Outlook of trends and scenarios for the South China Sea
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Nov 18, 2011
from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM |
| Where | SAMS |
| Contact Name | Dr Jayne Glass |
| Contact Phone | 01738 877876 |
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Dr Branka Valcic from SAMS will be giving a talk entitled: 'Outlook of Trends and Scenarios for the South China Sea'.
Outlook of Trends and Scenarios for the South China Sea
Dr Branka Valcic, Scottish Marine Institute (http://www.smi.ac.uk/branka-valcic)
We develop a systems view of the South China Sea region through the use of a drivers-pressures-state-welfare-response (DPSWR) framework. Particularly we focus on underlying and immediate drivers that lead to overexploitation (fisheries and aquaculture), pollution of the sea, and marine and coastal habitat destruction (pressures). We further investigate trends in these underlying and immediate drivers, pressures, as well as in the following marine features: marine biodiversity, trophic structure, fish stocks, coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, and water quality. Finally, we use expert opinion to scale down the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios, Global Orchestration, Order from Strength, Adapting Mosaic, and TechnoGarden, to the South China Sea region.
Co-authors: Potts, T., O'Higgins, T. and E. Hastings
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Everyone is very welcome to attend, either in person at SAMS in Suite 2 or via VC to link in with the same room from your Academic Partner. If you would like to attend the seminar, please email your local contact to let them know so that they can arrange the VC link.
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Branka's presentation will last about 30 minutes and there will then be time for questions and discussion afterwards. The discussion time is also available for general topics related to the Sustainability Studies network or aspects of studying at UHI. The aspiration is that, in time, these seminars will provide a good platform for more interaction and collaboration across the network.
I look forward to seeing you all on the 18th. I hope that as many of you as possible will attend so that we can make steps towards joining up with each other across within this research area. Please don't hesitate to get back to me if you have any questions or concerns.
Dr Jayne Glass
Postgraduate Research Associate
Centre for Mountain Studies
