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Editor's Picks of the Week

Job : Marine Ecologist; The Nature Conservancy
Literature : National Strategy for the Arctic Region
Blog : A sombre milestone for humanity
News : Capitol Hill Ocean Week: June 4-6, 2013 at Washington, D.C.'s Newseum
Video : Conserving our spectacular, vulnerable coral reefs - Joshua Drew

Upcoming Events

Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Environments Webinar #1: Reef Check California, COASST, and MPA Watch - Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 2 pm US EDT/11 am US PDT/6 pm GMT
Webinar on Big Ocean MPA Network: addressing the common challenges of Large, Remote Marine Protected Areas by Aulani Wilhelm of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument - Thursday, June 13 at 1 pm EDT / 10 am PDT / 5 pm GMT
Webinar on SocMon: Social Science Monitoring in Coastal and MPA Management by Peter Edwards of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program - Thursday, July 11 at 1 pm EDT / 10 am PDT / 5 pm GMT
Webinar on Drawing the Line: visualizing global MPA distribution using practical protection categories with MPAtlas.org by Lance Morgan and Russell Moffitt of the Marine Conservation Institute - Thursday, August 8 at 1 pm EDT / 10 am PDT / 5 pm GMT

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