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Born. 1954. Nationality. Scottish. Occupation. environmentalist. Known for. preserving the marine environment of South Arran Sea, winning Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015. Howard Wood OBE (born 1954 [1]) is a Scottish environmentalist, co-funder of Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) and Goldman Environmental Prize winner in 2015.
- 1954
- Scottish
- preserving the marine environment of South Arran Sea, winning Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015
- environmentalist
Apr 20, 2015 · Howard Wood has devoted the past 30 years to helping animal life in the Clyde recover after decades of overfishing and destruction of the sea bed.
- A Once Robust Fishery in Collapse
- Grounded by The Sea
- Rallying A Community to Protect The Ocean
- Victory For Coastal Communities
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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...
Howard Wood co-founded COAST, a citizen group that created Scotland's first community-developed Marine Protected Area in the Firth of Clyde. He fought against destructive fishing practices and rallied local support for sustainable marine management.
Howard Wood and Don MacNeish founded COAST in 1995, setting sail with what has turned into an internationally recognised grassroots marine conservation community. Howard Wood OBE Howard has been diving the seas around Arran and Scotland since 1973; he has an extensive knowledge of the marine environment in the Clyde has created a photographic ...
Community of Arran Seabed Trust. © Howard Wood / COAST. Community of Arran Seabed Trust ( COAST) is an inspirational and world renowned community-led organisation working for the protection and restoration of a diverse, abundant and beautiful marine environment.
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James Howard Wood (born May 20, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player born in Southampton, New York. A 6'7" 235 lb power forward, Wood played college basketball at the University of Tennessee and played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Utah Jazz . Howard Wood, a graduate of East Hampton High ...
Jul 13, 2021 · But the benefits of the Lamlash zone are now becoming apparent, according to marine ecologist Bryce Stewart from York University in England, who has been studying the area . Howard Wood has lived ...
