Biodiversity: ‘Magical marine species’ pushed toward extinction
Biggs, H. (December 9, 2022) Biodiversity: ‘Magical marine species’ pushed toward extinction. BBC. (Article) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63911045… Read more
Advancing marine conservation
Biggs, H. (December 9, 2022) Biodiversity: ‘Magical marine species’ pushed toward extinction. BBC. (Article) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63911045… Read more
In 2000, I was given one of the best awards in marine conservation, a Pew Fellowship. It came with generous funding, which we applied towards work on non-food fisheries and towards obtaining the first global export controls on marine fishes (for seahorses) under CITES. It also came with the most wonderful gift of a meeting each year. But not your ordinary meeting…
I was excited to be the opening keynote speaker at the Student Conference on Conservation Science in Bengaluru/Bangalore. Hundreds of aspiring conservationists from South Asia and a few from farther afield gather each year to share professional hopes and nurture ambitious dreams. I’d already played a similar role with the sister SCCS meeting in Cambridge, UK a few years back and knew just how much fun it was to be plunged into this swirling, and very clever, mass of aspiration and enthusiasm.… Read more
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — On June 27-29, 2011, leading international and Filipino scientists and resource managers will meet in Cebu City to address one of the Philippines’ most intractable problems: how best to protect the nation’s internationally significant waters against rampant overexploitation. Organized by Project Seahorse Foundation (PSF), the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Workshop will …
Hanna, D. (Aug 13, 2003) Saving the seahorse. Vancouver Courier. (Article)… Read more
Burrows, S. (May 1, 2003) Sustaining environment and community. Asian Geographic. (Article)… Read more