International Marine Protected Areas Congress to Focus on Implementing Global Commitments

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The Pew Charitable Trusts’ ocean work includes efforts to protect ocean ecosystems and support effective policies that maintain and restore the health of marine habitats and biodiversity. Our commitment to these issues is why Pew is a proud sponsor of the 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), Feb. 3-9, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Meet the Pew team at IMPAC5

Visit Booth 1001 or email the media contact on the right to schedule a time to connect with a Pew expert.

Leah Baumwell

Officer

Leah Baumwell leads Pew’s marine conservation work in Atlantic Canada, where she works with partners to protect the region’s rich and sensitive marine habitats and ensure the health of ocean ecosystems. Her work focuses on reducing the entanglement of endangered whales, protecting fish populations, supporting sustainable fishing practices, and advocating for ecosystem-based fisheries management.

Johnny Briggs

Director

Johnny Briggs leads Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy’s global efforts to improve marine conservation outcomes.

Nichola Clark

Senior Officer

Nichola Clark leads Pew's work related to the United Nations treaty on marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) as part of the Trusts’ campaign to address gaps in ocean governance through meaningful international cooperation.

Ryan Dolan

Managing Director

Ryan Dolan is managing director of the Blue Nature Alliance, where he leads global efforts to advance large-scale ocean conservation and works at the intersection of conservation, policy, and partnerships. He oversees the alliance’s portfolio of site-based conservation efforts, coordinating a network of more than 150 partner organizations working alongside governments, Indigenous peoples, local communities, and NGOs to accelerate effective, lasting ocean conservation. In the Pacific, Dolan’s work includes supporting conservation efforts in New Caledonia, Niue, and Samoa alongside partners across the Pacific to help advance locally led approaches to ocean protection and sustainable management.

Francisco Solís Germani

Project Director

Francisco “Pancho” Solís Germani directs Pew’s efforts in his native Chile, where he works with partner organizations and other stakeholders to protect Patagonia, one of the world’s most pristine wilderness areas, with land and waters spanning a region as large as New Zealand.

Carolina Jarpa

Officer

Carolina Jarpa’s work at Pew’s conserving nature for Chile project focuses on supporting the local coalition’s efforts to advance unprecedented conservation policies and collaborations among organizations working to protect Patagonia. She is currently working to expand and deepen our relationships with critical partners and government agencies.

Masha Kalinina

Senior Officer

Masha Kalinina supports Pew’s environment projects and partnerships, with a primary focus on designing and executing political strategies to deliver campaign objectives. Between 2018 and 2022, she played a lead role in advancing Pew’s efforts to secure a new 10-year global biodiversity framework under the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity. The framework, which was successfully adopted on Dec. 19, 2022, will help protect and conserve at least 30% of the planet’s terrestrial, freshwater, and marine areas by 2030.

Emily Klein, Ph.D.

Officer

Emily Klein, Ph.D., supports Pew’s work on conserving and sustaining marine and freshwater systems and their vital connections to people. She has expertise in fisheries science and marine ecology, as well as in innovative analytical and modeling tools.

Shubash Lohani

Senior Director

Shubash Lohani directs global conservation initiatives for Pew, including the Blue Nature Alliance and Enduring Earth.

Jim Palardy, Ph.D.

Director

Jim Palardy leads Pew’s work to assess and strengthen the evidence base for the organization’s conservation science and environmental portfolio, providing scientific advice to the environmental leadership team to help guide and shape its strategic decisions. These efforts include developing new conservation projects and supporting ongoing environmental efforts with the goal of uncovering emerging science that can inform evidence-based policy recommendations.

Matt Rand

Senior Director

Matt Rand joined Pew as director of what is now the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project in 2013. He works with local communities, governments, and scientists around the world to protect and conserve some of the Earth’s most important and unspoiled marine environments.

Makarena Roa

Senior Officer

Makarena Roa’s work at Pew focuses on engaging and building bottom-up relations with local communities and authorities, Indigenous peoples, and regional nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Chilean Patagonia. Doing so is critical to achieving outcomes for conservation that are based on local people’s involvement in the future of their natural heritage and protected areas.

Winnie Roberts, Ph.D.

Vice President

Guinnevere (Winnie) Roberts is vice president for environment at The Pew Charitable Trusts, helping shape and influence its multifaced environmental portfolio and oversee significant elements of the organization’s environmental and crosscutting work.

Tom Rudolph

Senior Officer

Tom Rudolph works with partners on Pew’s conservation Canada project to advance marine conservation and sustainable resource management, including protected areas and sustainable fishing, with a focus on coastal and offshore British Columbia.

Victoria Sheppard

Senior Officer

Victoria Sheppard helps to lead Pew’s conservation Canada project in Ottawa (on traditional unceded territory of the Anishnaabeg people), where she works with partners to ensure progress toward Canada’s marine conservation goals, from marine protection to sustainable fishing to low-impact shipping.

IMPAC5 Sessions With Pew

Our subject matter experts will participate in the following sessions:

Friday, Feb. 3

8 a.m.-1 p.m. PST, Johnny Briggs, Guiseppe Di Carlo, Masha Kalinina, and Winnie Roberts (participants), Workshop: “COP15 and 30x30: What’s Next? Quality and Metrics” (invitation only)

Saturday, Feb. 4

2-3:30 p.m. PST, Ballroom B-D, Johnny Briggs (speaker), “Advances in Identifying and Recognizing Marine OECMs—Initial Lessons Learned on Their Contribution to the Global Area-Based Conservation Target”
4-5:30 p.m. PST, Room 217-219, Stephanie Camillo (moderator), “The Role and Value of Technology and Partnerships for Improved MPA Management Throughout the Conservation Journey”

Sunday, Feb. 5

4-5:30 p.m. PST, Room 207, Makarena Roa (moderator), “Bottom-Up Initiatives and Indigenous Communities: Leadership in the Designation and Management of MPAs” (knowledge sharing session)
6-7:30 p.m. PST, Room 207, Nichola Clark (speaker), “Enhancing Quality With Connection: Launching a New Dynamic Tool to Identify MPA Protection” (official side event)

Monday, Feb. 6

2-3:30 p.m. PST, Room 208, Jason Landrum (speaker), “Co-Designing Ocean Science to Inform Decision-Making: Sharing Insights and Approaches as Part of the U.N. Decade of Ocean Science” (knowledge sharing session)
2-3:30 p.m. PST, Room 206, sponsored by Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy, “Indigenous and Coastal Communities’ Leadership: Embedding Centuries of Traditional Knowledge Into Practice to Accelerate Community-Led Conservation”

Tuesday, Feb. 7

2-3:30 PST, Room 111-112, Nicole Bransome (moderator), “China’s Role in Global Ocean Protection”
5:30-7 p.m. PST, Room 121-122, Shubash Lohani (speaker), “Moving the Global Needle! Connecting Coastal People to Large-Scale Funding to Catalyze Ocean Protection and Planning” (official side event)

Wednesday, Feb. 8

2-3:30 PST, Ballroom A, Carolina Jarpa (speaker), Francisco Solis Germani (speaker), Shubash Lohani (speaker), “Advancing Financing Mechanisms for MPAs in Middle-Income Countries: Progress in Chilean Patagonia”

Thursday, Feb. 9

9 a.m., Convention Center West Building, Shubash Lohani and Matt Rand, Leadership Forum

Featured Resources and Research

Conserving Life in Canada’s Oceans

Protecting Ocean Life on the High Seas

Chilean Patagonia

Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy

Lenfest Ocean Program

Expert Teams: Marine Biodiversity Dialogues

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Date:

February 3-9, 2023

Location:

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Meet the Pew team at IMPAC5

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