(October 16, 2015) Canada has gone from being a world leader in ocean management to a country failing its oceans due to a lack of federal leadership in implementing ocean policy, the cutting of funding and resources to government ocean science, and the silencing of government scientists. These findings are part of a new study in Marine Policy, […] Read More >
(October 15, 2015) Yoshitaka Ota, CORU Research Associate, gave a lecture to students visiting the University of British Columbia to study sustainability on September 16, 2015. Dr. Ota gave the lecture on ocean sustainability and the role of international cooperation to Hokkaido University, Nitobe College students visiting from Japan. The lecture with working dinner was organized by Dr. […] Read More >
(September 16, 2015) William Cheung, CORU Leader, recently presented at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Workshop on Regional Climate Projections and their Use in Impacts and Risk Analysis Studies, held at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias, Brazil from September 15-18. Read more. Read More >
(September 2, 2015) William Cheung, CORU leader, has co-authored a paper titled “Polar lessons learned: long-term management based on shared threats in Arctic and Antarctic environments” in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Read more. Read More >
(August 5, 2015) William Cheung, CORU leader, attended the Third Author Meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) from July 27 to 31, in Beijing, China. Read more. Read More >
(July 29, 2015) William Cheung, CORU leader, and Rashid Sumaila, Director of the UBC Fisheries Economics Research Unit, have been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series on “Economic incentives and overfishing: a bioeconomic vulnerability index”. Read more. Read More >
(July 27, 2015) Muhammed Oyinlola, CORU PhD Student, has written a blog post about food security and the viability of aquaculture for the Nereus Program policy forum. Read more. Read More >
(July 15, 2015) They presented findings from the program on the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems and fisheries Read More >
(July 13, 2015) Wilf Swartz, CORU Research Associate, discusses public awareness and transparency down the supply chain in this policy forum post on the Nereus Program website. Read more. Tag: Read More >
(July 6, 2015) William Cheung, CORU leader, and Yoshitaka Ota, Research Associate, presented their work on ocean fisheries, climate change and indigenous fisheries at Dr Shinichi Ito Lab (atmosphere and ocean research institute) at the University of Tokyo. Read more. Read More >