Assignment task: It is clear that with new social-based platforms emerging for both video and written content that new option are available. It is important to communicate science to - help inform public debates and decision making - to government and policy makers - to students of all ages - to the media ...Generally speaking, this takes us (scientists) outside of the comfort zone of publishing in peer review journals and into the world of mass media. Clearly some scientists are better at this than others, but there is a whole, and growing, discipline of science communication available to help. So, the objective of this practical is to produce a sci com product. Your product should examine the concept of why human are important to marine wildlife conservation and use information from at least one scientific article. Your product should either by digital (e.g. style of social media reel/post)or written. If digital, then less than 1 min (plus up to one hundred words explanatory text)and if written be less than 251words (both excluding the details of the references). To start, think of a marine wildlife conservation issue. Use online search tools and databases to understand the issue from a human perspective - are humans responsible? What are the main human aspects that need to be considered (e.g. social, political, economic) and why management of the issue is challenging. Check your blog does these 4things
1. Length - duration or words matches above (please state the number of words)
2. Describes the human dimension of a marine wildlife conservation issue AND incorporates information from at least 1 scientific paper (please provide references at the end)
3. Contains clear and concise language, has a purpose and a point
4. Engaging and interesting - wow factor - subjective I know, and you can score here for novel approach, thought provoking (including playing devil's advocate to traditional conservation beliefs), encourages the reader to engage more in the topic etc