Building good management from great science through the Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science

Large, remote marine reserves pose particular challenges to effective conservation management. Inaccessible to most, sometimes all, visitors they increase the complexity and cost of doing research, implementing management... [ view full abstract ]

Large, remote marine reserves pose particular challenges to effective conservation management. Inaccessible to most, sometimes all, visitors they increase the complexity and cost of doing research, implementing management activities and can become almost invisible to the audiences we want to reach. The Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science has committed to an ambitious four year programme of science in one of the most remote parts of the Indian Ocean - the British Indian Ocean Territory. Our goal is to draw together world class science and put it in support of conservation management activities that reduce pressure from  IUU fishing, control invasive species and restore key habitats and protect key species and regionally important populations. This talk will briefly outline how our programme builds good management from great science and the challenges and value of remote marine reserves.