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Science4Parliament – Episode eleven – Dr Mark Costello – Marine Protected Areas
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Welcome to the Science4Parliament podcast, the first podcast that aims to foster the relationship between science and decision makers and show how research and innovation are vital to the equitable and sustainable functioning of our societies and economies.
It is presented by Denis Naughten, a directly elected member of parliament in Ireland for nearly three decades. Denis has served as an Irish cabinet minister, and on the Council of European Union Ministers and is currently chairperson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Working Group on science and technology, based in Geneva, which aims to inspire global parliamentary action through legislative work, in the field of science and technology.
The podcast aims to highlight the work of innovative people in the world of science and to get their perspective of what needs to be done to bring that world and the world of policy, closer together.
In this episode, Dr Mark Costello, a marine ecology expert and currently Prof. of Marine Ecology at Nord University, Norway, joins Denis to talk about marine protected areas (MPAs), and why they are so important to marine biodiversity
It is presented by Denis Naughten, a directly elected member of parliament in Ireland for nearly three decades. Denis has served as an Irish cabinet minister, and on the Council of European Union Ministers and is currently chairperson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Working Group on science and technology, based in Geneva, which aims to inspire global parliamentary action through legislative work, in the field of science and technology.
The podcast aims to highlight the work of innovative people in the world of science and to get their perspective of what needs to be done to bring that world and the world of policy, closer together.
In this episode, Dr Mark Costello, a marine ecology expert and currently Prof. of Marine Ecology at Nord University, Norway, joins Denis to talk about marine protected areas (MPAs), and why they are so important to marine biodiversity
Dr Costello's recent paper on the the economic effect of MPAs :
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05417.080
The videos mentioned of locals and fishermen talking about the MPAs:
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05417.080
The videos mentioned of locals and fishermen talking about the MPAs:
a village celebrating their marine reserve, after a 10 year campaign by local schoolchildren.
One of those children (now a mother) set up Experiencing Marine Reserves which has taken over 100,000 people snorkelling inside and around MPAs to show how they work and the difference that they make,
A short video from a New Zealand recreational fisherman
similar by a scuba diving centre
interviews of fishermen on the Canary Islands who demanded more marine reserves when they saw their success
similar by a scuba diving centre
interviews of fishermen on the Canary Islands who demanded more marine reserves when they saw their success
Interesting article on the Atlantic Ocean circulation and the effect that it is having.
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More information on Dr. Mark Costello
Website: https://www.nord.no/en/about/employees/mark-john-costello
X: https://twitter.com/costellomark
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/costellomarkj/
Website: https://www.nord.no/en/about/employees/mark-john-costello
X: https://twitter.com/costellomark
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/costellomarkj/
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