Creating a marine protected area for the Western Antarctic Peninsula
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“The Southern Ocean, surrounding Antarctica, is one of the least altered marine ecosystems on Earth and is important for climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, and fisheries production. The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is one of the most rapidly changing ecosystems on the planet and is an area of rich biodiversity. In January 2019, the governments of Chile and Argentina, in collaboration with National Geographic Pristine Seas, organized an expedition to the WAP, with the aim to provide scientific, policy, and communication support, at a global scale, to the Marine Protected Area proposal for the Antarctic Peninsula-South Scotia Arc (D1MPA) that was put forward jointly by the two countries in October 2018. The D1MPA would protect biodiversity hotspots as well as representative and unique benthic and pelagic habitats and the results from the expedition are helping to support this effort“.
Date: 18 November 2020, 18:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Speaker: Dr Alan Friedlander (Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society; Hawaiʿi Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʿi)
Organiser: Oxford University Polar Forum (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: marc.maciasfauria@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Dr Lisa Wedding (University of Oxford), Dr Marc Macias-Fauria (University of Oxford)
Part of: Oxford University Polar Forum MT2020 Online Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: http://www.polar.ox.ac.uk/events/oupf-online-series-prof-alan-friedlander/
Cost: FREE
Audience: Public
Editor: Marc Macias Fauria