by Caroline Spruill | Jan 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that The Mapping Ocean Wealth Initiative is among the finalists for the 2017 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The WTTC is dedicated to promoting awareness of the travel and tourism sector’s contribution to...
by Caroline Spruill | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Contributed by Bryan DeAngelis Oysters are amazing. If you’re like me, and love the cold, salty taste of fresh oysters, know that our desire to consume them is not new. Oysters were a dietary staple for Native Americans and then for early European settlers, who...
by Caroline Spruill | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Contributed by Helen Savidge Mapping Ocean Wealth Picks Up Marine Conservation Across Australia’s Forgotten Coastlines. On the Southern edge of the Australian continent sit beautiful waterscapes, grass meadows and kelp forests. These southern coastlines are home to...
by Caroline Spruill | Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Maria Damanaki, Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature Conservancy As the world meets for COP, and country leaders, scientists and NGOs like The Nature Conservancy (TNC) play a role in this important piece of global history, I am pleased to be here in...
by Caroline Spruill | Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Contributed by Andrew Frederick Johnson (1), Marcia Moreno-Bàez (2), Andrès Cisneros-Montemayor (3), Alfredo Girón-Nava (1), Alvin Suàrez Castillo(4) and Octavio Aburto Oropeza (1) The value of nature and its contribution to human well being and development is being...