Outreach archive
A turning point for the Future Oceans Lab
The ERC CLOCK project comes to an end, leaving us much closer to the fishing sectors and to implementing adaptation to climate change.
23/12/2022 - Year 2022 is closely coming to an end and as like to do, we take a look at our activities through the year and recall our major milestones. During this year our main achievement has been closing the ERC CLOCK project, which finished last November. We have been sharing the results in publications and press, […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
Communicating Singular Science
CIM organizes Open Doors Event to present its main research lines to general public
26/10/2022 - As previous years, The Marine Research Centre (CIM) of University of Vigo organized dissemination event within framework of Communicating Singular Science programme. This year, two dissemination sessions were scheduled. The first one, “Meet CIM in the street” a science conference to general public hold in A Laxe shopping centre gathered researchers from CIM to present […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Results, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Results, Team
Future Oceans Lab gives research results to fishing communities in Mexico
PhD student Xochitl Elías presented the project results in six communities in Nayarit, Mexico
04/08/2022 - Xochitl returned to the fishing communities where she conducted her research the past August – November 2021 to present the results and conduct workshops with the local fishers and scientists in July 2022. The research was conducted under the CLimate adaptation to shifting stOCKS (CLOCK) project in cooperation with Javier Tovar-Ávila from the national fisheries institute […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Workshop, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Dissemination, Outreach, Research, Workshop, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
FOL participated in the Fourth ICES PICES Early Career Scientist Conference
FOL members Xochitl Elías and Francesca Barazzetta presented their work on climate change vulnerability and adaptations of coastal social-ecological systems to climate change
27/07/2022 - The fourth ICES PICES ECS conference was held last 18th – 21st July 2022 in St. John’s, Canada and aimed at improving the involvement of young scientists in international scientific investigations, management, and stewardship of the marine environment, in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the North Pacific Marine Science […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Francesca Barazzetta, MPA-Engage, Outreach, Research, Xochitl Édua Elías Ilosvay
FOL presents its scientific dissemination book “Goiz bat Tuni-Ontzin” in a literature congress
FOL attends the 1st Congress on Children's and Young People's Literature organized by the University of the Basque Country
27/10/2021 - Last week, from October 20 to 22, the 1st International Congress on Children’s and Young People’s Literature organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) was held online. A discussion forum was created on the combination of Children’s and Young People’s Literature and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Children’s and Young People’s Literature and […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
FOL publishes a scientific dissemination book for children
The book explains tuna freezer purse seine fishing and integrates the concepts of global warming and sustainability
23/04/2021 - FOL member Iratxe has co-authored with Amelia Benito del Valle, professor at the University of the Basque Country, a new book on freezer purse seine fishing for children. The objective of the book is to illustrate tropical tuna freezer purse seine fishing and integrate the concepts of global warming and sustainability for dissemination purposes. The […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Julia Ameneiro, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Julia Ameneiro, Outreach
FOL participates in an online transfer event
Kaleido Logistics shared experiences on technology and knowledge transfer with research groups from the University of Vigo
15/04/2021 - Kaleido Logistics and the Centro de Investigación Mariña of UVIGO (CIM-UVIGO) organised an online event where they shared experiences about technology and knowledge transfer. The goal was to promote a bridge between research groups form the University of Vigo and private industries from the marine and maritime sectors (e.g. transport, food, fisheries, aquaculture). After official […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
Marine protected area networks can be robust to climate change
New published results suggest this when MPAs are strategically designed
12/03/2020 - One of the big questions in marine protection and fisheries is whether Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are going to be effective under the impacts of climate change. Protected areas can be designed for fisheries management, such that spillover effects of protection in adjacent areas can benefit fisheries. The scientific literature knows from years back that […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Results
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Alba Aguion and Elena Ojea are conducting outreach events to increase the visibility of women in science
14/02/2020 - February 11th is the day chosen by the United Nations to recognize the critical role that women and girls play in science and technology. During this week, Elena and Alba have lead outreach events across Galicia (NW Spain) to share their research with the general public. Alba visited different secondary schools in Coruña, Santiago and […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
Talking about the future of the oceans sustainability at the COP25
We spend 2 days in Madrid to present a new report on climate change economic impacts
10/12/2019 - The Future Oceans Lab has traveled to Madrid to attend for the first time the Conference of the Parties of Climate Change (COP25) and participate on a series of parallel events in the Blue Pavilion. During two weeks, country representatives, scientists, students, NGOs, journalists and other participants join efforts to put climate change at the […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
Food from the ocean has the potential to sustainable increase to meet future demand
Elena Ojea contributed to the first High Level Panel blue paper realeased this Tuesday
20/11/2019 - The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy has launched the first blue paper “Food from the Sea” from its series of commissioned scientific reports at the FAO’s International Sustainable Fisheries Symposium this week in Rome, where Elena Ojea is a contributing author. The report provides science-based projections of how far the ocean can […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Results
Mitigation and adaptation strategies to tackle Climate Change
Elena Ojea participated at the round table about the climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
08/10/2019 - Last Friday, at the end of Workshop “Catedra Naturgy“, IPCC author Íñigo Losada from IH Cantabria (Spain) gave a speech at University of Vigo about the new report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (SROCC) that the IPCC just launched last week. UVigo proffessor Xavier Labandeira, autor of the sixth assessment report […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Outreach, Research
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, IPCC, Outreach, Research
Promoting sustainability and the leadership role of women in science
FOL PhD Alba Aguión is one of the 75 women scientists selected to participate in the program Homeward Bound
04/10/2019 - Homeward Bound is a ground-breaking initiative focused on providing women with the tools they need to effectively network, lead and engage their communities in the fight against climate change. The project aims to create a network of 1,000 women scientists in 10 years who will work together to have a positive influence in the decision […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
Scientific outreach: Ant insights to promote a more sustainable organization of fishers
FOL PhD candidate Alba Aguión will deliver a dissemination activity at the MUNCYT science museum (A Coruna, Spain) on tuesday
08/07/2019 - All species of ants – about 14,000 – live in colonies. They form complex socities of thousands of individuals where survival depends on their ability to organize. FOL PhD student Alba Aguión has worked with ant colonies during her master at the Elva Robinson´s lab (University of York, UK). Now, focused on the study of […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD
Ocean science outreach in Barcelona to commemorate the World Water Day
FOL member Alba Aguión has conducted different scientific activities for kids and adults this week at Vil-la Uránia civic center
21/03/2019 - The World Water Day, designated by the United Nations on March 22nd, is the day used to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. As a way to inspire people to learn more about water-related issues, FOL member Alba Aguión has organized an ocean science outreach event last week in Barcelona. Activities have taken […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab visits the Association of deaf people in Vigo
Last week Elena Ojea and Diego Salgueiro talked about their current research on climate change adaptation in the AsOr-Vigo
25/01/2019 - Once more time Future Oceans gets out of the Lab to disseminate scientific knowledge about climate change adaptation. In this occasion, Elena Ojea and Diego Salgueiro reached the Asociación de personas sordas-AsOrVigo (Assotiation of deaf people) in Vigo to talk about their current research in climate change impacts on marine environment and small scale fisheries […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Dissemination, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Team
Flying to Durban for the first IPCC Lead Author Meeting
Elena Ojea goes to South Africa on Friday for a week to intercat with other authors and reviewers
18/01/2019 - The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) is launching a work agenda for the next assessment report, with the first Lead Author Meeting taking place in South Africa next week. Elena Ojea is leaving on friday to attend the event, where she will be contributing to the Working Group II, Oceans Chapter. The lead authors […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Research, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab: Second year!
The team is realizing all the work done so far
09/01/2019 - As we begin 2019, it seems to be the right time to look back over the last year and take stock of all that happened at FOL, draw up a summary of the group achievements and face the new challenges that lie ahead. Last year has been big in outreach achievements for FOL, and we […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, Research, Team
Contribution to the Spanish Marine Strategy 2020
FOL goes to Madrid to participate in a stakeholder workshop on marine economic impacts
22/11/2018 - The Spanish Marine Strategy is under development to achieve the second cycle objectives for year 2020. Following an European directive, the government is developing a series of projects to improve and further develop the efforts made by Spain in 2012, and achieve a good environmental status for 2020. This second cycle includes an assessment of […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab at Muncyt for the Climate Change Weekend
FOL was invited by the Science Museum in Coruña to talk to students about fisheries and climate change
12/11/2018 - During the weekend of 26 to 28 October, the Museum of Science (MUNCYT) of Coruña (Galicia) organized the so-called “Climate Change Weekend”, an educational science conference focused on climate change. During these days, students and a general audience visited the museum and attended the different exhibitions, conferences and workshops. These activities are designed to foster public […]
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Dissemination, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab attends the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress in Thailand
Diego Salgueiro Otero presents his research outcomes on Small-Scale Fisheries Adaptation to Climate Change in Chiang Mai
31/10/2018 - The 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC), an international event that aims for transdisciplinarity, transformation and the future of small-scale fisheries was placed in Chiang Mai (Thailand) during October 22nd-26th. As five main pillars of this worldwide meeting, five different themes where developed each day (Science, Communities, Policy, Field and Actions) by several communicating sessions (plenary, science […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Results, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Diego Salgueiro, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Research, Results, Workshop
Diego’s PhD research enters the third year with a rich and diverse background
Adaptation to climate change in small-scale fisheries research, a second year with multiple outcomes
26/10/2018 - Diego Salgueiro, member of Future Oceans Lab starts his third year as PhD student leaving behind a completed second year full of challenges and advances in his research. During this time, Diego lead the second edition of Future Oceans Around, took part as a participant in the Candieira Project, joined the stakeholders meeting for INTEMARES […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Research, Seminars, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Research, Seminars, Team, Workshop
FOL team is in Cambodia teaching on a Summer School
Team members develop one of the workshops on research capacity and resource management
10/10/2018 - Dockside is a cooperation project between European and Cambodian Universities to develop research capacity and joint collaborations. As part of the project, FOL members Diego Salgueiro and Elena Ojea are in Cambodia to conduct a one-week workshop on Resource management under climate change and biodiversity loss, with the help of Laura Movilla, from the University […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Lab runs the widest social-ecological survey in Galician small-scale fisheries
FOL fieldwork team samples fishing communities and their territory this summer
22/08/2018 - During this summer, FOL carried out a social survey at the Galician small-scale fisheries (SSF) communities with the objective of understanding adaptation to climate change from a social-ecological approach. This goal, included in CLOCK project is also part of the doctoral research of Diego Salgueiro, FOL member. Last spring, a preliminary questionnaire designed by Elena […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD, Projects, Research, Team
CATEGORIES: Clock, Collaborations, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, PhD, Projects, Research, Team
Returning from the 6th World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE)
Sissi presented her work on coastal mixed fisheries in the 6th WCERE
10/07/2018 - The 6 th World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics (WCERE) was held in Gothenburg in Sweden during June 25-29, 2018. Over 1400 environmental and resource economists attended the Congress, and about 1000 articles were presented. Sissi Liu from Future Oceans Lab presented her work on “Price expectations and supply response of coastal mixed fisheries”, Professor […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach
FOL presents at the VI International Symposium on Marine Science
Elena Fontán presented the new Fisheries Resilience Index at the ISMS conference
26/06/2018 - Last week Vigo became the world capital of Marine Science as all oceanographers and marine scientist gathered in the city for the 6th International Symposium on Marine Science. Elena Fontán attended and represented FOL, presenting the new Fisheries Resilience Index and the first results of the CLOCK project. This Fisheries Resilience Index is a novel […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Fontán, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach
FOL presenting at the 4th climate change and fisheries international symposium
Results of the clock project have been presented at ECWOO
07/06/2018 - Washington DC is living this week an international appointment for scientists working on climate change in the oceans. Future Oceans Lab is attending the 4th international symposium of ICES/PICES and presenting the first results of the Clock project. Iratxe Rubio is presenting her PhD work on shifts in distribution in tropical tuna fisheries in the […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach, Projects, Results
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach, Projects, Results
Future Oceans Around ends its second-year programme
Training Resilience thinking among students by a discussion process
30/04/2018 - As the last session of this academic year 2017/18, Future Occeans Around finish its route with the group of 2º Bach students at IES Val Miñor focusing on Resilience Thinking. Resilience is considered as the capacity of a system (social-ecological system in this case) to experience shocks while retaining essentially the same function, structure, feedbacks […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach
CATEGORIES: Outreach
Elena Ojea will be Lead Author on the 6th IPCC Report
Elena joins the team of 15 world–renowned experts working on the Report's Oceans Chapter
09/04/2018 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) through the Spanish Office of Climate Change (OECC) has named Elena Ojea Lead Author in Working Group II Chapter 3 of the upcoming 6th IPCC Assessment Report. In this chapter, she will be working on synthesizing the best available science on the impacts of climate change on ocean […]
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Prizes
CATEGORIES: Collaborations, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Prizes
Future Oceans Around assessing Ocean Health Index
Students of IES Val Miñor re-design the Ocean Health Index for an Independent Assessment at Ría de Vigo
27/03/2018 - Once more, FOA shares knowledge with the 2º Bach students at IES Val Miñor. This time, we worked on the application of Ocean Health Index (OHI) as an independent assessment for Ría de Vigo region. The OHI is a complex indicator that analyses the relations among oceans and societies. The index attempts to reveal how healthy […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
FOL gets once again involved in scientific dissemination
The Training Caravan initiative of the Basque Centre for Climate Change is back in its 9th edition
20/03/2018 - The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) jointly with the Department of Education of the Basque Government have been launching since 2010 an initiative called “Training Caravan” (Researchers at the classroom). FOL member Iratxe Rubio, who is currently based at BC3, is organizing and taking part in the 9th edition of this initiative. The aim […]
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Future Oceans Lab, Iratxe Rubio, Outreach
Future Oceans Lab on air
Future Oceans Lab was interviewed by radio program Efervesciencia
14/03/2018 - Marine systems, temperature patterns, oceanic currents, climate change, fish distribution, social dependence, socio-economic implications, resilience and adaptation are some words that can perfectly define the research at Future Oceans Lab. Last weekend, Future Oceans Lab was interviewed by the Galician radio programme Efervesciencia. During this relaxed talk, FOL got closer to the audience to bring novel […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Team
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Team
CLOCK research will be represented in Washington DC at ECCWO18
4th Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans
19/02/2018 - Climate change and fisheries research community gets together every 3 years on the International Symposium on the at the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCWO). The event is organized jointly by ICES and PICES, the regional fisheries councils that provide scientific advice for management in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Workshop
2018 FOA curriculum focuses on identifying planetary boundaries at a regional scale
Students of IES Val Miñor analysed the planetary boundaries and discussed about the utility of the framework
14/02/2018 - Future Oceans Around starts the new year 2018 with a planetary perspective. This week, Future Oceans Lab lead the fourth session of Future Oceans Around at IES Val Miñor to talk about the Planetary Boundaries Framework. This framework aims the description of social-ecological processes that main drives the transforming status of the planet. This framework […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach
Presenting our work on commercial fish shifting stocks
Elena Ojea at the University of Santiago de Compostela (IDEGA) for a scientific seminar
06/02/2018 - Almost 10 years ago, in June 2008, Elena Ojea was finalizing her PhD thesis at the Galician Institute for Development (IDEGA-USC), writing the last lines of her dissertation work. Directed by Professor Maria L. Loureiro, Elena found how societal preferences towards recovering marine species, including depleted stocks, was motivated by altruistic attitudes, and once species […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Outreach, Projects, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Clock, Outreach, Projects, Seminars
Students in Future Oceans Around simulate decision-making process
Students of high school VAL MIÑOR designed a Marine Reserve with fishing Interest
04/01/2018 - The last session of Future Oceans Around in 2017 was dedicated to the understanding of the interactions between the social and environmental dimensions a social-ecological systems. This session proposed a decision-making process as an example of a common ground for stakeholders to agree on their different objectives for resource management. The case study proposed to […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Team, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Team, Workshop
FOL begins collaboration with ALIADAS network in Ría de Vigo
FOL learns about the local social-ecological reality and helps with the training program
19/12/2017 - FOL began to work on the project ALIADAS of the CANDIEIRA network, dedicated to the support of women in the fisheries sector. This is the second initiative we collaborate on since we started working together this summer on project EMBARCA, dedicated to creating incentives for women entrepreneurs in marine tourism. Similarly to EMBARCA, ALIADAS is a local […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Around assesses the ecosystem services in Val Miñor region
Students of IES Val Miñor valued the ecosystem services of their region
23/11/2017 - This morning we shared a brief session with the students of IES Val Miñor evaluating Ecosystem Services and discuss about the impacts on the society, as part of our on going Future Oceans Around Programme. During this meeting, the ecosystem services session involved elements of role-play based on topics drawn from current, real-life issues. So, students created their […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Research
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Research
EMBARCA project walks its first step in Arcade
The fishing tourism project created on Candieira, completed its first workshop last week in Arcade
02/11/2017 - FOL got part last week in EMBARCA project, which aims to disseminate the knowledge, culture and practices that shellfish gathers hold from their daily life. Not only framing the value of the marine resources or the beauty of shellfish gathers activity and surroundings, EMBARCA will also show woman role in these communities and its importance, […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
Future Oceans Around 2.0: The second-year-outreach program at the high school
We celebrate the first session of our dissemination program at IES Val Miñor for this new academic year
27/10/2017 - Fully charged of energy after the long summer holidays, FOL is ready to share, learn, work and play with the new group of Earth and Environment science students of IES Val Miñor about research questions, scientific problems and decision-making processes in real cases. Future Oceans Around 2.0 has started yesterday, 26th October 2017, and will […]
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Diego Salgueiro, Outreach, Workshop
FOL will be in the largest online science event with schools
PhD student Alba Aguión will participate in the popular online science engagement contest during the next spanish edition
18/10/2017 - PhD student Alba Aguión has been selected as one of the 30 researchers from Spain that will be taking part in the forthcoming event of “I´m a scientist, get me out of here”. The event, originated in the UK but rapidly spread through different countries, aims to link school students with scientists. Through this connection […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, PhD, Projects
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Clock, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Percebes, PhD, Projects
We present our work in CIRED-Paris
The research centre on environment and development focuses on climate change
16/10/2017 - Last week Elena Ojea gave a seminar at the Centre International de Reserche sur l’Environment at Dévelopment (CIRED) in Paris (France). CIRED is a world class research center where multi-disciplinar researchers work in climate change and energy research, with special focus in policy. The center holds a weekly seminar program where they open presentations to […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Elena Ojea, Outreach, Seminars
Five days in Chile diving in Global Marine Protected Areas
The international marine protected areas congress IMPAC4 ends with important news on conservation
08/09/2017 - e Today is the closure of the International Marine Protected Area Congress in La Serena, Chile. Five days of discussions on marine conservation and management where participants from around the world, including NGOs, managers of protected areas, governments and scientist shared their experience in marine protection. The congress has also been the platform for exciting […]
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Workshop
CATEGORIES: Clock, Conferences, Elena Ojea, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Projects, Workshop
Eréndira Aceves Seminar this Tuesday
The visiting researcher from UCSB will give a seminar at 11am in Campus do Mar
31/07/2017 - Our visiting researcher Eréndira Aceves Bueno will give a seminar tomorrow in campus do Mar on her recent PhD work. Ere has recently defended her PhD research in marine spatial management of benthic resources, with applications in Chilean TURFs. She wil be presenting her work tomorrow August 1st in Edificio Miralles, University of Vigo at […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Future Oceans Lab, Outreach, Seminars
In Copenhagen for a Vulnerability workshop
FOL goes to ICES to participate on a climate change vulnerability meeting
19/07/2017 - Vulnerability assessments in fisheries allow for the prioritization of policy action towards climate change in fisheries, and is receiving increasing attention from scientists and policy makers. Vulnerability to climate change includes fish species exposure and sensitivity to climate change impacts, together with social sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Global studies are looking at large marine areas […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Results
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Results
FOL at the ICES working Group on Resilience and Marine ecosystem services
The Working Group celebrates its third annual meeting in Vigo this week
12/07/2017 - The ICES Working Group on Resilience and Marine Ecosystem Services (WGRMES) is now celebrating its third annual meeting in Vigo at the Marine Institute (IIM, CSIC). Researchers and practitioners working around marine ecosystem services from different European countries meet during two days to discuss over some of the most important questions around resilience and marine […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects, Research
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects, Research
FOLab gives a talk at the Fishing Accelerator
this week we meet the people behind the start up project in Vigo
05/07/2017 - The lab is establishing its first connections with the fishing sector, as we are really interested in knowing what are the initiatives going on in the fisheries industry, as well as getting to know their main concerns relative to fishing and climate change. Some fishing companies and producer organizations are involved in a new project […]
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Projects, Research, Results, Seminars
CATEGORIES: Elena Ojea, Outreach, Projects, Research, Results, Seminars
Science and Storytelling: Alba´s participation in Science Stars in Kazaksthan
FOL PhD student Alba Aguión explained her master research in an event organized in Nazarbayev University
04/07/2017 - There is an Indian proverb that says “Tell a good story… and the whole world will listen”. The night of June 27th Science Stars proved that to be right, at least when it comes to talking about science. The event consisted in 9 young researchers from different fields explaining scientific concepts in an entertaining way to the […]
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Outreach
CATEGORIES: Alba Aguión, Conferences, Outreach
Launching the ECOMAR network in Vigo
Scientist from Latin America, Spain and Portugal meet in Vigo for two days
22/06/2017 - ECOMAR is a new network of researchers funded by CYTED that puts together people from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal to work on the role of marine protected areas in ecosystem services. The first annual meeting of this 4-year project is now taking place in Universidade de Vigo and hosted by Sebastian […]
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects
CATEGORIES: Conferences, Outreach, Projects
New book on the economics and management of sustainable oceans
Edward Elgar just released the new Handbook where FOL participates
14/06/2017 - The Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans is a new book edited by Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Lisa E. Svensson and Anil Markandya and has just been released last week. The book covers oceans sustainability from the manager perspective, by looking into more detail ho we should measure ecosystem services benefits, how to […]
CATEGORIES: Outreach, Research, Results
CATEGORIES: Outreach, Research, Results