Resilient Coasts and Flourishing Seas?
Published on Thu 9 Apr 2015
Symposium: Tuesday 28 April 2015 The Baxter Suite 1.36, Tower Building, University of Dundee (9.30-4pm)
Interested in Marine Spatial Planning? Want to know more about Scotland's first National Marine Plan? Why not attend a free event at the University of Dundee to find out more about what colleagues are researching in relation to the marine environment?
This one day symposium will bring together inter-disciplinary expertise from practice and across the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CEHCR) and Offshore Renewables Institute to explore key issues with respect to the marine and land/sea interface. The event is intended to exchange information in relation to existing projects and practice with a view to sharing knowledge and identifying research priorities to implement Marine Spatial Planning.
Speakers include: Terry Dawson (marine protected areas and invasive species); Elizabeth Kirk (ecosystem management in international law); Lynne Falconer (aquaculture); Paul Mitchell (offshore renewables); Deborah Peel (linking the marine and terrestrial planning); Shona Turnbull (Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters pilot marine spatial plan) and colleagues from The James Hutton Institute.
See further details on the event URL at https://eventbrite.co.uk/event/16496474399/ The event is sponsored by CECHR under the Incubator Funding. Please contact Deborah Peel (d.peel@dundee.ac.uk) if you require more information.
Registration is required and places are limited.