OUR LATEST ONLINE WORKSHOP! Online workshops are a way for people to come together to learn and discuss topics of societal and scientific importance.
COSEE-West online workshops give participants the chance to gain a national and international perspective on the most pertinent issues and topics that face our society today.
Marine Protected Areas and the Marine Life Protection Act
Saturday March 14 - Friday 3 April, 2009
Ken Wiseman, Executive Director of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
Overview of this online workshop
COSEE-West invites you to meet and interact with the scientists, administrators and stakeholders engaged in the policy and science of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (MLPA) in our Spring 2009 workshop. Topics to be covered will include the science behind MPAs, policy and the process of the MLPA..
Our keynote presentations, resources, lesson plans and discussion rooms provide participants with the tools and background necessary to educate the next generation to inherit our troubled planet.
Our three-week workshop is free, (unless you are taking it for graduate credit) available 24 hours a day/seven days a week and can also be completed for graduate credit from California State University, Fullerton.
Science, Policy, and Protecting Our Coastal Oceans,
Dr. Steve Murray Professor,
Biology
California State University Fullerton.
Science Advisory Team (SAT) member of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
The Science of Marine Protected Areas
Dr. Satie Airame,
Policy Coordinator at University of California Santa Barbara
and
Science and Planning Advisor of the MLPA Initiative
The MLPA is coming to Southern California
Dr. Chris Lowe
Associate Professor
California State University Long Beach
.
REGISTRATION TO JOIN THE WORKSHOP
IF you already have a USER ID for the College of Exploration online campus, then all you need to do is LOG IN BELOW with your College of Exploration USER ID, when the workshop begins.
If you do not have a College of Exploration USER ID, then first create one here: Create a Userid and Password and then login when the workshop begins.
Graduate Credit
One unit of graduate credit is available from California State University Fullerton. You must submit your registration form, along with payment, via POSTAL MAIL. They DO NOT accept faxes anymore. There is a $90.00 (US) registration fee..
International Participants
If you are not in the USA, but still wish to sign up for graduate credit, please email or call COSEE West Program Manager Jane Lee for more information:
e-mail: janejl@usc.edu
Tel. (213) 740-4693
About COSEE-West
We are a community-based, National Science Foundation funded ocean science education network of oceanographic researchers, K-12 educators, informal education centers and the general public.
