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Howard Wood OBE (born 1954) is a Scottish environmentalist, co-funder of Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) and Goldman Environmental Prize winner in 2015.
- A Once Robust Fishery in Collapse
- Grounded by The Sea
- Rallying A Community to Protect The Ocean
- Victory For Coastal Communities
The Firth of Clyde was once known for plentiful fishing of herring, cod, haddock, and turbot. Small-scale traditional fishing provided a source of livelihood for generations of families in the Clyde and Arran, who were able to fish sustainably thanks to long-standing laws that banned practices that towed fishing gear along the seabed. However, grow...
Howard Wood was a teenager when his family moved back to the Isle of Arran, where his father spent much of his youth. He worked at the family’s plant nursery and spent his free time diving in the local waters, marveling at the sea life below. Over the course of hundreds of dives a year, he witnessed firsthand the destruction of marine wildlife brou...
In 1989, Don MacNeish, a close friend who often joined Wood on his dives, came back from a trip to New Zealand enthused about the Marine Protected Areas he had seen there. He and Wood decided they would establish similar areas of marine conservation around Arran. Wood and his friend used their own personal savings and in 1995, co-founded the Commun...
In July 2014, the Scottish government announced 30 new Marine Protected Areas in Scotland including the South Arran MPA, the first and only community-developed MPA in the country. Wood and his team at COAST are now working with the government to set a policy that legally recognizes the community’s right to have a stake in the management of its seas...
Apr 20, 2015 · BBC Scotland environment correspondent. A diver from the Isle of Arran has won one of the world's most prestigious environmental awards. Howard Wood is to receive the Goldman Environmental...
2015 Goldman Prize winner Howard Wood spearheaded a campaign that established the first community-developed Marine Protected Area in Scotland, giving citizens a voice in a debate that has been dominated by the commercial fishing industry.
Howard Wood spearheaded a campaign that established the first community-developed Marine Protected Area in Scotland, giving citizens a voice in a debate that...
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Aug 16, 2016 · Who can forget cheerful Scotsman and avid diver Howard Wood? Since winning the Prize in 2015 for establishing Scotland's first community-developed Marine Protected Area, Wood has been hard at work…
It is the first time this international award, the largest prize for grassroots environmentalists worldwide, has come to Scotland and only the second time it has been made to somebody in the UK.Howard Wood spearheaded a campaign that established the first community-developed Marine Protected Area in Scotland, giving citizens a voice in a debate that has been dominated by the commercial fishing ...
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