Conducting Interdisciplinary Adaptation Research: Lessons Learned from a Rock Lobster Vulnerability Assessment

By Dr. Gretta Pecl, University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, The Australian Marine Adaptation Network

To download a copy of the Rock Lobster Vulnerability Assessment click on the lobster photo © Bruce Miller

I was trained as a biologist in the traditional university-style: a focus on one-discipline. Most of my research over [...]

Taking Climate Change Policy to Industry

By Eric Perez, Queensland Seafood Industry Association

Map of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Like all citizens of the world, Australians will face the impacts of climate change. In an iconic area such as the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) the impacts will be felt on both an ecosystem and a human level.

There is [...]

Notes from Copenhagen: Trust – Why Are We Here?

Sculptor Marc Coreth made this brass and ice polar bear, currently on display in Copenhagen

By John Matthews, CI

Copenhagen is a very open city. For instance, it’s really rare to see a bike in a stand that’s been locked.

Sculptor M. Coreth made this brass/ice polar bear, on display in Copenhagen's Nytorv Square as a symbol of the plight of polar bears © WWF-Canon/Richard Stonehouse

This is amazing, [...]