Miguel Fortes is a Professor of Marine Science (retired) with academic grounding in the Philippines, USA and Germany; 30 years’ experience in tropical coastal research and management; member of the International Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group (CI/IUCN/UNESCO), Species Survival Commission (Seagrass Specialist Group IUCN), Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (IUCN) and CTI Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group; Coordinator of APN ARCP2013-02CMY-Fortes, JSPS Asian CORE Project and Head, UNESCO IOC-WESTPAC Regional Secretariat; 147 scientific journal articles and books; with 18 awards including the UNESCO Chair and the International Biwako Prize for Ecology and Research Professorship in the University of Tokyo.
Projects
Enhancing capacities of local stakeholders in Coral Triangle in managing Blue Carbon Ecosystems for climate mitigation and adaptation
Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Salt Marsh and Seagrass Ecosystems in the South and South East Asian Coasts
Seagrass-Mangrove Ecosystems: Bioshields against Biodiversity Loss and Impacts of Local and Global Change along Indo-Pacific Coasts (the Seagrass-Mangrove Bioshield Project, SMBP)
Recent work
