Archived News Items
November 2008:
- Shellfish restoration is now being undertaken on Audubon's intertidal property in Massachusetts. For more information see the Boston Globe article.
- Marine Conservation Agreements were recently featured in MPA News Perspectives.
September 2008:
- Workshop proceedings now available: Updated information regarding the recent workshop on Private Marine Conservation Agreements, including the full Proceedings, is now available.
- Land rights reach into the sea: Aboriginal land rights in the Northern Territory have been extended to the sea for the first time in a landmark High Court ruling that gives traditional owners in northeast Arnhem Land control over fishing in tidal waters. Read more...
August 2008:
- Several new summary case studies have been added to the Leasing and Ownership Toolkit. The new case studies will be expanded upon in September.
- Information regarding the recent workshop on Private Marine Conservation Agreements is available on the Leasing and Ownership toolkit.
July 2008: Conservation International (CI) has recently released a draft of Conservation Incentive Agreements: An Introduction and Lessons Learned to Date. Comments to CI are welcome at: e.niesten @ conservation.org
June 2008: Ceres and the Heinz Center announced the launch of the Resilient Coasts Initiative, a first-of-its-kind collaboration of private and public sector groups to find public policy and private market solutions to better protect coastal communities from rising sea levels and other potentially damaging consequences of climate change. For more information, see the News Release.
May 2008: Volunteers are needed for the world's largest seagrass restoration project at the Virginia Coast Reserve. For more information, download the flyer (pdf, 855k).
April 2008: The Kiribati Government recently established regulations for the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the largest MPA in the world. The establishment of the MPA was facilitated by conservation agreements with the New England Aquarium and Conservation International. For more information, see the news release.
March 2008:
- Read Sea Greens in the Nature Conservancy Magazine to learn how scientists use leasing along California's coast to undertake research.
- Read Rent-a-tree in the Economist to learn how Conservation International is protecting the environment through leasing.
