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Seafaring Diplomacy - Hosted by the AIIA Queensland
Join us either in-person or online with Dr. Mélodie Ruwet from the Queensland University of Technology, who will discuss the political dilemmas in establishing large marine protected areas in the Pacific.
If you are attending in-person, please arrive at Holding Redlich at 5.30pm for registration and drinks. This event will be available online. After registering, on September 12 you will receive a follow-up confirmation email containing further details on how to join the webinar which will commence at 6pm AEST. The event is free for AIIA Queensland members and AIIA members from all states. Non-members pay $10 and student non-members $5.
If you arrive after 6:00pm, the lifts may not be accessible. Please ring 0403 777 541 for assistance.
The ocean is facing a multidimensional crisis. For decades, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was one of very few large marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world, but in response to this crisis, over the last 15 years, multiple large-scale marine protected areas have been established in the Pacific. Many scientists argue that bigger MPAs are better for conservation. This is consistent with the 30x30 agenda, the current international goal of protecting 30% of the land and oceans by 2030. But there can be political issues and motivators associated with the creation of these very large MPAs (including colonial legacies and great power competition).
In this presentation, Dr. Mélodie Ruwet will discuss the recent multiplication of these projects, including various examples from the region (Palau, Kiribati, and New Caledonia to cite a few).
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- Presentation by Dr. Mélodie Ruwet
Dr. Mélodie Ruwet
Queensland University of TechnologyMélodie Ruwet is a lecturer in the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on ocean governance, the politics of conservation, and environmental politics more broadly. She holds a PhD in government and international relations from Griffith University, and a master’s in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). She was previously a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, Chile).
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Dr. Mélodie RuwetDr. Mélodie Ruwet
Queensland University of TechnologyMélodie Ruwet is a lecturer in the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on ocean governance, the politics of conservation, and environmental politics more broadly. She holds a PhD in government and international relations from Griffith University, and a master’s in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). She was previously a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, Chile).
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