On this morning’s New York Times op-ed page, Judith Kildow, director of the National Ocean Economics Program at the Monterey Institute and Professor Jason Scorse, director of its Center for the Blue Economy, call for the federal government to re-evaluate the National Flood Insurance Program.
Oceanographer, author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle spoke to aspiring marine policy professionals at the Monterey Institute as part of a fall semester class featuring notable marine policy speakers.
Follow the action as Monterey Institute students working with organizations ranging from UNESCO to frontier market entrepreneurs blog about their experiences this summer in Peru, Israel, Spain, Zanzibar and other countries.
The Monterey Institute’s marine policy research hub, the Center for the Blue Economy, celebrated its first year in operation with an April 12 reception in Monterey.
County officials commissioned Monterey Institute professors Jeff Langholz and Fernando DePaolis to study and quantify the economic impact of agriculture on the region.
This year’s TEDxMonterey conference will explore issues surrounding ocean and coastal resource management, April 13 at the Monterey Institute.
