating success of existing MPAs

Inspire the Millennials

Connecting awareness to values and action

MPAs are seen as climate change mitigation / adaptation tools / mitigate risks

Increasing awareness of importance of oceans for human wellbeing Stakeholders

Real community engagement

Community support + vested interest

Fishing industry is our partner in MPA implementation

Good stakeholder processes that engage communities in conservation + address related issues (e.g. economic, food security)

Community involvement in MPA design and objectives/ regulations MPA effectiveness

Monitoring and evaluation of social & ecological

Coordinated enforcement + use of technology to improve compliance + track patterns

Minimum standards + clear legislation

Coordinated surveillance and enforcement

A new implementation agreement for areas beyond national jurisdictions (ABNJ) Data

Understanding that there is never enough data

Tech that makes it easier, simpler, less expensive

Good data – long-term monitoring

Technology to inspire more engagement (i.e. take people down in subs) and to enforce

Create transparency and accountability Approaches

Success and happiness is not measured economically but by wellbeing of the ocean

Reduce consumerist outlook

Connect to social agendas: food security, coastal protection, climate mitigation

Candidly acknowledge and learn from failures

Policy that supports local needs & approaches beyond conventional conservation approaches

Dynamic Management Strategies

Network planning

Science guided by social agenda (what do we need to know)

Simply affordable solutions that can scale

Innovative approaches

Tourism money for MPAs / Responsible tourism marketing

Reverse burden of proof

Legal: carrots + sticks


ANCHORS holding Ocean protection back Priorities / Focus

Competition in the community

Other problems will always trump ocean issues

Ocean conservation is not a high political priority

Spatial pressures leave no room for MPAs

So many other problems to care about

Different goals within conservation sector

Rise of competing political priorities / MPAs get overshadowed

Focus on buzzwords/ hype, not on meaningful outcomes

Need to learn from other “save the world” efforts / sectors (e.g. development, public health) Mindset

Disenchantment (keep missing targets)

Fear of getting it wrong

Pessimism

Accept demise

The job is too big

Fear of change

Paralyzed by the magnitude of the problem, unable to think of positive outcomes

Progress yes, but slower than growth in problem

Environmental conditions changing faster than management strategies can keep up with

Unable for science, regulations, conservation to outpace resource exploitation Political inaction

Four-year government cycles

Lack of collaboration between governments

National thinking in an international context / Challenges global but action is mostly not

Politically powerful opposition

Politics / Buying votes (anti-conservation interest undercut support from smaller nations)

Lack of international political will

Political grid-lock or inaction

Policy based on money and politics not science

Political inaction

No agreement on way forward Financial

Not enough incentives to improve

Perverse subsidies

Lack of funding

No financial or other incentives

Not enough incentives for governments

Greed Lack of Awareness

People feel disconnected from oceans

Out of sight out of mind especially the high seas

People don’t think about MPAs or the ocean at all

Idea that MPAs don’t work

Lack of consideration / engagement of local community

Education – because teachers are not engaged

No recognition of the problem – cannot see below the surface


Low issue salience

People don’t care about things they cannot see

Not able to share successes as a community

Oceans aren’t important for most Short-term thinking

Lack of short-term financial benefits / Short term costs outweigh long-term benefits

Corporate greed and control of management process

Industry push back

Wanting to fish and increase profit NOW

Struggling with economics

Short-term interests

Short-term economic horizons

Limited / lack of awareness of long-term impacts

Need immediate wins that overlook long-term goals

Shifting baselines and lack of long-term thinking

View that the ocean is a resource to be exploited Stakeholders

Entrenched users in place

Disconnect between impacts and people responsible for impacts

Regional fisheries management organizations

Stakeholder resistance

Lack of stewardship

People demand environmental justice

Vested interests

Fish don’t vote, industry does

The oceans belong to industry not people MPA effectiveness

Lack of clarity around definition (what is an MPA?)

Lack of minimum standards

External impacts that erode MPA protection (e.g. climate, oil spills, storms, global stressors, conflicts)

Lack of monitoring and evaluation

Illegal activities / rule breakers

Lack of enforcement of MPA regulations

Lack of feedbacks and adaptation in conservation

Lack of legal framework on high seas

Lack of coordination among the players

Lack of strong ties with private sector

Mismatch between expected benefits and current MPAs (most weren’t designed to improve fishing, but are still criticized for failing to increase fish landings)

Problem not clearly related to solution – public recognition

Lack of community buy-in to MPA strategy and development Data

Bad science or inappropriate use of science in decision-making

Lack of data

Need cross-scale instruments for local/global impacts Human behavior

People are not willing to pay the price to initiate conservation

People are people


We think we can adapt

Inertia

Disinterest

Don’t want to give up our life style

Resistance to change

Rejection of science

Example of one of the Speedboats


Results from Global Ocean Refuge System Convention on Biological Diversity, Aichi Target 11: 10% of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes The Global Ocean Refuge System’s (GLORES) objective is to create a diversified portfolio of strongly protected, well-enforced areas with enough representativity, replication and dispersion to maintain resilient marine populations in our increasingly threatened world. The GLORES designation system is for existing and new MPAs. Powerpoint presentations from Lance Morgan and Elliott Norse are available - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1x4h3yfxkyqwn5v/AABUIA3p-Q1bqANhFFTuAshja?dl=0 Criteria for Global Ocean Refuges

1. Highest conservation priority: ecosystems and priority species’ habitats 2. System-survivability as oceans acidify & warm 3. Adequately governed (managed and enforced) 4. Helps local, coastal communities where possible and equitable

Ecologically important places

1. Unique ecosystems 2. Ecosystems with high species richness 3. Essential breeding, feeding or nursery habitats, or migration routes 4. Sites that offer high meta-population benefits

Key questions for the biogeography

1. Are there MPAs representing all regions and ecosystem types? 2. Are these MPAs large enough to host viable populations? 3. Are there enough of these MPAs to maintain connectivity and portfolio resilience? 4. Are MPAs dispersed enough to avoid putting “all our eggs in one basket”? 5. Are MPAs as far as possible from harm’s way?

Proposed GLORES Levels

Gold – Very light human presence, no extraction of natural resources or minerals, no commercial development

Silver – No commercial extraction or other commercial activities, some subsistence and/or light recreational fishing pressure.

Bronze – No commercial activities that harm habitats (mining, oil and gas, fishing gears that contact the seafloor, etc.). Commercial and recreational activities with a light footprint (very low catch and bycatch rates)

GLORES business plan and other supporting documentation can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uhm1xu04g421dwy/AABFvIMBPCdVcdfuxtfOT6K9a?dl=0 The objective of this activity was to get feedback on what appropriate criteria should be for GLORES, how to deal with ecological importance and location, and how to involve partners. Key question when evaluating a MPA for Global Ocean Refuge status is “are we saving / protecting biodiversity?” Common threads in the different break-out discussions

More clarity is needed on what the criteria should be, especially taking into account the context of specific MPAs

Need more specific thresholds

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1x4h3yfxkyqwn5v/AABUIA3p-Q1bqANhFFTuAshja?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uhm1xu04g421dwy/AABFvIMBPCdVcdfuxtfOT6K9a?dl=0


Need to take cumulative impacts into account

Add ability for public comment/feedback on GLORES website

Make sure to include audit/ renewal process

Need clear and transparent decision making process: o Scientific committee will structure criteria. Desktop review will be completed by staff. Once

worksheet is complete, it will be referred to award panel (marine scientists, user groups, NGOS— “Nobel” committee), who would have final decision. There would be some peer review of process of evaluating process.

Need to be able to translate what GLORES is doing in a way that the larger community sees it and understands it.

Need tiers. Need to have incentive to achieve gold. Will make MPAs better over time.

Need to balance ecological condition versus activities

Near shore MPAs might have more governance

There should be different categories for GLORES level (i.e. near shore, high seas)

GLORES needs to be simple enough to make it work

Social equity should be taken into account. If governments implement MPAs that might disenfranchise local communities

Timeframe is important. Maybe add stages to GLORES assignments

Need coalition of NGOs, industry, scientists, etc. to be sponsors w/o conflict of interest

Isolation means that no activities add or subtract to the protected areas

Need levels of invasiveness Specific Criteria feedback

Consider moving coastal infrastructure to Bronze

There are cultural take practices that do not involve consumption. Important to include in consideration of criteria.

For subsistence fishing, must quantify how many boats, how many fish.

Only non-degrading human activities should be allowed for gold level. Only activities that maintain or restore the ecosystems.

Fishing activities need to be limited / sustainable. If all GLORES fishing options happen in a MPA, no fish will be left

Coastal infrastructure / activities => are these part of bronze? Areas suggested for nomination

Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk Lagoon

West Papua New Guinea

Several parts of Indonesia like Raja Ampat

Solomon Islands

Arctic management area Questions from participants

How to extend MPAs outside country waters (high seas)? o How can you apply GLORES to the high seas?

When rating, should we take into account present or future ecological condition?

Is size more important or making a network?

Who are the users and how can you include them?

Can landlocked countries participate (e.g. by adopting a piece of ocean)?

What constitutes acceptable and unacceptable data?

Should restoration be included?

What activities are allowed? o Invasive species removal o Laying cables on the bottom o Anchoring in coral reef


o Bottom trawling o Wave or tidal energy

Can the system be rated on points?

What is the strategy to nominate an area?

What are the criteria to protect ecological processes?

What is the process of removal of GLORES assignment (de-certification)?

How to take into account impact of ocean acidification, sea levels rise etc.?

Is non-degrading consumption allowed?

How to make sure to take into account social equity and avoid disenfranchisement of local communities?

How robust are the criteria? Does everyone score the same way given the same MPA?

Should we be basing criteria on best-case scenario—least disruption vs. “we’re going to allow you do x, y, z”?

Should there be language about management, scientific collecting, being driven by best available science?

Can you make the sites accessible to fundraisers to make the sites better? Crowdfunding?

Should we add a waiver-like system with some things that have low impact if done properly? If little tweaking provides bigger economic incentive might be worth considering.

Have you identified sites that may be gold standard that will be the first to be encouraged to submit an application? Is GLORES planning to solicit nominations at the beginning of the program?

Would you advertise if someone doesn’t make it?

Where do the social objectives fit in?

Is there any way Bristol Bay could ever satisfy the criteria given current impacts assuming no mining taking place?

Are some fisheries worse than others? Should that be considered in GLORES?

What data sources are going to be used? o How to secure data integrity? o Who collects the data?

Who are the recipients of the GLORES rewards? Only governments, countries, local leaders, corporations?

Restoration activities: where do these fall in? Opportunities

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): coalition of member states. Harness momentum of member states for the right 10% of ocean protection - within countries waters - by 2020 at UN. UN is supporting science-based activities that support this goal. GLORES might be part of that.

NEXT STEPS

1. Incorporate Summit participant’s feedback into criteria 2. Develop a second, more detailed draft of GLORES scoring for review and consultation 3. Seek feedback from existing MPAs to verify scoring. 4. Expand Science Advisors 5. Get a group together per country that represent broad array of perspectives to determine simple and

affordable ways towards natural preservation regionally tailored for different parts of the world.


Results from Roadmap to Our Vision What are the key steps that get us to healthy oceans? This activity was to develop a roadmap that is likely to get the marine conservation community to its vision by successfully taking into account the mega trends the planet is facing (identified on Day One). Some general comments

Need public to be aware of the situation of the oceans and popularize MPAs through communication and education.

Ocean needs PR agent for effective storytelling

Need to get investors involved and understanding the long-term costs of the current situation.

Need to define more clearly what 30% protected means and how to structure it.

We should create case studies to learn from and to help tell stories.

We should leverage the fact that oceans are part of SDGs.

We need to include the high seas and communicate they are included (they are not part of the SDG).

To succeed, monitoring and enforcement needs to be improved.

We should start and have ongoing gap analyses so progress can be shown and areas identified that need protection.

Roadmap Group 1 – Steps to 2030 – “Earth saving package”

Map seascape (incl. dynamic factors)

Map species diversity & distribution (incl. dynamic factors)

Assign PR agents to tell the real story

Baseline meaningful monitoring & evaluation. What is actually protected? Leading to adaptive management

Create “Ocean Blueprint” plan

Common acknowledgement of ocean services as forum for action

Coastal communities as leaders in conservation and recognition of local contexts and needs

Focus on proof of no harm for activities not proof of harm

Change the tide of public awareness

Simple layperson messaging

Design narrative around the “call to action” that is multi-generational. Learning programs that are fun.

Shifting budgetary priorities away from consumption toward conservation

Show hard economic advantages to having pristine oceans full of biodiversity

Greater political lobbying (local, national, international)

Development and food security. Make the case that conservation will not harm food security and ocean communities well-being.

Flipping commissions from consumption management to conservation management

US ratifies law of the sea treaty

International hard laws

International decision making and management body

Mechanism for justice equity issues

Economic mechanism to resolve financial “loss”

Open source, accessible, adaptive tools for monitoring and enforcement

Effective enforcement


Roadmap 2 – Steps to 2030 2015 – 2019

Identify candidate sites. Create a pipeline of MPAs

Engage seafood markets to drive MPA agenda

Cross-sector maritime engagement to create leadership / champions

Embrace the data as it emerges. Get it to the right audiences

Align and provide a unified front

Sustainable financing plans for MPAs to accelerate more areas protected

Criteria / vehicles to ID possible MPAs (EBSAs, GLORES, Hope Spots)

Reports to make the business and social case for MPAs

High seas treaty needs to be established — who have framework for establishing MPAs on high seas — and implemented by 2018

Gap analysis of social and political decisions from highly successful MPAs (case studies)

Need to bring the tools in place: mapping 3D, groups with a decision making seat (IUCN)

Celebrate leaders => create wave and race for MPAs

Get Climate Agreement to include the ocean

Connect MPAs (Blue Parks) to fight climate change

Implement and advance monitoring and enforcement systems

How to get the public to care? o Collect stories o Create Story maps

Convince governments that MPAs are a national security solution; ecosystem services

Connect oceans in the climate change conversation


2020 – 2024

Acceleration! Celebrate leaders with GLORES

Need unified front/ messaging with room for organizations to work at what they do best

How to get the public to care? o Standards in education in marine issues o Celebrity support

Send messengers to tell stories and narratives with attention to geography (local, regional, global) o Governments need to feel the pressure; effectively synthesize the science because we now

know enough.

Market priority shifts to allow marine leadership to emerge

Figure out who needs to know the science: seafood sellers etc. Need influencers to want to reach 30%

Who are the storytellers? Especially in developing coastal communities.

Ocean fund: climate change money for oceans o Build momentum for Blue Parks o Sustainable finance mechanisms for MPAs o Communicate financial benefits/incentives o Build capacity for developing countries

Public is demanding MPAs for environmental justice

Hit 20%SDG

“Blue Parks” are a household name and popular idea 2025 – 2030

By 2025 global high school audiences have been taught ocean science and justice values

Blue Parks around the world as a focal point

Investors know that MPAs pay off and reduce risk


Roadmap 3 – Steps to 2030

Talking less about MPAs, doing more of them

Collaboration: More collaboration ENGOs

Strategy: Developing a collective strategic plan

Political support: Sec. Kerry announces GLORES at future meeting

Priority setting: o Set 20 highest priorities (e.g. corals, arctic). o Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems o Promote EBSAs

High seas: o Push for UNGA Implementing Agreement

Monitoring & Progress: o NGO ‘war room’ to coordinate tactics o Ongoing global gap analysis o Monitoring progress / strategy o Assign World Heritage sites in areas beyond national jurisdictions and other areas

Intermediate goal: SDG 10% EEZs protected by 2020


Results from Partnering for the Future What are we doing now that aligns with success? What are we doing now that does NOT? What should we be doing? What tools enable marine conservationists at local and global scales? This activity’s objective was to identify ways to work together so the marine conservation community reaches it goal as fast as possible. Approach We identified four Partnership tracks based on a short discussion that involved questions like:

How do we scale from less than 5% somewhat protected ocean to more than 30% strongly protected?

How to convey urgency and create a paradigm shift?

How to create “ONE” team: unite organizations that are working on protecting the oceans? We should celebrate successes no matter who was at the forefront.

How do we pick the right portfolio of sites to protect? How do we identify and fill the gaps in conservation? What tools should we use?

The four tracks are:

1. Data / Mapping / GIS: how to identify the sites 2. GLORES: how do we create one system that both scales, unites and increases awareness 3. Communication / Advocacy: how do we increase awareness and global support for the ocean 4. Critical Elements for Success: stakeholder process, legal, funding, science, politics and the masses

Data / Mapping / GIS group results Facts and data alone will not save us. Countries’ efforts at ocean zoning can be used as an accelerant. We could help them by providing information for zoning activities on critical ecological regions. Mapping who is doing what, where is important (Human Use Atlas). Whatever we provide should be open-source so it can scale (think Wikipedia). The tool should store and share images and photography (e.g. geo-reference pics). There should also be an automatic upload of data from other tools to make the threshold as low as possible and make sure the tool is current. The MPA Action Group could take the lead to identify what needs to happen to make this reality. Summarized:

1. We should leverage current zoning activities 2. We need to create an intelligent dashboard through ID zoning, MPA campaigns, roundtable resources,

etc. who’s doing what where. At different levels: a. Spatial b. Thematic c. Strategic

3. We need to form a coalition to shape coordinated actions in the areas of: a. Explore funding mechanisms b. Facilitate best tools, data practitioners are available to countries and regions

i. MPAtlas.org might be the best place for an “MPA supersite” ii. The site should have open access for organizations to update

NEXT STEPS:

6. MPA Action Group to talk with other websites about a supersite 7. Create Coalition funding proposal. Potential organizations:

a. NatureServe, TNC, SeaSketch, MPAtlas.org, MPA Action Toolkit Leaders: John Guinotte and Emilie Reuchlin-Hugenholtz, Russell Moffitt

Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES) group results Idea is to start off with a group of 10 sites that are GLORES sites at Kerry kickoff (Our Ocean meeting). It would be great if Secretary Kerry used GLORES as a legacy project. Purpose is to encourage new protected areas. Focus on things that are underway, not promised, and help sites that promise to be better. We could consider a provisional status to new sites. It would be discouraging if they have to wait 5-10 years to


demonstrate their viability. This involves a tiered recognition that might turn into a Global Ocean Refuge network. A first pilot site could be Cabo Pulmo since the locals are on board. Kiribati might also be a good match. There has to be a first recipient so that people start to want to submit applications. How do we know if we’ve achieved targets from ecological perspective? There was also a discussion about compatible activities: you can still be weak in one category and strong in others (e.g. LEED example). There must be some sort of multiple criteria analysis. There should be thresholds that need to be met. GLORES is not intended to be only Marine Conservation Institute. It is intended to be for the full marine conservation community. The NGO community is divided and dysfunctional over both the goals and the execution. How can we get around that? The concept of a wilderness or wildlife refuge system is a concept that everyone supports. We need a representative group. Ideally would be great if people who want it could get access to financial and scientific assistance. Key outcomes:

1. Ocean organizations should use “Global Ocean Refuge System” as brand and incentive tool 2. We need to setup a science advisory committee to get GLORES ready for action and help advance it.

Participants: a. Role for NGOs: looking for this to be a partnership b. Role for others: Industry, Political (our ocean endorsement?)

NEXT STEPS:

1. Find organizations that endorse/ approve GLORES. These organizations are interested: a. High Seas Alliance b. WWF c. NRDC d. Greenpeace e. Anthropocene Institute f. Alaska Pacific University

2. Find GLORES Ambassadors that spread the message and get buy in. Signed up: a. Laurie McCook

3. Create a Science Council: a. Nature Serve/ Kathy Goodin b. Duke/ Daniel Dunn c. Laurie McCook d. CPAWS/ Alex Barron

e. Rodolphe Devillers f. Octavio Alburto

g. Tara Whitty Communication/ Advocacy group results Focus: scaling up and creating a paradigm shift in the awareness and actions of the global population. We need to have a positive message that has a sense of urgency. It should answer the question “what can I do to help”. The message needs to be tailored to regional / cultural issues. A picture speaks a thousand words – thus more pictures, less words. Need marketing specialists.

1. Create centralized messaging: especially in percentage goal 2. Create a universal brand 3. Create global education/ curriculum 4. Hold special events in public spaces: aquaria 5. Create a MPA Action Network to drive this. How:

a. Ask organizations to commit (unity) b. Provide a menu on what can be done c. Working group + identify SUB groups (e.g. educator, public space and event, spokespersons,

influencers)


d. Choose central messaging e. Create a universal brand for this campaign f. Create a business plan g. Goal tracking/ metrics h. Create process to engage stakeholders i. Find/ build network globally (UN, MCI, MB, PEW, WCS, IUCN, WNF, Greenpeace) j. Planning + meeting coordination k. Successful delivery l. Scale up messaging m. Marketing strategy for protection

NEXT STEPS:

1. Create a MPA Action Network and have organizations sign up a. Interested organizations:

i. Marine Conservation Institute ii. Mission Blue iii. Greenpeace iv. Leslie Cornick v. WWF vi. High Seas Alliance

b. Other groups / experts: i. Gulf of CA ii. Anthropocene Institute iii. International league of conservation photographers

c. Collaborate with existing MPA Action Agenda Leaders: Jackie Dragon and Charlotte Vick

2. Start a petition (From Sylvia)



Critical Elements for Success group results We need a bottom-up model with ample funding. We also need to involvement the science community. Key stakeholders should be involved in the design. We should build in adaptive feedback loops on how to approve. Identified critical elements for success:

1. Governance: robust legal mandate 2. Funding 3. Stakeholder process 4. Scientific underpinning 5. Political support 6. Leadership 7. Adaptive management / capacity building

We should start with a checklist to make sure all necessary stakeholders/ actors are included:

Who is the “they”? Especially in a global program

Neutral objective leader- a funder?

Memorandum of Understanding to spell out process Universal checklist to progress a conservation agenda:

1. Legal mandate: Intergovernmental, Ocean Sanctuary Alliance, governance a. Capacity building and training for strategy and policies b. Involve partners from spectrum of judicial players

2. Funding: doers v. payers, stipulates cooperation (neutralize competition), self-sustaining mechanism a. Public/private partnerships, foundations, green bonds, debt for nature b. Marry permutations

3. Stakeholder process: transparency, interacting with each other, full representation, joint recommendations to give to government representatives

a. Alignment necessary, not 100% agreement b. Mandate for cooperation from funding foundation c. Encourage understanding and respect d. Developing national / local capacity e. Staying power: role for continuous stream of knowledge f. Looking forward instead of condemn previous actions

4. Scientific Underpinning: contributes to the stakeholder process (funding required), veto power over stakeholder deliverables

a. Diverse scientific sources (traditional knowledge, international) b. Establish informed thresholds/guidelines (minimum level) c. Be careful of risk of making external scientists stakeholders, are scientists stakeholders? Need

to clarify roles d. It’s all about the money for capacity building

5. Political support: Industry can grease the wheels of political support from: industry, intergovernmental, NGOs, academia

a. Political legacy (e.g. Bush and Obama) b. Key political support might be at different levels c. Bridge organizations by showing universal stakeholder agreement d. Timing is key

6. Leadership: can come from any sector and is place-based on cultural context a. Who is credible in the context? b. Being invisible and facilitating partnership c. Non-biased, non-ego d. How to create enabling conditions

7. Adaptive management/ capacity building: a. Training local scientists b. Needs education / engagement / outreach c. Involves intergovernmental, national governments, NGOs (local, global), industries,

communities, academia


NEXT STEPS: 4. Create coalition to create a manual on best practices (building on existing material) 5. Work with the MPA Supersite 6. Then have the communications aspect come in

Leader: Leslie Cornick to engage potential coauthors: using existing literature


APPENDIX – MPA Tools Articles:

“An ocean of surprises – Trends in human use, unexpected dynamics and governance challenges in areas beyond national jurisdiction”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8xpq9u2sup5x9yt/merrie_et_al_2014.pdf?dl=0

“Enabling conditions to support marine protected area network planning: California’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative as a case study”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lslwafximsup2qg/Enabling%20conditions%20to%20support%20marine%20protected%20area%20network%20planning%20California%27s%20Marine%20Life%20Protection%20Act%20Initiative%20as%20a%20case%20study.pdf?dl=0

“The good is the bad that we don't do☆ Economic crimes against humanity: A proposal”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8huwfo03szf6m7o/Principles%20for%20a%20new%20economy.pdf?dl=0

Participating organizations:

MPA toolkit, that holds some great tools and resources for MPA advocacy. Sign up via: www.mpaaction.org

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/psteezj5z2t7978/AACbCE_MXdb8uijOC53vpIn8a?dl=0

CBD EBSA: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6sbael8k9rvkbqh/AACD1SLwZfb93cU3ZmAepStEa?dl=0

High Sea Alliance: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eewzs3rf4tglxa9/AABpAri73aErtugqQJd67v0oa?dl=0

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qnszfjc7ftssidk/AAA_WO4newjXiniurzkXfHAUa?dl=0

Resource Legacy Fund (RLF): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vngcgnja79qpalf/AAA0J_1eC_TlThVaA6bMTIFIa?dl=0

The Nature Conservancy (TNC): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mcshmbydrk8ngk1/AABKYkrjGVksgC0Jos57mFULa?dl=0

SeaSketch: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f5vx2b4n9wsz9az/AAB5ZdCwWtSe0Lq9eTYm6BqGa?dl=0

University of California San Diego: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s9r9816gc5fg8bu/AAAYr4DSyQh1nIIwoCPAKn48a?dl=0

University of Victoria: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zdalbocdw4uazf/AAB1VxiWmfnIZlQeR3wtnb0Aa?dl=0

WWF MPA Action Group Key Documents: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f4uhycpk1ya4eqy/AACoy0lzo5d9EN0rsZfL8eEMa?dl=0

WWF MPA training opportunities: https://www.dropbox.com/s/txm5zaq3sievljc/MPA%20Action%20Agenda%20Online%20Training%20Schedule%20and%20Content.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8xpq9u2sup5x9yt/merrie_et_al_2014.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lslwafximsup2qg/Enabling%20conditions%20to%20support%20marine%20protected%20area%20network%20planning%20California%27s%20Marine%20Life%20Protection%20Act%20Initiative%20as%20a%20case%20study.pdf?dl=0



https://www.dropbox.com/s/8huwfo03szf6m7o/Principles%20for%20a%20new%20economy.pdf?dl=0

http://www.mpaaction.org/

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/psteezj5z2t7978/AACbCE_MXdb8uijOC53vpIn8a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6sbael8k9rvkbqh/AACD1SLwZfb93cU3ZmAepStEa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eewzs3rf4tglxa9/AABpAri73aErtugqQJd67v0oa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qnszfjc7ftssidk/AAA_WO4newjXiniurzkXfHAUa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vngcgnja79qpalf/AAA0J_1eC_TlThVaA6bMTIFIa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mcshmbydrk8ngk1/AABKYkrjGVksgC0Jos57mFULa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f5vx2b4n9wsz9az/AAB5ZdCwWtSe0Lq9eTYm6BqGa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s9r9816gc5fg8bu/AAAYr4DSyQh1nIIwoCPAKn48a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zdalbocdw4uazf/AAB1VxiWmfnIZlQeR3wtnb0Aa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f4uhycpk1ya4eqy/AACoy0lzo5d9EN0rsZfL8eEMa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/txm5zaq3sievljc/MPA%20Action%20Agenda%20Online%20Training%20Schedule%20and%20Content.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/txm5zaq3sievljc/MPA%20Action%20Agenda%20Online%20Training%20Schedule%20and%20Content.pdf?dl=0


APPENDIX – Team Result of Mega Trends






APPENDIX – Summit Agenda

Date: Nov. 2 & 3, 2015

Location: Esri Headquarters, Redlands, California

Sunday, Nov 1 – Arrival: informal evening meet and greet at the Royal Falconer from 18:30-20:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov 2 – Day 1: Setting the Stage for a Global System of MPAs

Day 1 Time What (Content)

8:30 – 9:00 Arrive and coffee

9:00 – 10:00 Welcome, Introductions and Objectives

10:00– 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:00 Problem Identification - MPAs are a critical piece of the solution, how can we catalyze more and better protections?

11:00 – 12:30 News from the Future - It is now November 2030, what state are the oceans in and what got them there?

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:00 Speedboat - What would help marine conservationists reach their 2030 vision faster? What is creating drag?

14:00 – 14:30 Global Ocean Refuges – Morgan and Norse

14:30 – 16:15 Breakouts – Discussion of GLORES criteria - what are appropriate criteria? Ecological importance, location and governance

16:15 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 17:00 Wrap-up of the day

17:00 – 19:30 Evening Exhibition & Reception: Showcasing participating organizations and their solutions

Tuesday, Nov 3 – Day 2: Partnering for Healthy Oceans

Timing What (Content)

8:30 – 9:00 Arrive and coffee

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome, Summary of Day 1 and plan for Day 2

9:15 – 11:30 Esri – Dawn Wright Presentation MPAtlas.org – Lance Morgan Hope Spots - Sylvia Earle’s vision on partnering for healthy oceans

11:30 – 11:45 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Roadmap to Our Vision: What are the key steps that get us to a healthy ocean?

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch + Group Photo

13:30 – 15:30 Partnering for Success: What are we doing now that aligns with success? What are we doing now that does NOT? What else? Tools to enable marine conservation at local and global scales?

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00- 17:00 Wrap-up of the day (including Next Steps) – What messages to do we take away? Summit adjourned.

17:30 Optional event: Dr. Sylvia Earle lecture, Redlands Community Forum-Esri


About the Convening Organizations

Esri is a global leader in technology that enables organizations to create responsible and sustainable solutions to problems at local and global scales. Esri believes that geography is at the heart of a more resilient and sustainable future. Governments, industry leaders, academics, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) trust Esri to connect them with the analytic knowledge they need to make these critical decisions that shape the planet. In 2015 Esri, under the auspices of the Group on Earth Observations, is releasing a new, global marine ecological units map to ultimately enable characterization and exploration of the ocean in 3 dimensions.

Marine Conservation Institute, is developing and leading the Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES) a new, collaborative initiative designed to catalyze strong protection for at least 20% of ecosystems in each marine biogeographic region of the ocean. This new designation reflects the highest level of conservation, one that will lend prestige and credibility to those designating and managing protected areas with marine biodiversity benefits, and the resulting economic benefits of improved fisheries, tourism and investment.

Mission Blue – Sylvia Earle Alliance Hope Spots encourages partners to raise awareness about the beauty – and fragility – of the blue heart of our planet. Through their Hope Spots initiative, they are raising awareness of special places that are critical to the health of the ocean – Earth’s blue heart. Some Hope Spots are already formally protected, while others still need defined protection. Their goal is to create a global network of marine protected areas, flourishing ocean environments that will form the seed of tomorrow’s healthy ocean.


APPENDIX – Summit Attendees

Full Name Affiliation Email

Alex Driedger Anthropocene Institute [email protected]

Alexandra Barron Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

[email protected]

Brad Ack World Wildlife Fund [email protected]

Caro Dravta Marine Conservation Institute [email protected]

Charlotte Vick Mission Blue [email protected]

Chris LaFranci One Reef [email protected]

Christine Santora Ocean Sanctuary Alliance [email protected]

Daniel Dunn Duke University [email protected]

Dawn Wright Esri [email protected]

Drew Stephens Esri [email protected]

Elizabeth Murdock Natural Resources Defense Council [email protected]

Elliott Norse Marine Conservation Institute [email protected]

Emilie Reuchlin-Hugenholtz

World Wildlife Fund [email protected]

Grace Goldberg University of California, Santa Barbara (SeaSketch)

[email protected]

Jackie Dragon Greenpeace [email protected]

Jan Freiwald Reef Check [email protected]

Jane Kachmer Mission Blue [email protected]

Jenifer Austin [email protected]

Jenn Eckerle Natural Resources Defense Council [email protected]

Jennifer Lentz Aquarium of the Pacific [email protected]

Jennifer Sletten Anthropocene Institute [email protected]

John Guinotte Marine Conservation Institute [email protected]

Kaitilin Gaffney Resource Legacy Fund [email protected]

Kaitlyn Sephton Wildlife Conservation Society [email protected]

Katherine Kerr AltaSea [email protected]

Kathy Goodin Nature Serve [email protected]

Keith Carlson [email protected]

Lance Morgan Marine Conservation Institute [email protected]

Laurie McCook James Cook University [email protected]

Leslie Cornick Alaska Pacific University [email protected]

Lida Teneva Conservation International [email protected]

Maria Montoreano Mission Blue [email protected]

Michael Sutton COMPASS [email protected]

Mimi D'Iorio NOAA [email protected]


Full Name Affiliation Email

Nathalie Udo InDepth Strategies [email protected]

Patty Elkus Mission Blue [email protected]

Peggy Kalas High Seas Alliance [email protected]

Rob Brumbaugh The Nature Conservancy [email protected]

Rodolphe Devillers Memorial University [email protected]

Russ Moffitt Marine Conservation Institute [email protected]

Sabine Jessen Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

[email protected]

Samantha Andrews Marine Institute Newfoundland [email protected]

Sylvia Earle Mission Blue [email protected]

Tammy Davies University of Victoria [email protected]

Tara Whitty Scripps Institution [email protected]

Vienna Saccomanno Marine Conservation Institute [email protected]

Will McClintock University of California, Santa Barbara

[email protected]