{"id":35367,"date":"2011-05-15T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/presentation-on-ecosystem-based-zoning-in-the-bay-of-samana-dominican-republic-by-elianny-dominguez-of-the-nature-conservancy\/"},"modified":"2011-05-15T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T15:44:28","slug":"presentation-on-ecosystem-based-zoning-in-the-bay-of-samana-dominican-republic-by-elianny-dominguez-of-the-nature-conservancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/eco-system\/presentation-on-ecosystem-based-zoning-in-the-bay-of-samana-dominican-republic-by-elianny-dominguez-of-the-nature-conservancy.php","title":{"rendered":"Presentation on Ecosystem-Based Zoning in the Bay of Saman\u00e1, Dominican Republic by Elianny Dominguez of The Nature Conservancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Date:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <span>Tuesday, June 21, 2011<\/span>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Presentation on Ecosystem-Based Zoning in the Bay of Saman\u00e1, Dominican Republic by Elianny Dominguez of The Nature Conservancy (June 21 at&nbsp;3 pm EDT\/Noon PDT\/7 pm GMT).<\/strong> The Nature Conservancy and Center for the Conservation and Ecodevelopment of Saman\u00e1 Bay have recently completed a project to produce an innovative design of a marine zoning scheme using a participatory approach.&nbsp; Aspects of this project included: 1) designing a new database for the Saman\u00e1 Bay region with the data needed to address multiple management objectives, 2) providing technical training for key decision-makers on the benefits of using GIS systems for marine spatial planning efforts, accessing and using the new database, and using Marxan and the Caribbean Decision Support System to support resources management efforts and mitigation of local threats; 3) indentifying zoning schemes for Saman\u00e1 Bay through the consensus of local stakeholders and government representatives; and 4) supporting the fishing sector to incorporate its knowledge and interests into digital formats for a marine spatial planning process.&nbsp; This webinar will describe the project\u2019s work to Increase the capacity and skill of planners and practitioners in the use of marine zoning tools and develop a draft zoning scheme for Saman\u00e1 Bay using a participatory approach. Register for this webinar at <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.gotomeeting.com\/register\/535894857\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www1.gotomeeting.com\/register\/535894857<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:&nbsp; Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Presentation on Ecosystem-Based Zoning in the Bay of Saman\u00e1, Dominican Republic by Elianny Dominguez of The Nature Conservancy (June 21 at&nbsp;3 pm EDT\/Noon PDT\/7 pm GMT). The Nature Conservancy and Center for the Conservation and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/eco-system\/presentation-on-ecosystem-based-zoning-in-the-bay-of-samana-dominican-republic-by-elianny-dominguez-of-the-nature-conservancy.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eco-system"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}