20160311 SEA Public Discussion

SailingOneOcean:SEASemesterinAotearoaNewZealand11March2016

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ScienceontheSSVRobertCSeamans

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SEASemester:AnInterdisciplinaryApproach

SEASemester:GlobalOcean&theOceanHealthIndex

LeadershipinaDynamicEnvironment

OceansandGlobalChange

MariCmeHistoryandCulture

ConservaConandManagement

SenseofPlace

Directed/PracCcalOceanographicResearch

DataCommunicaCon&VisualizaCon

WhyNewZealand?

WhyNewZealand?

www.stats.govt.nz

ConservaCon&Management:Ourworkinprogress

MāoriForeshore-SeabedDebate:HannahLipstein,AlexSalesin

NewZealand’sStanceonWhalingandRoleinIWC:EileenBates,StacieBellairs,AnnaPoholek,MaggieSmith

RossSeaMarineSanctuaryplanning:ShirleyLuo,ElizaThomas,RachelSoudakoff

ClimateChangeAdaptaCon:EllaDean,AlinaNakano,TimDooley

NewZealand’sBiosecurityandWastePolicy:MadisonAHerbury,MakenzieMichel

MāoriForeshore-SeabedDebate:Alex

Foreshore and Seabed Debate:

Historical Background

“‘The Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, February 6th, 1840', Painting by Marcus King, 1938.” New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Victoria University of Wellington Library. 2015. Web. 8 February 2016.

SignificanceoftheRossSea

Environmental•  LastPrisMneEcosystemonEarth•  Escapedoilspills,mining,invasivespecies,overexploitaMon

Economic•  AntarcMcToothfish'srichwhitefleshisextremelyprofitableat$70perkilogram

ScienCfic•  MoststudiedconMnentalshelfever,wehavedatathatspansover170years•  StructureispurelynaturalandallowsscienMststostudyeffectsofclimatechangewithouthumanintervenMon

Climate Change Adapta/on The problem

NonaturalbuffersystemtocombatclimatechangeHumanintervenMoniskey

Historical Background •  KyotoProtocol•  NewZealand’sraMficaMonandstepstoreduceclimatechange

•  Progressfollowingtreaty

Storm-Proof

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Flood-Proof

Sea Level Rise

Renewable Energy

Leadershipandteamworkskills,knowledgeandexperienceapplicabletofuturesinoceanadvocacyandchosencareers

Goals:idenCfykeyissuesinlocal,regionalandglobaloceanconservaConandmanagement;understandcomplexity;engagebroadercommunity

Results:policybriefswithrecommendaConsforfurtheracCon,stakeholderengagement,andpolicyrevision;buildissueawareness

ForSEA,buildingrelaConshipswithcommuniCes,organizaCons,andacademicinsCtuCons

radionz.co.nz

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