Climate change

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.

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Chief Scientist
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I am a marine ecologist with bias towards conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable utilisation of mangrove resources. I have developed expertise in the field of ecological mangroves restoration, carbon financing, integrated coastal area management, climate change mitigation/adaptations, and integrated management of mangrove areas.

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Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Management
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Senior Expert for Operational Hydrology and Water Allocation Training holding a Doctorate degree in Civil Engineering (2008), a Master degree in Engineering Hydrology (1998) as well as a Honours diploma in Civil Engineering (1995) with more than 20 years of professional experience in national/international, partly IFI-funded projects in the water sector in Mozambique and in many SADC countries for lecturing (university level) and training (project

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Domenico Vito, PhD engineer, works in European projects on air quality in northern Italy. He has been an observer of the Conferences of the Parties since 2015 - the year in which the Paris Agreement was approved by the parties.

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Manager, MASMA Program
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Marine Ecology, Water Resources, Wetland Ecosystems, Coastal Ecosystems, Environmental Impact Assessment, Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Fisheries Data Management and Analysis|

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Associate Professor
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  • Ocean Acidification and Climate Change
  • Integrated Coastal Zone Management
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Principal Meteorologist
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I am  meteorologist, specializing in marine meteorology. where i work at marine and oceanography division of Kenya meteorological department.

My expertise are in Air-sea interaction, Ocean circulation, climate change on marine environment.

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Lecturer and Researcher
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I am an environmental earth scientist with a bias in coastal processes and marine ecosystems conservation and management, specifically shoreline instability and beach erosion vulnerability assessment and monitoring. I also have research interests in near shore sediment and hydrodynamics influencing beach morphological dynamics.

I am also engaged in assessment  of environmental accountability and governance systems in small and artisanal extractive and mining processes. I do  habitats mapping for sustainable restoration and conservation.

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Senior Research Scientist
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I have great interest in artisanal fisheries research, coral reef resilience, management and conservation.

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Adviser
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Márcia Marques holds a MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and is a PhD candidate on Ocean Sciences, Technology and Management, with a research grant funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation.

Márcia worked as a researcher on marine and environmental issues and in parallel co-coordinated the Portuguese Hub of the Atlantic Strategy´s Assistance Mechanism. She worked on several scientific projects and networks (CYTED Ecomar, Oceangov and Marcons COST Actions and Transatlantic MPAs).