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Program > Plenary speakersPlenary speakers Angelika Rubin ...
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Joanne Preston
Joanne is a Marine Biologist based at the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, where she leads the Centre for Seascape Restoration. Her groups research is focused on understanding the biodiversity, functioning, connectivity and value of marine coastal habitats to facilitate their recovery and restoration. She is an advocate of effective science communication to support changes in policy and sustainable use and management of marine resources. Working with a group of expert authors, Preston edited a series of marine restoration ‘how to’ handbooks launched at COP26. She co-founded the UK/Ireland Native Oyster Network with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and is Chair of the European Native Oyster Restoration Alliance. Preston provides scientific leadership for the Solent Seascape and Oyster Restoration Projects and convened 2 international conferences to bring habitat experts together to advocate a seascape approach to ecosystem restoration. Preston sits on the Seascape Oversight Panel for the Endangered Landscapes and Seascapes Programme at Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Bohdan Prots
Bohdan has over 30 years of expertise and research in biodiversity and natural resource management across countries in Europe and Asia; over 20 years of managing international projects on nature conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources in the Danube-Carpathian Region; for more than 11 years, he served as the leader of WWF in Ukraine. He is also the Head of the Department of Landscape and Biota Diversity at the State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine (2018).
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