I helped organize a panel to explore a possible tri-national agreement that would allow Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to collaborate on marine protected areas.
Category: conservation
Conserving North Carolina’s barrier islands
As part of a marine conservation biology course, we explored the management challenges present in the ever-changing landscapes of barrier islands.
El mar que nos une | The sea that unites us
For the first time in many years, I didn’t anticipate fireworks as the sun began to set on the 4th of July. Instead, I found myself in a car reminiscent of 1950s America, drivingContinue reading
The Inland Ocean Movement
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Erin Sams Cooper, a Colorado-based environmentalist, floodplain specialist, ocean advocate and family friend. Erin serves as an advisory board member for the Colorado Ocean Coalition, an organization working to promoteContinue reading
Half-Earth: Can we protect half of our planet?
Standing alone on the stage of the Carolina Theater with only his guitar, singer Paul Simon slowly strums “America,” his lyrics underscoring the night’s messages of searching, longing and hope within the scientific community and the country as aContinue reading
Workshop to share experiences of support to small-scale fisheries
Sitting at the front of a beautiful ballroom in downtown Durham, N.C., fishermen and fisherwomen from around the world faced us, preparing to share their experiences and knowledge about small-scale fisheries. As a part of my research position with theContinue reading
Visualizing the Ocean
My first semester at the Nicholas School introduced me to a wide array of new ideas, technologies and approaches for managing and protecting the marine environment. In a natural resource economics class, I studied the theories behind fisheryContinue reading
A Need for Environmental Optimism
When working to protect the environment, sometimes it’s hard to be optimistic. Over the course of my undergraduate and graduate career, I’ve sat through countless lectures detailing the environmental woes of our planet, read papers onContinue reading
Paper Parks and the Challenges of Marine Management
In the summer of 2014, I found myself in the back of a colorful taxi van, flying down the winding roads of St. Kitts on my way to Nevis, the island where I wouldContinue reading
An Inside Look at the Duke Marine Lab
Three hours from Durham’s main campus is the Duke University Marine Lab (DUML), our affectionately named “Campus by the Sea.” For masters students like me, who are concentrating in Coastal Environmental Management (CEM), we’ll spend our second yearContinue reading