Key Messages from the Coastal Futures and Ocean Recovery Conference
Ten key messages from the UK Coastal Futures and Ocean Recovery Conference 2021.
This month, I had the pleasure of (virtually) attending three inspiring days of talks for the Coastal Futures and Ocean Recovery Conference. While there were many great talks, the ten key messages I took from the conference (in no particular order) are:
- Better management is needed.
- We need a strategic approach.
- Do something!
- Collaboration is key - not just between NGOs and government, but as true interdisciplinary collaboration at the earliest stage of projects (during their development).
- Projects need to be locally led.
- We have failed to truly value our natural environment.
- We need to restore the marine environment, not just conserve a degraded state.
- Nature recovery needs protection - trawling and dredging within UK MPAs should not be allowed.
- Two quotes - "Action is the antidote to despair." - Joan Baes and "The biggest impediment to achieving is believing we can't!" - Callum Roberts.
- It's an exciting time to be a marine conservationist!
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Thank you for sharing these key messages Daniele, much appreciated!
That sounds like an amazing conference! Is there any place where we can see recordings of this conference?