Webinar programme

Wednesday 30 June 2021, 15:00-16:30 UK time: Combining Science and Advocacy for the Deep Sea

Speakers: Matt Gianni (DSCC) & Pippa Howard (FFI – TBC) with panel members Sian Owen (DSCC), Mirella von Lindenfels (International Programme on the State of the Ocean & CommunicationsInc); Susanna Fuller (Oceans North), and Harriet Harden Davis (Nereus Program at the University of Wollongong – TBC)

Synopsis:
This webinar will involve a series of presentations from conservation advocates on the importance of science to their work, and how the work of deep-sea scientists is used to help shape international initiatives and regulations for the conservation of deep-sea and open ocean ecosystems, in particular on the high seas.

The session will open with an introduction to two of the key challenges confronting the health of the deep-sea environment:

• Deep-sea fisheries –  Matthew Gianni (DSCC)
• Deep seabed mining – Pippa Howard (FFI – TBC)

It will continue with a panel featuring:

• Sian Owen (DSCC): How NGOs use science and collaborate with scientists in their work: Campaigning, communications, policy and political. Why science is important, how we use it and what it helps us to achieve.
• Mirella von Lindenfels (International Programme on the State of the Ocean & CommunicationsInc):  Message and messenger, making your science work harder for conservation and protection – the importance of the right messenger with the right message at the right time.
• Dr. Susanna Fuller (Oceans North): Being a scientist within an NGO – science and advocacy for the conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems at the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.
• Dr. Harriet Harden Davis (Nereus Program at the University of Wollongong – TBC): Independence and neutrality: Maintaining both while working in support of conservation.
• Matthew Gianni (DSCC): Creating an international campaign: based on science and advocacy for the conservation of deep-sea biodiversity

The webinar will conclude with an open dialogue and Q&A session. We hope to see you there.

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