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Roundtable meeting exploring the role of marine conservation and restoration for a sustainable ocean.

Chaired by Conservation Consultant, now Global Lead for the WWF’s River Dolphin Initiative, Emily Cunningham, our roundtable discussion invited cross-sector experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with marine restoration and conservation. We heard from:

Ben Green, Coastal Specialist at the Environment Agency

David Tudor, Global Ocean Programme Director at Blue Marine Foundation; Co-Founder & Director at Ocean & Coastal Futures

Diana Pound, Director at Dialogue Matters

Joanna Post, Head of Ocean Observations & Services Section at UNESCO-IOC

Kelly Greener, Environmental Consultant at BMT

Professor Mike Allen, Associate Professor of Single Cell Genomics at University of Exeter; Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer at Seaweed Generation

This event was organised in collaboration with Ocean and Coastal Futures. Ocean and Coastal Futures is the home of CMS News and Jobs and the Coastal Futures conference, which have been focal points for the ocean, coastal and water sectors over the last thirty years. They have a successful track record of delivering high-profile events and communications. See more on their website: http://coastal-futures.net/

This Roundtable forms part of the IES project: 'Turning the Tide: systems thinking for a sustainable ocean', which has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Activity. Read all about the project on our website: https://www.the-ies.org/news/turning-....

We have a dedicated mailing list for the project to share updates, which you can sign up to here: https://www.the-ies.org/form/turning-...

This project has been led by our Marine & Coastal community at the IES. We have a LinkedIn group for this community which you can join to stay connected:   / 8968417  

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