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marine bill

mcs conference july 2008

MCS was asked to facilitate a conference special session on the marine bill as part of the 12th Biennial conference on the Study of the Commons, held in Cheltenham, July 14-18, 2008.

The workshop involved the following presentions

Presenter
Presentation subject

Melissa Moore,
MCS Head of Policy

Overview of the marine bill

Jean-Luc Solandt,
MCS Biodiversity Policy Officer

Change in the marine ecosystem over the past 100 years and associated fisheries management

Tom Appleby
Research Fellow in Law, Bristol Univeristy

Rights of the public with regard to the marine 'commons', and the responsibilities of government and govenment agencies

Sue Ranger
MCS Campaigns Facilitator

Participatory action in relation to the marine 'commons'
Peter Jones
UCL lecturer in marine resources use
Extending concepts of ecosystem conservation from land to sea

You can download the proceedings on this special session here.