[Roundtable] Reminder! NCEAS Roundtable: Dr. Oran Young
Mary Hunsicker
hunsicker at nceas.ucsb.edu
Tue Feb 11 09:38:39 PST 2014
Dear All,
Please join us for an NCEAS Roundtable tomorrow (2/12) at 12:15 pm.
Dr. Oran Young
Professor Emeritus
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
will present a seminar on:
"Arctic Options: Holistic Integration for Arctic Coastal-Marine
Sustainability"
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*Arctic Options**is group of experts funded by the US National Science
Foundation (NSF) to help identify development and governance options for
the region. Their mission is to highlight choices that help balance
economic, social and environmental interests across the Arctic's coastal
marine systems. Dr. Young is the Project Coordinator for the Arctic
Options initiative and he will be speaking to us about the social,
political and governance issues in the Arctic.
Bio: Dr. Young specializes in the fields of Institutional and
International Governance and Environmental Institutions. His research
focuses on theories of environmental governance with applications to
issues relating to climate change, marine systems, and the polar
regions. Young served for six years as founding chair of the Committee
on the Human Dimensions of Global Change of the US National Academy of
Sciences. An expert on Arctic issues, Young chaired the Steering
Committee of the Arctic Governance Project and is the science advisor to
the North Pacific Arctic Conferences. Past service in this realm
includes co-chair of the Working Group on Arctic International
Relations, vice-president of the International Arctic Science Committee,
and chair of the Board of Governors of the University of the Arctic.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Roundtable meetings are held in the NCEAS lounge at the National Center
for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street, Suite 300
(Directions <http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/contact>).
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