“What's needed is a set of guiding principles focused on managing the Great Lakes at the ecosystem scale, centering justice, embracing the blue economy and the energy transformation, and prioritizing community partnerships...”
This statement is from a description of a publication you co-authored. Can you elaborate on it?
The Great Lakes hold over 20% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water, an amazing resource that needs careful management and stewardship, especially in an era of global climate and water crisis. We need to do better to ensure that everyone in the region benefits from this stewardship. Academics can make a big difference, but only by combining academic knowledge with the knowledge from communities, and by working together with those from all walks of life, can we really do the job that the Great Lakes deserve.
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