Dr Hugh Kirkman
Private Consultant, Australia
Biography
Hugh Kirkman completed his PhD in 1982 from University of Western Australia. He worked for the CSIRO (a government research organisation in Australia) for 28 years and then joined UNEP for five years as the Coordinatorof the South East Asian Seas Regional Seas Programm He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and book chapters and reports. He is considered a global seagrass expert and has spent the last ten years working on Marine Protectrted Areas and Marine Spatial Planning. He has presented keynote talks at various UNEP meetings and international conferences and has a wide knowledge of marine environmental issues in South East Asian Seas. He has assessed dredging operations in Australia
Abstract
Abstract : Marine Spatial Planning and Ecosystem Based Management