Working Group Members - The Blue Carbon Initiative

Working Group Members Name Affiliation Country Andreas Hutahaean Agency for Research and Development of Indonesia Marine and Fisheries Beverly J. Johnson Bates College USA Boone Kauffman Oregon State University USA Catherine Lovelock University of Queensland Australia Chandra Giri US Geological Survey USA Dan Alongi Australian Institute of Marine Science Australia Daniel Murdiyarso Center for International Forestry Research Indonesia Dorothee Herr International Union for the Conservation of Nature Germany Emily Pidgeon Conservation International USA Faiz Rahman University of Texas -­‐ Pan American USA Gabriel (Tonny) Wagey Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia Indonesia Hilary Kennedy University of Bangor UK James Kairo Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Kenya Jennifer Howard Conservation International USA Jim Fourqurean Florida International University USA Jim Morris University of South Carolina USA Kirsten Isensee Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission -­‐ UNESCO France Marc Simard Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology USA Marco Quesada Conservation International Costa Rica Margareth Copertino -­‐ Host Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Miguel Cifuentes Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza Costa Rica Miguel Fortes University Philippines Philippines Neil Saintilan New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Australia Australia Nuria Marba Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados Spain Patrick Megonigal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center USA Peter Ralph University of Technology Sydney Australia Steve Crooks Environmental Science Associates USA Guest Experts Name Adriana Azevedo Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Alessandra Fonseca Amapola Correa Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Country Brazil Brazil Brazil Angelo Bernadino Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Brazil Cesar S.B. Costa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Emily Landis The Nature Conservancy USA Gabriel Nuto Nobrega Universidade de São Paulo Brazil Gil Marcelo Reuss Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Brazil Guilherme Dutra Conservation International Brazil Gustavo Calderucio Duque Estrada Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil Ik Kyo Chung Pusang University Korea Joel Creed Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil Juliano Marangoni Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Karine Steigleder Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Leah Glass Leandra D’Almas Blue Ventures Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Madagascar Brazil Lorena Bissoli Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Brazil Luis Ramos USAID El Salvador Marianna Lanari Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Mario Soares Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil Matteo Fumi Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Brazil Paulina Martinetto Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Argentina Paulo Pagliosa Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Brazil Pedro Walfir Souza-­‐Filho Universidade Federal do Pará Brazil Raymond Ward University of Brighton UK Renata Pereira Conservation International Brazil Rinku Roy Chowdhury Indiana University USA Rhu Sunhyung Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Korea Thais Bergamo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Tiago O Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo Brazil Vanessa Da Rosa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil Viviane Fernandez Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Brazil