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| Facilitators: Maja Kuzmanovic, Vali Lalioti, Nik Gaffney | Facilitators: Maja Kuzmanovic, Vali Lalioti, Nik Gaffney |
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| ==== Organisational introductions ==== | ==== Organisational introductions ==== |
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| Mirella von Lindenfels works at IPSO (International Programme on the State of the Ocean) on strategy for negotiations, international diplomacy, regulation at international level, looking at deep sea mining, IUU regulations, chemical pollution & plastics in the oceans, etc. She is starting up a new project including a large oceans communications campaign for the general public, looking at different target audiences and various ways to explain value of the oceans. The challenge is to balance economic vs. moral vs ethical dimensions, which Marine CoLAB might help integrating. | Mirella von Lindenfels works at IPSO (International Programme on the State of the Ocean) on strategy for negotiations, international diplomacy, regulation at international level, looking at deep sea mining, IUU regulations, chemical pollution & plastics in the oceans, etc. She is starting a new project which includes a large oceans communications campaign for the general public, using different target audiences and various ways to explain value of the oceans. The challenge is to balance economic, moral and ethical dimensions, which Marine CoLAB might help integrating. |
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| Giles Bristow’s has at least three directions in his work at the Forum for the Future that can be relevant to Marine CoLAB. He is looking at how to reconceptualise supply chains as value chains and more non-linear value networks ("sustainable value networks": http://www.forumforthefuture.org/valuenetworks. This would could be a lens to look at areas that can be changed, going beyond merely financial. The second project is the "Scaling Impact Framework", with its 8 building blocks/aspects that tend to be outside of control of innovators: http://scalingupimpact.forumforthefuture.org. Thirdly, he is working with the shipping sector and asking 'what does sustainable shipping industry look like?', including technologies, and finances, such as the fund for North Sea. | Giles Bristow’s has at least three directions in his work at the Forum for the Future that could be relevant to Marine CoLAB. He is looking at how to reconceptualise supply chains as value chains or more non-linear value networks [[http://www.forumforthefuture.org/valuenetworks|"Sustainable value networks"]]. This could provide be a lens to look at areas that can be changed, more helpful than an isolated finacial description. The second project is the "[[http://scalingupimpact.forumforthefuture.or|Scaling Impact Framework]]", which presents building blocks that tend to be outside of control of innovators. Thirdly, he is working with the shipping sector to ask 'what does a sustainable shipping industry look like?' this includes technology and finance, such as the fund for North Sea. |
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| Nicola Frost at Fauna and Flora International works site-based safeguarding marine protected areas & sustainable fisheries, interested in embedding site-specific work in the wider context of systems thinking. They are operational in 18 countries and work on access, finance, adaptive reflection, incentives for behavioural change. They work on community engagement and empowering local stakeholders through capacity building. Although their scale is quite local, they have an understanding of wider issues and look at impact of national and international challenges and their impact on the relationship between people and biodiversity. They’re interested in innovative approaches to governance of marine protected areas, such as co-management in order to incentivise people and change perceptions. Their current focus is on fisheries, pollution, oil & gas. They believe in a constructive engagement with business, including impact investing, improving fishing practice, public/private funding models. | Nicola Frost at Fauna and Flora International works on site-based safeguarding of marine protected areas & sustainable fisheries, with an interest in embedding site-specific work into a wider context (using a systems thinking approach). FFI are operational in 18 countries and work on access, finance, adaptive reflection and incentives for behavioural change. Their work includes community engagement and empowering local stakeholders through capacity building. Although their scale is quite local, they have an understanding of wider issues and look at how national and international challenges might impact the relationship between people and biodiversity. They’re interested in innovative approaches to the governance of marine protected areas, such as co-management in order to incentivise people and change perceptions. Their current focus is on fisheries, pollution, oil & gas. They believe in a constructive engagement with business, including impact investing, improving fishing practice, public/private funding models. |
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| Aniol Esteban of the New Economics Foundation is interested in the fundamental change of economic systems that is required to deliver sustainability & social justice. His work is a balancing act of the long term change & short term engagement ('daily corrections') to drive change, which both involve a range of different strategies, from changing policy to finding new narratives, capacity building, etc. NEF’s key role is speaking the economic language. For example, the common fisheries policy includes economic models for sustainability, trade-offs, jobs, CO2e, profit, etc. They look at the macro-economic structures to strengthen the economic capacity of marine conservation. A few examples are the 'Marine Socio-Economics Project' (http://www.mseproject.net), 'The blue new deal' restarting marine conservation conversation - prosperity of coastal communities and the EMFF, directing fisheries fund to 'right directions'. | Aniol Esteban of the New Economics Foundation is interested in the fundamental change of economic systems that is required to deliver sustainability & social justice. His work is a balancing act between long term change & short term engagement ('daily corrections') to drive change, which involves a range of different strategies, from changing policy to finding new narratives, capacity building, etc. One of NEF’s key roles is speaking the language of economics. For example, working with economic models of the Common Fisheries Policy to understand sustainability, trade-offs, jobs, CO2e, profit, etc. They look at macro-economic structures that strengthen the economic capacity of marine conservation. A few examples are the 'Marine Socio-Economics Project' (http://www.mseproject.net), 'The blue new deal' restarting marine conservation conversation - prosperity of coastal communities and the EMFF, directing fisheries fund into the 'right directions'. |
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| Sandy Luk at Client Earth focuses on rules, which include laws, but also spoken and unspoken habits, conventions, codes of conduct etc. that defend the right of people and wildlife to a healthy life. They ensure that good rules are in place and that they are clear enough so people can can stick to them. If no good rules exist, they work on reforming them. For example, in the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP))they work to ensure that the wildlife rules (protected areas) are applied to fisheries (i.e. no exemption for fishing). If the good rules exist they ensure their proper implementation. If the rules are broken, they can proceed to legal enforcement through the courts. They are also interested in finding gaps in rule systems and working on voluntary codes of conduct (e.g. sustainable seafood coalition - SSC working with supply chain codes and labelling codes (defined terms and standards). | Sandy Luk at Client Earth focuses on rules, which include laws, but also include spoken and unspoken habits, conventions, codes of conduct etc. They defend the right of people and wildlife to a healthy life. They ensure that good rules are in place and that the rules are clear enough so people can can stick to them. If no good rules exist, they work on reforming them. For example, in the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)they work to ensure that the wildlife rules (protected areas) are applied to fisheries (i.e. no exemption for fishing). If good rules exist they ensure their proper implementation. If the rules are broken, they can proceed to legal enforcement through the courts. They are also interested in finding gaps in rule systems and working on voluntary codes of conduct (e.g. sustainable seafood coalition (SSC) working with supply chain codes and labelling codes (defined terms and standards). |
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| Andrew Farmer of the Institute for European Environmental Policy works on policy analysis of European environmental laws. They work with diverse organisations with an EU focus. They look at rules, gaps, implementation and implementation failures. Considering their complexity they work on better structuring and formulation of EU environmental law. In the marine field, they work on TEEB analysis for policy makers and analysis of coastal zones. Their work includes training and economics. Andrew works on waste legislation, that has large gaps for marine litter. The gaps are related to 'historical legacy problems (e.g. the Baltic sea), whose effects on the policy need to be better understood and integrated in decision making. Recently they have been involved in the 'Greener Britain' UK environmental policy manifesto - http://www.ieep.eu/assets/1417/Greener_Britain.pdf, but they usually work more behind the scenes. | Andrew Farmer of the Institute for European Environmental Policy works on policy analysis of European environmental laws. They work with diverse organisations with an EU focus. They look at rules, gaps, implementation and implementation failures. Considering the complexity of EU regulation, they work on better structuring and formulation of EU environmental law. In the marine field, they work on TEEB analysis for policy makers and analysis of coastal zones. Their work includes training and economics. Andrew works on waste legislation, that has large gaps for marine litter. The gaps are related to 'historical legacy problems (e.g. the Baltic sea), whose effects on the policy need to be better understood and integrated in decision making. Recently they have been involved in the 'Greener Britain' UK environmental policy manifesto - http://www.ieep.eu/assets/1417/Greener_Britain.pdf, but they usually work more behind the scenes. |
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| Heather Koldewey heads the conservation programme at the Zoological Society of London. Her work is science based, that has both an academic focus and work related to their two zoos. Their marine work focuses on protecting ocean wilderness, solving challenges at interface of poverty & marine biodiversity, and species conservation (e.g. 'flagship species' as seahorses). Their primary method is collaboration and finding new partnerships (beyond comfort zones and usual suspects). They focus on solutions to counteract the dominance of doom-and-gloom in marine conservation. See [[https://twitter.com/search?q=%20%23oceanoptimism|#oceanoptimism]]. There are many solutions out there, the question is how to find, replicate and scale what works. She focuses on connecting communities instead of re-inventing the wheel. Current projects include a collaboration with Selfridges, and a project with the carpet-tiles manufacturer Interface to recycle fishing nets into carpets. | Heather Koldewey heads the conservation programme at the Zoological Society of London. Her work is science based, that has both an academic focus and work related to their two zoos. Their marine work focuses on protecting ocean wilderness, solving challenges at interface of poverty & marine biodiversity, and species conservation (e.g. 'flagship species' as seahorses). Their primary method is collaboration and finding new partnerships (beyond comfort zones and usual suspects). They focus on solutions to counteract the dominance of doom-and-gloom in marine conservation. See [[https://twitter.com/search?q=%20%23oceanoptimism|#oceanoptimism]]. There are many solutions out there, the question is how to find, replicate and scale what works. She focuses on connecting communities instead of re-inventing the wheel. Current projects include a collaboration with Selfridges, and a project with the carpet-tiles manufacturer Interface to recycle fishing nets into carpets. |
| Which perceptions need changing? | Which perceptions need changing? |
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| === Marine conservation is a constraint to economic development=== | == Marine conservation is perceived as a constraint to economic development== |
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| One of the widespread perceptions of marine conservation is that it is a constraint to economic development. In order to change this perception there should be a stronger, more visible **link between 'natural resources' and economic arguments**. For example: | One of the widespread perceptions of marine conservation is that it is a constraint to economic development. In order to change this perception there should be a stronger, more visible **link between 'natural resources' and economic arguments**. For example: |
| * Once a solution is identified, **replication** becomes an issue. There are different methods to either work with individual 'pollinators' or community->community replication, but both are quite ad-hoc and often rely on geographic connections. Are there ways to make this more systematic, more trans-local? | * Once a solution is identified, **replication** becomes an issue. There are different methods to either work with individual 'pollinators' or community->community replication, but both are quite ad-hoc and often rely on geographic connections. Are there ways to make this more systematic, more trans-local? |
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| === It is about more than just cost/benefit === | == It is about more than just cost/benefit == |
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| The perception of the relationship between costs and benefits is skewed: *small costs often over-ride large benefits*. There is a need to change this perception especially for *decision makers*, to allow them to look at the broader picture than the narrow cost/benefit analysis. Which *tools* could they use to include the big picture in their equation? | The perception of the relationship between costs and benefits is skewed: *small costs often over-ride large benefits*. There is a need to change this perception especially for *decision makers*, to allow them to look at the broader picture than the narrow cost/benefit analysis. Which *tools* could they use to include the big picture in their equation? |
| A widespread post-GFC perception is that the "environment is a luxury" and revealing 'hidden value' in economic terms has a limited impact (c.f. healthy food). The long-term nature of marine conservation is a challenge from an economic perspective. MPAs work, but often have a time frame that is 'too long' at least 5~10years to establish (longer than political and economic cycles) | A widespread post-GFC perception is that the "environment is a luxury" and revealing 'hidden value' in economic terms has a limited impact (c.f. healthy food). The long-term nature of marine conservation is a challenge from an economic perspective. MPAs work, but often have a time frame that is 'too long' at least 5~10years to establish (longer than political and economic cycles) |
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| === Marine NGOs are animal lovers === | == Marine NGOs are perceived as animal lovers == |
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| If marine NGOs are seen as more concerned about animals than people only small part of population is reached. Furthermore, businesses see the work of Marine NGOs as being 'bad for business'. More contact with businesses, speaking the language of economics and engaging diverse communities could change this perception. | If marine NGOs are seen as more concerned about animals than people only small part of the population is reached. Furthermore, businesses see the work of Marine NGOs as generally being 'bad for business'. More contact with businesses, speaking the language of economics and engaging diverse communities could help change this perception. |
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