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1 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Large Marine Ecosystems: Assessment and Management MOOC-LME Development Team Dr. Kenneth Sherman (NOAA) Dr. Coleen Moloney (University of Cape Town) Center for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (University of Cape Town) Emma Kelley (NOAA) Presented to: 19th Annual Large Marine Ecosystems and Coastal Partners Meeting 29 November – 1 December 2017 Cape Town, South Africa Kenneth Sherman NOAA - NMFS

2 Large Marine Ecosystems are Naturally Formed
Coastal Ocean Management Areas

3 ECOLOGICAL CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE AREAL EXTENT OF LMES:
Bathymetry Hydrography Productivity (gCm²yˉ¹) Trophodynamics

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6 LMEs AND GLOBALIZATION
75% OF THE WORLD’S ANNUAL FISHERIES CATCHES ARE PRODUCED IN 66 LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS LMEs CONTRIBUTE AN ESTIMATED $12.6 TRILLION IN GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (Costanza et al., Nature vol. 287 (15 May), 1997)

7 LMEs are Global Centers of Effort to Introduce Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) Practices in Support of Sustaining Coastal Ocean Goods and Services

8 Five LME Assessment Modules
Productivity Fish and Fisheries Pollution and Ecosystem Health Socioeconomics Governance

9 United Nations Sustainable Development
Goal 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development

10 GEF International Waters Operational Strategy
Transboundary Diagnostic Analyses TDAs Supports LME Approach to EBM Strategic Action Plans SAPs

11 Fusion Between LME Theory and LME - Assessment and Management
5 Modules Productivity Fish & Fisheries Pollution & Ecosystem Health Socioeconomic Governance The 15 Fastest Warming LMEs ( Integrated via TDA SAP Practice Process TO EBM Practice

12 22 LMEs with GEF-Supported EBM Projects since 1994

13 LME MOOC OBJECTIVE Target 450 Trainees per LME Project
Assessment and Management Training for 10,000 LME Project Professionals in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and eastern Europe Six Week Course Leading to Certification on Successful Completion as an LME Assessment and Management Practitioner


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