Science4Parliament – Episode eleven – Dr Mark Costello – Marine Protected Areas

Text the Science4Parliament podcast here.Welcome to the Science4Parliament podcast,  the first podcast that aims to foster the relationship between science and decision-makers and show how research and innovation are vital to the equitable and sustainable functioning of our societies and economies.   It is presented by Denis Naughten, a directly elected Member of Parliament in Ireland for nearly three decades. Denis has served as an Irish cabinet minister and on the Council of European Union Ministers and is currently chairperson of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Working Group on Science and Technology,  based in Geneva, which aims to inspire global parliamentary action through legislative work in the field of science and technology.   The podcast aims to highlight the work of innovative people in the world of science and to get their perspective on what needs to be done to bring that world and the world of policy closer together.   In this episode, Dr Mark Costello,  a marine ecology expert and currently Prof. of Marine Ecology at Nord University, Norway, joins Denis to talk about marine protected areas (MPAs) and why they are so important to marine biodiversity.  Further information at the links below:Dr Costello's  recent paper on the economic effect of MPAs : https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05417.080 A village celebrating their marine reserve after a 10-year campaign by local schoolchildren.One of those children (now a mother)  set up Experiencing Marine Reserves, which has taken over 100,000 people snorkelling inside and around MPAs to show how they work and the difference that they make, A short video from a New Zealand recreational fisherman Interviews of fishermen in the Canary Islands who demanded  more marine reserves when they saw their successInteresting article on the Atlantic Ocean circulation and the effect that it is having. Contact  Denis Naughten: Email:            [email protected] LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-naughtenX:              https://x.com/DenisNaughtenBlog:         https://substack.com/@denisnaughtenWeb:         https://denisnaughten.ie/More information on Dr. Mark CostelloWebsite:       https://www.nord.no/en/about/employees/mark-john-costello X:                   https://twitter.com/costellomark LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/costellomarkj/ Get full access to InnoSphere Consulting at denisnaughten.substack.com/subscribe