Waves Newsletter
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July, 2015
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The CBE partners with
The Nature Conservancy on
Economics of Coastal Climate Change
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The Center for the Blue Economy (CBE) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have entered into an exciting partnership this summer. The two organizations will work together to improve the understanding of the economic costs and benefits of coastal management related to sea level rise and climate change adaptation.
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The Korea Maritime Institute Donates in Support of the CBE Symposium
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The Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) has donated $10,000 toward sponsorship of "Oceans in International Income Accounts," an invitation-only symposium hosted by the Center for the Blue Economy this October. The goal of the symposium is to build international consensus and create a uniform and standardized set of measurements for the ocean and coastal economies around the world.
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The CBE Applauds Dr. Elizabeth Madin
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On July 9th the CBE team welcomed Dr. Elizabeth Madin, a postdoctoral fellow funded jointly by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) based in Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Madin's research could potentially change the face of coral reef surveys, creating a larger swath of information at a fraction of the cost.
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Dr. Charles Colgan presents at "Fostering Climate Resilient Coastal Communities," hosted by UC Irvine.
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Students Changing the World
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The 2015 CBE Summer Fellows have been blogging about their work, which ranges from sustainability at Maersk Drilling in Denmark, to working on locally managed marine areas with communities in Micronesia.
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The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has created a video game that teaches the economic and environmental tradeoffs of land-use investments.
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