Justin Ahanhanzo is an Initiator Promoter, Founding Coordinator Technical Secretary of the Global Ocean Observing Systems in Africa (GOOS-AFRICA), and Ex-(retired) UNESCO International Programme Specialist Regional Liaison Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific and Africa, formerly at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) based in Paris. He is also an Initiator ex-Team Leader of the UNESCO Cross-cutting Programme on the Applications o
Denis Bailly is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brest (UBO), France, where he also serves as a Researcher at the Centre for Law and Economics of the Sea (AMURE). His research focuses on marine and coastal policy, ecological economics, integrated coastal zone management, integrated watershed management, and conservation policy. Over his career, he has held several key positions, including National Cocoordinator for the Economic and Social Assessment for the Marine Strategy Framework Direc
Simon Cragg is an emeritus professor at University of Portsmouth, and he is an invertebrate zoologist specializing in wood-boring bivalves and crustaceans, focusing on wood digestion, life history strategies, role in mangrove carbon economy and borer control methods. He also collaborate over the breakdown of plastics.TopicBiomass, necromass and C fluxes in SE Asian and Caribbean mangrove ecosystemsAbstractTBD
Chen Yitong is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Law School of Ocean University of China and currently serves as Deputy Dean of the Graduate School. Her academic expertise lies primarily in international law of the sea, polar law, and climate change law. She was a visiting scholar at the Climate Law Center of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in the United States and served as a member of the Board of Governors of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) from 201
Yunwei Dong, a professor under the Peak Talent Program at Ocean University of China and a recipient of the National Outstanding Fund, primarily engages in marine ecology research. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Ecological Aquaculture Branch of the Chinese Society of Oceanography and Limnology, Vice Chairman of the Echinoderm Branch of the Chinese Society of Oceanography and Limnology, an Executive Member of the Marine Ecology Committee of the Ecological Society of China, an Executive
Pierre Failler serves as a professor of Economics at the Business School of University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Now as the director of the Centre for Blue Governance at University of Portsmouth, he is also the UNESCO Chair Holder in Blue Governance and the Blue Economy and Climate Change Expert appointed by the EU under the Global Climate Change Action. His research fields focus on the marine and coastal biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate change, international and regional fish t
Elisa Furlan is a Senior Scientist at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), where she leads research and applied work in climate change adaptation planning, nature-based solution (NbS) design and monitoring, and territorial resilience. She is currently the Scientific Project Coordinator of two flagship projects funded under the EU Mission on Climate Change Adaptation – DesirMED and GRACE. She has contributed to several Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects, including MaCoBio
Limin Hu is a doctoral supervisor at the College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China. He specializes in marine sedimentary geochemistry, land-sea interactions, and global change. He has been honored with the National Excellent Youth Science Fund and recognized as a Young Taishan Scholar in Shandong Province, as well as a high-level scientific innovation talent by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Serving as the Chinese chief scientist, he played a pivotal role in the Sino-Russian A
