First words

The earths oceans cover 67% of the total surface area of the earth. This is 2.3 times the total and area of the earth (source: WolframAlpha ). How do we interact with and manage these vast resources. Already many fisheries are under threat, coastlines are threatened through increased population growth, marine polluion is damaging coastal ecosystems and having impacts further out to sea. The ocean provides us with what the economists call amanity values as well as resources. The challenge is to learn how to live with this large part of the planet in a manner that allows us to enjoy what it has to offer without destroying it. This is what I am trying to address in this blog.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

introduction

Well this is a first attempt at blogging on something that interests me. Basically I am trying to figure out how to combine my profesional and personal interests. So this blog is going to attempt to do that and the posts will involve amix of things. I hope that this will keep things intereting for anyone who may be reading this. We shall see. News items of relevance will be posted and occasionally commented on.

Anyway we shall see how it develops and hopefully some will find my perspective useful.
Posted by The silent majority at 4:35 AM

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