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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.
I am an environmental planner with knowledge of planning and executing coastal spaces for sustainability. I have a special interest in climate change and coastal cities especially sea level rise and its impacts, coastal systems design and coastal spatial planning.
Shannon Hampton is the Programme Manager at IOI-SA. She coordinates the IOI-SA Course in Ocean Governance for Africa that runs annually. She is passionate about responsible fisheries practice and helped initiate the IOI-SA’s Small-scale fisheries work in 2016. She completed her PhD in a multidisciplinary study on small pelagic fish stock structure at the University of Cape Town. Her MSc, also at UCT, investigated the impact of flipper bands on African Penguins while her BSc (Hons) projects focused on inter-tidal invasive species.
Subject planner for Maritime Economics and Nautical Sciences.
- Ocean Acidification and Climate Change
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management
I am an Environmental Manager and a GIS expert currently involved in the spatial analysis and interpretation of Earth Observation products across various CORDIO led projects.
My technical work entails: maintenance and customization of GeoNodes site/portal, processing of spatially explicit datasets, and programming of GIS web applications.
I have a passion for GIS and loves learning new technologies and testing them in work and personal projects. I hold a BSc and a Diploma in Environmental Management from Kampala International University.
Benthic Ecology of megafauna species.
Dr. Ochiewo has competencies in Development studies, socioeconomic surveys, environmental economics including economic valuation of natural resources, causal chain analysis, project design and implementation, community development, governance, and natural resource policy analysis.
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.