Coastal & Marine Conservation

Taking a keen interest in the data is Chris Wilcox, a senior scientist with the CSIRO's marine and atmospheric division. "My role is really to do the analysis of the data that's coming in," he said. "So both trying to analyse the beach survey data to understand things like what's the effect of having a recycling bin on a beach in terms of how much rubbish is on the beach. "And then I'm also doing the oceanographic modelling... to understand how ocean currents then transport rubbish that's out in the ocean to the beach.

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The most prevalent threats to reef ecosystems in Kenya are over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Kenya is one of four African nations with marine protected areas (MPAs) that exclude fishing within protected area boundaries. However, management plans for marine protected areas in Kenya lack measures to respond to threats emanating from outside of the MPA boundaries. Jennifer was hired to develop a new management system that offers strategies for adapting management objectives to respond to both internal and extern

Whale Trust, co-founded by Switzer Fellow Meagan Jones, supports research on whales and their marine environment. The organization is committed to bridging that research with public outreach, education and conservation.