Please join us for two free presentations on An Introduction to Marine Spatial Planning 

Hello and Happy New Year,

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 Space is limited, so if you have not already done so, please RSVP to Christina Gulbransen at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , no later than Friday, January 8th so that we can confirm attendance. Please indicate whether you will attend in person or by webcast.

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Thursday, January 14th, 2010

1:00 – 4:00 pm

Room 1400-1420, Segal Conference Rooms

SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC

SPEAKER

Charles “Bud” Ehler, Consultant, Marine Spatial Planning Initiative,

UNESCO

Marine spatial planning (MSP) is being promoted around the world as a means of making multi-use, ecosystem-based oceans management a reality. MSP is intended to address shortcomings of fragmented sectoral management to help resolve conflicts among users, achieve conservation objectives, and create greater certainty through a comprehensive planning process for the future

development, growth, and use of certain areas. This presentation will offer an overview of the concept of MSP, the steps involved,

potential benefits, and lessons learned from international experiences with MSP. The question of what MSP means for current

marine planning processes, particularly the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area initiative, will also be discussed.

Marxan with Zones

Friday, January 15th, 2010

10:30 am – 12:00 pm*

Room 1600, Canfor Policy Room

SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC

SPEAKER

Charles Steinback, Director of Marine Planning,

Ecotrust USA

Marxan is the most widely used conservation planning software in the world and is designed for solving complex conservation

planning problems in landscapes and seascapes. The intent of this presentation and discussion is to describe the substantial extension

of Marxan, called Marxan with Zones, a marine and land use decision support tool that can provide multiple zoning options or

configurations in geographical regions. We describe new functions designed to enhance the original Marxan software and expand on

its utility as a decision support tool. We outline the capabilities, limitations and additional data requirements of this new software

and perform a comparison with the original version of Marxan.

* Lunch will be provided following presentation and discussion.

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Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a public process of analyzing and allocating the spatial and temporal distribution

of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic, and social objectives.

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