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OpenChannels is the knowledge hub for the global community of practice on ocean planning, ecosystem-based management, and marine protected areas. With the latest news, literature, online events, grant opportunities, jobs, and more, OpenChannels makes it easy for you to stay informed. We’ve served over 80,000 professionals in the past two years.

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Questions? We're here to help you help the oceans! E-mail Allie Brown, OpenChannels Project Assistant, at abrown [at] openchannels.org or tweet us at @OpenChannelsOrg.

Join us Monday, July 23 for a webinar on Climate Change Threatens the World’s Marine Protected Areas.

Join us Monday, July 23, 2018 at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT / 6pm UTC for a webinar on Climate Change Threatens the World’s Marine Protected Areas.

Presented by: John Bruno of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MPAs and the species they protect are increasingly being impacted by climate change. Although MPAs are widely promoted as a means to mitigate the effects of climate change, the opposite perspective is more in line with the scientific reality: without drastic reductions in carbon emissions, ocean warming, acidification and oxygen depletion will disrupt the composition and functioning of the ecosystems currently protected within the world’s MPAs. The community- and ecosystem-level impacts of climate change threaten to negate decades of progress in conservation and further imperil species and ecosystems that are already in jeopardy.

For more information and to register, click here.

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Upcoming Events

Climate Change Threatens the World’s Marine Protected Areas - Monday, July 23, 2018 at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT / 6pm UTC
The NOAA Digital Coast: Turning Coastal Data and Tools into Actionable Information - Tuesday, July 31, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC
Integrating social network development into MPA management capacity building and institutionalization in the Philippines and Indonesia - Thursday, August 9, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC
Tackling ghost gear in hot spot areas: How innovative partnerships are helping developing countries address lost and abandoned fishing gear - Tuesday September 18th, 1pm PST, 4pm EST / Wednesday September 19th, 6am AEST
Managing Global Acidification on a Regional Scale: How the US Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Coastal Acidification Networks (MACAN and NECAN) Are Working to Understand Impacts through Partnerships. - Tuesday, October 2 at 1pm US EDT / 10am US PDT / 5pm UTC

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