Conference (cont'd)

Day One (finally)-

International perspectives session:

• Midori Kawabe discussed the interesting situation of a coast in Japan, and what locals do in light of no centralized ICZM system.
• Arwen Edsall, over at NOAA's International Program Office gave a really interesting presentation on her work in Guyana.
• Roche Mahon spoke about the Grande Anse Bay, Grenada experience during Hurricane Ivan and the Carribean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) work there after the event.
• AND Mark Rauscher did a fellow Surfrider Foundation member a real solid by presenting some of their work on erosion of beaches in New South Wales

Social Equity Session (to be honest, I didn't catch this in its entirety, but what I did see was really good):

• Robert Atanasio covered some of the work that he did in Bocas Del Toro, Panama concerning fishing communities & resource use.

• Kristina Peterson & Rosina Phillipe also gave a great presentation on how a community in the Louisiana Bayou, came together after the Katrina disaster to rebuild their economy & community into something stronger and more resilient than what was there before.