Coastal and Marine Experts in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) Region
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas has been working on mangrove forests in Africa and Asia since the 1990s. His research output include nearly 200 peer-reviewed papers covering mangrove vegetation science, remote sensing, restoration ecology, ethnobiology and systems ecology (linking to management and governance). He is part of IUCN's Species Survival Commission's Mangrove Specialist Group.
He is also the Founding Director and General Coordinator of the excellence labeled EC-funded Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems - TROPIMUNDO.
I have extensive experience developing and implementing multi- and transdisciplinary projects focused on marine biotechnology, sustainable aquaculture/mariculture, and seafood traceability. Knowledge and a passion for all things algae (microalgae and seaweed). Passionate about science-based community-led marine conservation initiatives for the WIO - especially innovative thinking in marine.
I am a member of the African Marine Conservation Leadership Programme launched by Blue Ventures and Maliasili.
Francis started his career working for the French Ministry of Environment, then the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. at the Environment Department before becoming a consultant. He has been working for more than 20 years in providing services related to the conservation and sustainable use of natural – terrestrial, coastal and marine – resources including international cooperation projects development, implementation and evaluation worldwide.
Benthic Ecology of megafauna species.
Dr. Gabriela Fernandez is an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geography and Principal Investigator at the Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age at San Diego State University, CA. She is the Graduate Advisor of the Big Data Analytics Master of Science Program at SDSU. She received a Ph.D. in Urban Planning, Design, and Policy from the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy.
- Widespread experience with numerous Environmental Impact Assessments and Feasibility Studies for a wide range of infrastructure projects over a period of 24 years and production of Management Plans
Since his doctoral research between 2012 and 2016, Gildas has been working on coral farming and coral bio-ecology within the Polyaquaculture Research Unit (PRU) of the Fishery and Marine Science Institute of the University of Toliara, Madagascar.
I am a research scientist, Masters graduate in Fisheries Science, BSc. in Microbiology and Biotechnology.
I am passionate about management and governance of aquatic systems (coastal marine and fresh water), as well as the human dimensions of environmental change social ecology systems, global environmental politics, environment and development, trade and environment agricultural biotechnology and implications for developing country.
Oil Spill Preparedness - At Shore Response
HAFIDH ALI HAFIDH, is an assistant researcher and consultant at Zanzibar University Research and Consultancy Center also I am teacher at International School of Zanzibar. I have studied Postgraduate of Ocean Governance and I also have Master of business Administration.