Dr. Carissa Klein of Australia was awarded the APEC Science Prize for
Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE), sponsored by John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., and Elsevier, on Monday by Minister Gusti M. Hatta,
Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology.
Dr. Klein’s selection is a result of her research with the University of
Queensland that uniquely addresses the issue of sustainable ocean
development by striking a balance between biodiversity conservation and
socioeconomic viability.
“We selected Dr. Klein as the 2013 ASPIRE winner based on her approach
to negotiating the fragile balance between ocean conservation and
sustainable livelihoods,” Minister Hatta said on Monday evening at a
ceremony honoring Dr. Klein. “This is at the heart of Indonesia’s 2013
APEC priority of sustainable development with equity.”
Minister Gusti Hatta said that this year’s ASPIRE theme “Sustainable
Ocean Development” was chosen by Indonesia because of its desire for
APEC to actively promote environmentally and economically sustainable
solutions for oceans and waterways. Other criteria for the ASPIRE
selection process included excellence in scientific research and
commitment to cooperation with scientists across APEC economies.
“The establishment of marine protected areas is often viewed as a
conflict between conservation and fishing,” explained Dr. Klein. “But we
can zone the ocean to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, including
the fishing industry, mining companies, and conservation groups.”
This is one of the issues Dr. Klein’s research effectively addresses.
Her work has helped two APEC member economies—Malaysia and the United
States—sustainably zone the ocean for fishing and conservation. Using
spatial conservation prioritization, her research informed a systematic
design of a network of marine protected areas along California’s central
coast that accounted for commercial and recreational fisheries in the
region.
“The ideal outcome of many conservation plans is meeting its
biodiversity goals cost effectively and distributing the benefits or
costs equally,” Dr Klein said. “These three aims are also known as
‘triple bottom line solutions’ – efficient, cost-effective and
equitable.”
Her work is used by governments and NGOs to inform marine conservation
and sustainable management decisions. Dr. Klein is an Australian
Research Council (ARC) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the University
of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
“This year we received many successful nominees and APEC is honored to
select Dr. Klein as a winner,” said Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director
of the APEC Secretariat.
“Her research, along with all the nominees this year, helps advance
APEC’s goals to sustainably conserve and manage our valuable ocean
resources.”
The APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research, and Education (ASPIRE)
is an annual award that recognizes young scientists. Each member
economy, through its representative on the APEC Policy Partnership on
Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI), is invited to nominate one
young scientist under the age of 40 to be considered for the ASPIRE
Prize. The US $25,000 ASPIRE prize is sponsored by Wiley and Elsevier,
two of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly scientific knowledge.
Further information on the ASPIRE Prize, this year’s winner and nominees
is available on the 2013 ASPIRE Prize website
For more information or to arrange possible interview opportunities,
please contact Jennifer Juo +65 9721 8660 at jj@apec.org
or Michael Chapnick +65 9647 4847 at mc@apec.org.
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