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NIO M O UN M D RI T IA A L • P • W L O A I R D L D N H O E M R I E T IN AG O E • PATRIM United Nations World Educational, Scientific and Heritage Cultural Organization Convention THIRD WORLD HERITAGE MARINE MANAGERS CONFERENCE Galapagos Islands • 27-31 August 2016 Biographies Speakers With leadership support of: Sven-Olof Lindblad with National Geographic that combines the “Commandeur de Notre Ordre de the strengths of two pioneers in global Merite Civil et Militaire d’Adolphe de exploration, with the goal of inspiring Nassau” from Grand Duke Henri of people to explore and care about the Luxembourg at the Grand-Ducal Place; planet. and had a newly discovered endemic species of moth in the Galapagos Lindblad’s personal experience led Islands, Undulambia lindbladi, named to a commitment to environmentally in honor of his conservation work. responsible travel, which has resulted He serves on the Board of The Safina Sven-Olof Lindblad, CEO & President in numerous travel and environmental Center, the National Geographic of Lindblad Expeditions, born in awards, including the 2007 Global Society’s International Council of Switzerland, travelled extensively Tourism Business Award from the Advisors, and the Board of Trustees for with his father, renowned adventure- World Travel and Tourism Council. RARE; is a founding Ocean Elder of the travel pioneer Lars-Eric Lindblad, who non-profit organization, Ocean Elders, in 1966 led the first non-scientific He is an honorary member of the which brings together global leaders groups of travelers to Antarctica. In General Assembly of the Charles to pursue the protection of the ocean’s 1979 he launched Special Expeditions, Darwin Foundation for the Galápagos habitat and wildlife, and serves on the the expedition travel company that Islands. He received international Board of Advisors for Pristine Seas. became Lindblad Expeditions. In 2004, recognition for his innovative and Lindblad formed a strategic alliance successful model of tourism, receiving Conference speakers: Brett Jenks the tools and motivation they need to Prior to Rare, Brett was a journalist and protect their natural resources. filmmaker, and he served as the Costa Rica Field Coordinator for WorldTeach, During his tenure, he has created a non-profit based at Harvard’s Center multiple, large-scale partnerships for International Development. Brett is with The Nature Conservancy, a Catto Fellow, Braddock Scholar, and Conservation International, Oceana, McNulty Prize laureate with the Aspen Environmental Defense Fund, UNESCO, Institute, a member of the Closed Loop AVEDA, Encourage Capital, Bloomberg Fund’s investment committee, and an Brett Jenks is the President and CEO of Philanthropies, and the ministries of advisor to the Grantham Trust. Brett Rare, a global conservation organization environment and fisheries of many earned his B.A. (magna cum laude, whose mission is to inspire change so nations. Having grown Rare more Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of people and nature thrive. In this role, than 2800% since 2000, Brett is Massachusetts and his M.B.A. (Beta Brett oversees Rare’s international now focused on helping Rare scale Gamma Sigma) from Georgetown effort to equip people in the world’s conservation innovations, especially University’s McDonough School of most biologically diverse areas with around fisheries and freshwater. Business. 1 Daniel Pauly Vancouver, Canada, of which he was fishes and the catch reconstructions, the Director from 2003 to 2008. Since catch maps and other products of the 1999, he is also Principal Investigator Sea Around Us. of the Sea Around Us, devoted to studying, documenting and mitigating This work is widely recognized, and the impact of industrial fishing on the thus Dr. Pauly is the recipient of world’s marine ecosystems (see www. multiple scientific awards and prizes, seaaroundus.org) e.g., the Roger Revelle Medal (IOC/ UNESCO), International Cosmos Prize, Daniel Pauly is a binational French The concepts, methods and software (Japan), Volvo Environment Prize, and Canadian who completed his Daniel Pauly (co-)developed, Ramon Margalef Prize (Calalonia), high school and university studies documented in over 1000 heavily-cited Grand Prix (French Ecological Society), in Germany. After many years at the publications, are used throughout the Nierenberg Award for Science in the International Center for Living Aquatic world, following multiple courses and Public Interest (SIO, La Jolla) and Peter Resources Management (ICLARM), workshops given in four languages on Benchley Ocean Award. Dr. Pauly is in Manila, Philippines, Dr. Daniel five continents. This applies especially also the recipient of seven honorary Pauly became in 1994 a Professor at to the ELEFAN software for fish growth doctorates from universities in Europe the Fisheries Centre (now Institute analysis, the ECOPATh approach and Canada. for the Oceans and Fisheries) at the for modelling aquatic ecosystems, University of British Columbia in FishBase, the online encyclopedia of Enric Sala reserves. Enric is currently working to Enric has received many awards, help protect the last pristine marine including 2008 World Economic Forum’s ecosystems worldwide, and to develop Young Global Leader, 2013 Spanish new business models for marine Geographical Society’s Research conservation. He founded and leads Award, 2013 Explorers Club’s Lowell National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, Thomas Award, 2013 Environmental a project that combines exploration, Media Association’s Hero Award, and research, and media to inspire country 2016 Russian Geographical Society’s leaders to protect the last wild places Crystal Compass Award. He is a fellow Dr. Enric Sala is a National Geographic in the ocean. To date, Pristine Seas has of the Royal Geographical Society. Enric Explorer-in-Residence dedicated to helped to create nine of the largest serves on the boards of the Leonardo restoring the health and productivity marine reserves on the planet – DiCaprio Foundation and the National of the ocean. His 120 scientific including the recent marine sanctuary Aquarium, and advises international publications are widely recognized in the Galápagos Islands – covering an organizations and governments. and used for real-world conservation area of over 3 million square km. efforts such as the creation of marine Lara J. Hansen Time: A User’s Manual for Building Panel on Climate Change, is a Switzer Resistance and Resilience to Climate Environmental Fellow and a United Change in Natural Systems and Climate States Environmental Protection Savvy: Adapting Conservation and Agency Bronze Medalist. Prior to Resource Management to a Changing creating EcoAdapt, she was the chief World. She also co-created an engaged climate change scientist for the World stakeholder process to help individuals, Wildlife Fund and a Research Ecologist organizations and communities create with the United States Environmental adaptation strategies applicable to Protection Agency. She earned her Lara thinks climate change is their work. Through her work she Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of everybody’s problem and she supports the development of adaptation California, Davis and her B.A. in Biology wishes someone would bother to do strategies for natural and build systems at the University of California, Santa something about it. Her desire for with extensive experience in marine Cruz. Because she’s an optimist she action led her to co- create EcoAdapt in systems. She has served on the assumes we’ll get our acts together on 2008. She is co- author of two books on unfairly maligned, vitally important climate change – who would want the adaptation to climate change, Buying Nobel Prize- winning Intergovernmental alternative. 2 Nancy Baron makers, and the public. Nancy began science communication courses. Nancy her career as a biologist in Banff National received the 2013 Peter Benchley Park, spent six years as Director of Ocean Award for Excellence in the Education at the Vancouver Aquarium, Media for her work at the intersection then morphed into journalism. She has of science and journalism. She is a won numerous writing awards including frequent plenary speaker and moderator the Canadian Science Writers Science in at major conferences including the first Society and National Magazine awards. International Conference on Science An ardent naturalist, Nancy published Communication in Porto Portugal in Nancy Baron is the Director of a popular field guide, The Birds of the 2014, the Symposium of Contemporary Science Outreach for COMPASS. Pacific Northwest (Lone Pine Publishing). Practice in Conservation in Durban South Nancy holds workshops around the Her “how to” communications guide Africa 2015, and the Biennial Marine world for academic, government, and book for scientists titled Escape from Mammal Conference in San Francisco in NGO scientists helping them develop the Ivory Tower: A guide to making December 2015. Nancy is based at the core competencies as scientist your science matter (Island Press) National Centre of Ecological Synthesis communicators who want to make is widely used by environmental and Analysis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, their work relevant to journalists, policy academics to teach graduate level California. Brian Sullivan technology and a big data approach, Underwater Street View scaling it aims to empower all stakeholders, program, designed the next generation including governments, the entire fishing camera system and collected the first supply chain, research institutions, and “indoor