Ella McDougall: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Communities and Watersheds

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Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Imperial Beach, CA
June 18-August 25, 2019

This summer, Ella will spend 66% of her time working with the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve developing sea level rise adaptation strategies for coastal watersheds. She will gain knowledge about watershed ecosystem-based management and green-to-gray approaches to adaptation. She will also offer support in hosting NOAA coastal adaptation and implementation trainings, create a marine debris training manual, and engage with Baja elected officials and counterparts.

Scripp’s Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (CCCIA)
La Jolla, CA
June 18-August 25, 2019

For a third of the summer, Ella will assist CCCIA with evaluation and development of feasibility for additional coastal community sites for Flood Risk – Sea Level Rise Pilots. She will also support the development of Climate Status Reports for various State Park coastal sites, and create a suite of tools/products for disseminating results and data to stakeholders.

Chiao Ting: Sustainable Seafood Markets

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Center for Blue Economy (CBE)
Monterey, CA, USA
June 6- Aug 20

Chiao will be analyzing the data from local seafood markets to identify how blockchain technology could support greater sustainable seafood traceability. 

About the CBE: Our mission at the Center for the Blue Economy is to promote a sustainable ocean and coastal economy (the “Blue Economy”) through leadership in research, analysis, and education.

Satoumi Thinktank
Taipei, Taiwan
May 20 – Aug 15

Satoumi Thinktank is an NGO in Taiwan. It’s goal is helping fishermen to earn a fair price by developing a new type of sustainable seafood supply chain.