Workshops – Ecopath International Research Association https://ecopathinternational.org A non profit association dedicated to ecosystem modelling Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:56:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://ecopathinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EII-plain-1-36x36.png Workshops – Ecopath International Research Association https://ecopathinternational.org 32 32 180792621 December 2019 – workshop “Maritime Spatial Planning” https://ecopathinternational.org/7-december-2019-maritime-spatial-planning-serious-game-st-petersburg-fl/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 07:19:16 +0000 http://ecopathinternational.org/?p=3635

7 December 2019 – FWRI, St Pteresburg, FL. USA – Jeroen Steenbeek, Harald Warmelink, Magali Gonçalves

The Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Challenge 2050 is a computer supported simulation-game that gives maritime spatial planners insight in the diverse challenges of sustainable planning of human activities in the marine and coastal ecosystem. The objective of the simulation-game is to significantly contribute to policy learning and international planning practices with regard to integrated (eco-based) Marine Spatial Planning. The game makes players try, experience failure and success, and reflect upon questions such as:

  • What are possible futures for the North Sea (2050)?
  • What are the long term consequences of short term decisions?
  • What are important indicators for the effectiveness of MSP, and how do we monitor them?
  • What are the inter-dependencies of sectorial and national policies?
  • Where are the significant conflicts and trade-offs among competing economic activities?
  • Where and how can economic activities be combined or integrated?
  • Where are the cumulative effects of economic activities upon marine ecology?
  • Where are the ecologically vulnerable areas, and what can be done to protect them?

During this full-day session, participants assumed the role of planner in a simulated maritime spatial planning session for the North Sea.

Can you and your team meet your planning objectives while achieving Good Environmental Status with a prospering ecosystem? Let’s find out, come and play. For more info, see http://www.mspchallenge.info

 

]]> 3635 June 2019 – EuroMarine workshop on spatial model fitting https://ecopathinternational.org/eiromarine-workshop-on-spatial-model-fitting/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:07:33 +0000 http://ecopathinternational.org/?p=857 Dates: 3-5 June 2019. Location: ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.

The EuroMarine workshop “Modelling for policy advice under a global change context: expert workshop on measuring and improving the fit of spatial-temporal aquatic ecosystem models” at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona brought together experts across different ecological modeling and spatial-temporal statistical approaches to discuss the state of the art and plan a way forward to improve spatial-temporal models for policy advice.

Details about the workshop can be found here

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