PROTECTING UK WATERS AND BEYOND – LEARNING FROM THE MPA PROCESS IN NEW ZEALAND

The Marine Reserves Coalition will be hosting a meeting entitled ‘PROTECTING UK WATERS AND BEYOND – LEARNING FROM THE MPA PROCESS IN NEW ZEALAND’.

The talks will take place on the 7th December 2011 at 1800 in the Huxley Lecture Theatre at ZSL and all are welcome, so please feel free to pass this invite on to anyone you think would be interested.

There will be three presentations followed by a discussion session:

MPAs – The NZ perspective: Jonathan Gardner (NZ-UK Link Foundation Visiting Professorship, Victoria University of Wellington)
MPAs – The UK perspective: Sue Wells (Project Manager, Balanced Seas)
MPAs – The big picture: Dan Laffoley (Senior Advisor, Marine Science and Conservation, Global Marine and Polar Programme, IUCN)

After the talks there will be an informal wine reception with canapés from 2000-2130.

Places for this evening event are limited to 100, and will be on a first come, first served basis, so please arrive promptly.

Contact Elisabeth Whitebread for further information.