Warming Oceans and Rising Tides: Coastal Adaptation in Northwest BC, Canada
Vicky Lam, Fisheries Economist and CORU Senior Research Fellow (UBC), was invited by the Fraser Basin Council to give a presentation on the impacts of climate change on fisheries on the coast of northwest British Columbia, Canada. She attended the one day workshop titled “Warming Oceans and Rising Tides: Coastal Adaptation in Northwest BC”, in […]
William Cheung published on the future of fish in the South China Sea
“Boom or Bust: The Future of Fish in the South China Sea” has been published by William Cheung, CORU Leader, and Rashid Sumaila, Research Director of the OceanCanada Partnership (UBC), for the OceanAsia project. Read more.
William Cheung and Gabriel Reygondeau publish chapter on The Southern Ocean in the Ocean and Climate Platform’s Scientific Notes
William Cheung, CORU Leader, and Gabriel Reygondeau, CORU Fellow (UBC), are co-authors of a chapter on The Southern Ocean, published in the Ocean and Climate Platform’s Scientific Notes. The Ocean and Climate Platform is an alliance of NGOs and research institutes, with support from UNESCO. Read more.
Yoshitaka Ota moderates seminar on global ocean commons equity
Yoshitaka Ota (CORU Research Associate) moderated a seminar titled “Who owns the ocean? Equity and conservation in the global ocean commons” on October 23, 2015, at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC. A presentation was given by Dr. Marjo Vierros who is a Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced […]
Canadian federal leadership failing its oceans, study finds
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, […]
Yoshitaka Ota gives lecture on ocean sustainability to Hokkaido University students
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. […]
William Cheung presents at the IPCC Workshop on Regional Climate Projections
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.
Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios
Climate change is forcing fish out of their current habitats and into cooler waters and many more species will soon be affected if climate goals are not met, say scientists. Read more.
In-between food security and sustainability
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.