MARE 2023 People & the Sea Conference (bienniel)
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MARE 2023 People & the Sea Conference (bienniel)
June 1, 2023 @ 8:00 am - July 1, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
MARE 2023 People & the Sea Conference (bienniel)
Jun.-Jul. 2023
The 12th MARE People and the Sea Conference will take place from 26 to 30 June, 2023 in Amsterdam. Regularly visit this page to stay up to date on the latest developments regarding the conference.
Theme Description: Blue Fear – navigating ecological, social and existential anxieties during the Anthropocene
Oceans have always imbued seafarers with fear: fear of storms, pirates and shipwreck, and fear of the creatures that live beneath the surface. This conference suggests that such anxieties are currently broadening and intensifying. Not only are people afraid of occasional tsunamis and hurricanes that take lives and ravage coastal habitats. We are also afraid of what we have ourselves unleashed: the realities of sea level rise, climate change, pollution, overfishing and biodiversity loss. Scientists are working overtime to fine-tune the understanding of causes and effects and to provide possible solutions. International policy fora – such as those involved in the current Ocean Decade – are prodding policymakers and politicians to initiate meaningful mitigatory and adaptive action.