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Santa Rosa J.C.: Oaks & Cubs

The Vision Thing

Learning from Text and Context View 1: Fill the void of the empty vessel or predefined but unoccupied niches with the proper stuff. View 2: Tell a story..paint a picture ..start a quest that interesting, important and fun. Contribute to a collective community memory; H-P “How do we know what we know?”.  Learning Centers may be on the Web, at the copy center,around the water cooler, at the bowling alley, or other places where people hangout or walkabout. See The Social life of Information, Brown & Duguid Harvard Business School Press, Boston 2000

The World According to Snoopy

What is the Point? How do you get there from here

What About Rachael?

Welcome to the Ecology  Presentation. UNCLOS  Tuesday December 12,2000 Members of the team are: Anthony Ricco Doug Fisk

Orientation : Tuesday, December 12,2000 Our thesis is that the Oceans are a “Commons” that has historically been open to transportation, trade, free passage and for natural resource development.  Currently, the most significant commons users, stakeholders and spokespersons have both a Global Vision and a “World Class” Reach. We will examine the question of who speaks with legitimate and authentic authority for the sustainability and health of this “Commons” We will present 1. An introduction to the Ecology of the  Oceans, 2. the current status of the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) 3.the role of the USCG as an enforcement agency and 4. propose a monitoring supplement:  A System of Ocean Ombudspersons .

The Oceans as a Complex System The Oceans are part of a complex Physical System The hydrologic cycle, the carbon cycle, CO2 buffer, thermal exchange, coastal interface. The Oceans are part of a complex Biological System The fisheries and migration, the corral reefs, the food web, sediments, biodiversity and evolution, genetic isolation and specialization The Oceans are part of a complex Human Social System Exploration and adventure; transportation,trade and human migration; natural resource storehouse; recreation and playground. As a Commons, the abyss of the deep ocean floor, the Seas present  governance and access challenges to the Global Community.

Our Global Perspective: It is a Water World

The Oceans: A Critical Context Part of an Econocycle $ Part of a Heat Sink Part of the Water Cycle Part of the  Carbon Sink Services of a Natural Resource Commons The Sea Around Us:  Rachael Carson and the “Perpetual Sediment Snow Storm”

The Oceans & Coasts: A Major Econosphere

Maritime System Production: A Coastal Context

The Oceans as a Business

Ocean Energy Flux and Flows

The Ocean and the Heat Cycle

The Oceans and the Water Cycle

The Oceans and the Land

Water from the  Mountain West

Dry Land Farming

The Carbon Cycle

The Oceans and the Arctic Food Chain

The Oceans and Wildlife

Oil in the Beaufort Sea

The Oceans & Big Oil

Ships at Sea and Underway The Progression of Sea Power

Considering Roger Revelle The Man and the Ship

The work of Roger Revelle Bio Early career Scripps Oceanography and Navy Science Advisor University of California at San Diego Harvard Center for Population Studies UN and Global Reach

The Arctic : An Orientation Lore Exploration Facts Status Future

An Arctic Overview

The Arctic Region

The Arctic Region Stakeholders

An Arctic Perspective

The Arctic Permafrost

The Natives

The Catch The Arctic Feast

Open Water at the North Pole

The Jamal Underway

The Nuclear Power Plant

Galen Rowell at Ground Zero

International Ecotourists

Hard Science at the North Pole

United States Resources Marine Tradition Research Commercial Government USCG

Profile of the USCG Who we are What we do How we do it

The U.S. Coast Guard History Mission Resources Results Case Study International Cooperation

A Representative Coast Guard Mission Report The Exxon Valdez lesson: the record in PDF Contrast with the Smithsonian story

USCG: THE Good News Prepared Reacts Prevents

International Law: Conventions and Treaties Freedom of the Seas: Hugo Grotius  free trade, open seas & conquest Ready,Willing Able with men, money and muscle  UN Conference on the Law of the Sea: Wildlife: Polar Bears, Whales Fisheries: Pollution: Dumping, Nuclear, Mining Research and Exploration:

INGOS,  Organizations, Foundations ,Institutions, Trade Groups Green Peace and the Costeau Society World Wildlife Fund Scripps and Woodshole The Arctic Research Project Travel, Shipping, Exploration, Fishing

The United Nations UNESCO The Environment WTO Sustainability Kyoto Convention The Oceans, the Law of the Sea & Sustainable Development

UNCLOS Overview The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an “Umbrella Convention” (UNUniv) as opposed to a “Framework Convention”. It initial issue was the mineral rights of the Ocean floor. The articles were general, the time frame was long, specfic implementation was displaced to Expert agencies, ie IMO and the International Tribunal.

The UNCLOS III  View (Map) of the Oceans

The Territorial Map

The Oceans & UNCLOS Timeline 1960s: Elizabeth Mann Borgese, the Oceanic Circle  and the Club of Rome 1982 Opened for Signature by Ratification, Accession, Succession 1994 Put into Force by 60 Nation-States

Cooperating Agencies International Maritime Organization : Pollution and Piracy(Jurisdiction & Free Passage) Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (the Commons Area) Judges to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Arbitration of Disputes) International Court of Justice in the Hague

U.S. Ratification of UNCLOS: The Issues The U.S. Senate and the UN Declaration of Universal Human Right. Technology and Sovereignty Transfer to Third World Countries Free Trade and Open Seas Partners include Great Britain, Peru, Chile, Thailand, Viet Nam