MIMES/EBM Meeting Agenda and Information
The EBM pilot project work group’s goal is to learn about the implementation of EBM by understanding how best to manage the interactions between ecology and human activities in the pilot project areas. To do this, the work group leaders have designed an agenda that takes members through an exercise to create a draft model for use in two pilot sites.
MIMES is a multi-scale, integrated suite of models that assess the true value of ecosystem services in a sophisticated and transferable system. We’d like to propose developing a MIMES sub-model to allow ecosystem managers to quickly understand the dynamics of ecosystem services, how their services are linked to human welfare, and how their function and value might change under various management scenarios.
The goal is for this sub-model to be used at one U.S. and one Canadian pilot site as a first step toward understanding an ecosystem-based approach to management.
Pilot Sites: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary & Canadian site TBD
Agenda – Day 1
9:15 Coffee
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome & Introductions
10:00 – 11:00 Brief overview of Action Item 1 and EBM pilot project selection criteria
11:00 – 12:00 Introduction to MIMES – demonstration
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (catered)
1:00 – 1:30 Discussion about the use of the U.S.-based and Canadian-based pilot sites (Stellwagen Bank and Canadian site TBD)
1:30 – 2:30 Discussion about comparative data sets and the tasks needed to pull together the information for an EBM approach in the study areas
2:30 – 5:00 Draft Model Creation Exercise (including a 15 minute break)
• Determining the socioeconomic characteristics of the user population, the ecological characteristics of the ecosystem including substitutes, compliments and scarcity
• Assessing data and information gaps
Agenda – Day 2
9:15 Coffee
9:30 – 10:00 Review of accomplishments on Day 1 and goals for Day 2
10:00 – 11:30 Continuation of Draft Model Creation Exercise
11:30 – 12:30 Discussion of long-term goals for pilot project including
• Funding
• Management Application
• Evaluation
• Transferability
• Other??
12:30 – 1:00 Next action steps for work group
1:00 Adjourn
Participants
Leaders: Les Kaufman, Andy Rosenberg, Lew Incze, Stephanie Moura, Azur Moulaert, Kats Haya, Verna DeLauer, Ben Cowie-Haskell
Work Group Members
1. Kevin St. Martin – Ruetgers University
2. Rob Stephenson – DFO/St. Andrews Marine Biological Station
3. Heather Leslie – Brown University
4. Sally Yozell – The Nature Conservancy
5. Geoffrey Smith – The Nature Conservancy
6. Kathleen Leyden – Maine Coastal Program
7. Susan Farady – The Ocean Conservancy
8. Troy Hartley – Northeast Consortium
9. Jesse Mechling – NOAA
10. Kathy Mills – GBNERR
11. Sarah Carr – EBM Tools Network
12. Kate Killerlain-Morrison – MA Coastal Zone Management
13. Jennifer Atkinson – QLF Atlantic Center for the Environment
14. Briana Brown – Boston University
15. Ray Konisky – The Nature Conservancy
16. John Annala – The Gulf of Maine Research Institute
17. Christine Tilburg – GOMC/Ecosystem Indicators Partnership
18. Heather Tausig – NEAQ
19. Judy Pederson – MIT Sea Grant
20. Kerry Lageux - NEAQ
21. Billy Spitzer – NEAQ
22. John Mandelman - NEAQ