Speakers

development support directed towards Russia, Belarus, Georgia and Eastern Europe. Her great interest and knowledge in development issues brought her close to African green partners mainly in West Africa. Mrs Engström was the rapporteur on the Sustainable management of EU external fishing fleet, which addresses the external dimension of the Common fisheries reform, issues of great importance to the long-term sustainability and fairness of EU-fisheries agreements, joint ventures and charter agreements with third countries. Mrs Engström also drafted the first report in the EU-system on gender and climate justice, which was voted though parliament in January 2018.

the world, and has been involved in the development of the field in the past decade. In his presentation, Gonçalo will outline the key features of the Swedish marine spatial planning process and of the latest national marine plan.

he also manages the organization’s marine and terrestrial conservation programs and investments in North, Central and South America. With a focus on Amazonia conservation, freshwater protection, marine conservation and sustainable development, the Americans Field Division pursues CI’s mission with a staff of over 200 and an annual budget of US$ 35 million.

Previously, Dr. Troëng served as Senior Vice President a nd directed CI’s Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans, the organization’s global science engine for conservation and development insights. He has worked on ocean health and development issues for over 25 years — including in Costa Rica, Panama, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Fiji, Australia, Greece, the U.K. and the United States — and has published extensively on marine conservation and the economic benefit of ecosystems.

Dr. Troëng holds a Ph.D. in animal ecology from Lund University in Sweden and a master’s degree in marine environmental protection from University in Wales.

issues for nearly 20 years in roles as fisheries management and enforcement adviser to Governments, and as lead on oceans campaigns for NGOs. With a career focus on IUU fishing and fisheries crime in Africa in particular, Duncan’s experience in this field has seen him work closely with all relevant stakeholders, from community to Ministerial level, and across all relevant enforcement agencies. Duncan has been with TMT since the organisation’s establishment in 2013, and lived here in Liberia from 2011-2014.

climate change, enhance biodiversity, and increase human wellbeing for the most vulnerable coastal communities. She sits on the scientific advisory board for the International Partnership for Blue Carbon. She also manages the Blue Carbon Initiative, a global program on coastal carbon science and marine policy working to mitigate climate change through the restoration and sustainable use of coastal and marine ecosystems. Jennifer also leads CI’s work on marine debris where she is developing CI marine debris strategy, represents CI on as a member of the Trash Free Seas Alliance, and provides technical support to our teams on the ground all over the world. Prior to her current position, she was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow where she served two years at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service’s Science and Technology Division. While at NOAA, Jennifer co-lead and coordinated the development of the Ocean and Marine Resources in a Changing Climate Technical Input Report to the National Climate Assessment and coordinated the Interagency Working Group for Ocean Acidification. Before starting her fellowship at NOAA, Jennifer was conducting her postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland. She received her PhD from Texas A&M and completed the Heller Research Fellowship at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research.

In 2010, Dr Kairo was awarded the Kenya’s Presidential Award of the ‘Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) for his contribution in the advancement of marine conservation in the country. In 2017 Kairo was nominated for the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation for his unique work linking mangroves and climate change mitigation and adaptations Kairo is a member of the ‘international blue carbon scientific working group’ as well as a coordinating lead author (CLA) of the IPCC’s Special Report of Oceans and Cryosphere in the changing climate (SROCC).

Over the last 12 years, Mr. Goll worked as Administrative Coordinator for the National Climate Change Secretariat, a role that required him to coordinate the activities of the REDD+ Technical Working Group and co-authored the Liberia Preparation Proposal (R-PP) for REDD+ development in Liberia. He also served as head (manager) of the environmental and safety team at the National Oil Company of Liberia for 5 years before transitioning into the role as Deputy Executive Director (2 years) of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia. Before moving to the EPA, Mr. Goll completed two consultancy agreements with EPA including conducting capacity gaps and barriers for Nationally Agreed Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Liberia and co-authored the current National Climate Change Policy and Strategy of Liberia.
After his time at EPA, Mr. Goll has been consulting for the Government of Liberia on two World Bank-funded projects, Conservation International (CI), UNDP-Liberia and Fauna and Flora International (FFI) in the capacity as environmental and social safeguard consultant, legal reviewer for carbon rights in Liberia, developer of a climate change community based adaption manual, and community approach to natural resource management facilitator respectively.
He is versed in climate change policy and strategy formulation, community-based adaption, REDD+, environmental valuation, legal research and litigation, environmental and social impacts assessment (ESIA) and stakeholders (community) engagement, environmental reporting and analysis, benefit sharing mechanism for natural resources and is familiar with the GEF and GCF processes.

The Carter Centre, International Maritime Organization (IMO) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
He served in the expert teams that developed Annexes to the Africa Charter on Maritime Security, Safety and Development in 2015 and the Blue Economy Handbook for Africa launched by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in 2016. In his capacity as the Executive Director of the Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa, he is currently the lead consultant supporting the development of the National Integrated Maritime Strategy for Ghana. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Strong High Seas Project aimed at strengthening ocean governance for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific regions.
Kamal-Deen is a Senior Fellow of the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, visiting lecturer of International Maritime Law Institute, Malta and an external examiner of the World Maritime University, Sweden. He is also on the IMO roster of consultants. He has published widely and his recent book “Maritime Security Cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea: Prospects and Challenges” (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff 2015) is rated as a significant contribution to global and regional knowledge. He holds a PhD, a Master of Law (LL.M) from the International Maritime Law Institute, Malta, and other academic qualifications.