GIBS

GIBS
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
1.	Looking at "solutions", not "problems":
		--GIBS/NOAA Miami Symposium 2005 "Protection of deep-sea coral and Seamount ecosystems" website: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/coral/

2.	Moving forward in tough time with hope:
		GIBS/Environmental Defense Symposium On "Melting Oceans-Global warming" AAAS 2005 - American Association for Advancement of Sciense, Washington DC
3.	Forcasting the future of "North Carolina Coast - You and your ecosystems"
		2006 GIBS symposium at Fort Fisher Aquarium/Marriott Hotel, Carolina Beach

		IMMEDIATE GOALS FOR PAVING THE FUTURE
1.	Ensuring Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM):
		The concepts and innovative ideas for EBFM is defined in the Invited Paper presented by GIBS President Prof. George at the 11th International Deep-sea Biology Symposium in Southampton, UK (see GIBS Research Report 3).

2.	Nurturing cooperation and collaboration between US federal agencies.
		The principles and model for such an interagency working relationship is envisaged in the Oct. 24-25 GIBS conference at the Harvard University for establishing the ‘Federal Interagency Deep-Sea Coral Task Force’ for prevention of biodiversity decline in seamounts and deep-sea coral reefs. This workshop co-chaired by Prof Edward O. Wilson (Harvard) and Prof. Robert Y. George (GIBS).