In this episode I am talking with marine biologist Jessica Meeuwig. Mrs Meeuwig is a professor of Marine Conservation at the University of Western Australia and inaugural director of the Center for Marine Futures. In my conversation with her, we speak about:
- the importance of marine parks for ocean health
- research around the benefits of marine parks
- the role of no-take zones
- Ngari Capes Marine Park
- fishery’s management
- shark culling
- the importance of sharks for ocean health
- the difficulty of activism in science
- the power of community, democracy and participation
- the Center of Marine Futures
- the connection between science and art
- climate change
- and many other things.
If you want to find more about Jessica Meeuwig visit her website: https://meeuwig.org.
If you want to have a look at the map of the Ngari Capes Marine Park we talked about go to:
https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/parks/management-plans/decarchive/20120471-ngari-capes-marine-park-mp-74-2013-2023-v10.pdf
And for now, thank you for listening!
Your Kathi
And as always, if you want to find out more about the podcast go to www.creative-ecology-podcast.com, where you can leave a comment or suggest a guest you would like to see on the show. And if you want to have a look at my art, you can go to: www.katharina-meister.com.
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