>
>
> Announcing: Ecosystems Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS) open science
> meeting to be held in Seattle from May 22-26, 2011. The conference
> website is:
> www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2011/ESSAS/sci_program.aspx.
>
> There will be a 1-day session on "Anticipating socio-economic and policy
> consequences of global changes in sub-polar and polar marine ecosystems."
>
> Abstract deadline: January 15
>
> Anticipating socio-economic and policy consequences of global changes in
> sub-polar and polar marine ecosystems
>
> Convenors:
> Keith Criddle (USA), David Fluharty (USA), Svein Jentoft (Norway), Mitsutaku
> Makino (Japan), and Ian Perry (Canada)
>
> Invited Speakers:
> Tony Charles (Canada), Mitsutaku Makino (Japan), Bonnie McCay (USA), and
> James McGoodwin (USA)
>
> Polar and sub-polar marine systems are expected to be strongly impacted by
> anticipated climate change, and by anticipated economic development relating
> to fishing, tourism and, hydrocarbon exploration. Human socio-economic
> systems in these regions year-round or seasonally are finely tuned to their
> present environments, with few alternative livelihood opportunities, and are
> also expected to be severely affected by these changes. This session will
> explore the potential for anticipating socio-economic conditions in coupled
> polar and sub-polar marine social-ecological systems. It seeks to identify
> the key policy issues and what policies are needed as these regions
> experience climate-driven environmental changes and economic development,
> with the focus on marine-related issues. Policy needs will include
> requirements for monitoring and observing of the full coupled
> social-ecological systems. A comparative approach among the different
> communities and countries of these regions will enable separation of general
> from regional and local understanding and policy issues. Such an approach
> could include the roles of seasonal migrants into these regions for
> marine-related activities. The session specifically seeks papers that
> address anticipating marine socio-economic aspects of climate change and
> economic development, anticipated policy needs related to these issues, and
> the understanding and information needs (e.g. monitoring) required to
> forecast responses and to formulate policies. Comparative studies at a
> variety of spatial scales, as well as studies that examine interactions and
> feedback mechanisms between humans and the environment, are particularly
> welcome. Publication of a collection of these presentations in a relevant
> primary journal will be discussed.
>
> --
> Courtney Carothers, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
> University of Alaska Fairbanks
> 207B O'Neill Building
> 905 N. Koyukuk Drive
> Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
> 907-474-5329
>
clcarothers@alaska.edu>
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