Blue Biotech

HELP Research, STOP Biopiracy!

The exploitation of MGRs has the potential to sustainaibly deliver considerable wealth and business opportunities. The inability of governments to reach agreement would present a very real threat to the pursuit of the current international activities aimed at conserving and utilizing MGRs. This forum responds to growing concerns over too slow or interrupted international negotiations on marine genetic resources (MGRs). CIESM mandate is to help and influence the current policy debates on MGRs. Your contribution to this forum can make a change. Let’s discuss together the reasons of this paralysis and let’s find together the best way to raise the decision makers’ interest

Enter the debate on marine genetic resources

by CIESM Forum12 comments

In April 2011, 13 experts from various continents where invited by the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM) to discuss how to respond to growing concerns over international negotiations on marine genetic resources (MGRs), which have great potential for wealth and business

Latest comments

  • CIESM Forum - February 21, 2012 at 10:06 am
    Dear rinkevich, I share your view on the usefulness of networking Mediterranean "barcoding" projects. Other researchers have been soliciting an ...
  • rinkevich - February 16, 2012 at 9:27 am
    In parallel to (preferably even before) delving into applied aspects related to Mediterranean biodiversity, there is a need to be ...

Partnership

Stealing from a Community Garden?

by CIESM Forum1 comment

Hello! Here is a short film that, in my view, portrays the use of marine genetic resources as it stands right now. The movie shows a man taking flowers from a public garden – a metaphor to the global ocean

Fishery

The future of fishing is not a joke:
could it be a game?

CIESM is exploring new tools to engage the broad community on discussions related to the governance of fishery. Why not a videogame? Along with various informative exercises, videogames, with their broad appeal to increasingly large sectors of the population, could help make a large audience aware and sensitive to challenges related to the governance of fishery. As soon as we launched the idea, we got two proposals to develop a game. If you are a professional, a teacher, a scientist, a game designer or, simply, crazy for games, get in the forum. Do you like the ideas we got? Which topics should be covered? Do you want to propose a different game? Remember, it’s not a joke, your ideas will make a difference.

A videogame proposed by Dario & Valentino

by CIESM Forum10 comments
Fishery

This game scenario, developed upon recommendations of the CIESM 2011 seminar in Göteborg, ignores time and budget constraints. A “free-roaming” environment – LA games or GTA series style – was selected for the storyline. More realistic versions are expected as

Latest comments

  • Vilhelm - March 29, 2012 at 1:21 pm
    Here are some further thoughts, inspired by the ideas of Dario and Valentino, on the game scenario: "Go fishing – ...
  • Vilhelm - March 29, 2012 at 1:08 pm
    I find the characters of Ahmed and Maria really interesting. A role-play - or storytelling game - must rely on ...

GIS on marine-maritime HUBs

Eco Ocean: an overfishing simulation

by Jörn Schmidtno comments

BACKGROUND – OVERFISHING According to FAO (2007) estimates, about one quarter of all economically valuable marine fish stocks are overfished, depleted, or recovering from depletion; most of the remaining fish stocks are fully exploited and have no room for further