WORKING GROUP LEADER:

Christophe Lefebvre, French MPA Agency
Salvatore Arico, Programme Specialist for Biodiversity, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences,

 UNESCO
Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Charlotte Salpin and Valentina Germani, UN DOALOS
Jihyun Lee, CBD
Marea Hatziolos, World Bank
Marjo Vierros, UNU-IAS
Nicole Glineur, GEF
Antonio Diaz de Leon, SEMARNAT, Mexico

WORKING GROUP MEMBERS:

Sue Wells, Independent Consultant
Dan Basta, Marine Sanctuaries Program, NOAA
Do Van Khuong, Research Institute of Marine Fisheries
James Hardcastle, The Nature Conservancy
Julian Barbiere, IOC, UNESCO
Stefano Belfiore, UNESCO
Chu Tien Vinh, National Directorate of Aquatic Resource Protection and Conservation, MARD, Vietnam
Chris Tompkins, Independent Consultant
Russell Reichelt, GBRMPA, Australia
Nik Sekhran, United Nations Development Programme
Nick Davidson, Ramsar Convention
Julius Francis, WIOMSA Secretariat
Gregor Hodgson, Reef Check
Noah Idechong, Palau Conservation Society
Carl Lundin, IUCN
Arthur Paterson, NOAA IPO
Evelia Rivera-Arriaga, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Aprovechamiento Sustentable,
Gobierno del Estado de Campeche
Nirmal Jivan Shah, Nature Seychelles
Renee Sauve/Jennifer Mooney, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Frida Armas-Pfirter, Austral University, Argentina
Miriam Balgos, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Awni Behnam, International Ocean Institute
Thia-Eng Chua, East Asian Seas Partnership Council
Biliana Cicin-Sain, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Bruno Corréard, Independent Consultant and Responsible Fishing Alliance
Anne Frenette, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Serge Garcia, formerly with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Valentina Germani, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS)
Matthew Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
Kristina Gjerde, The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Lyle Glowka, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Vladimir Golitsyn, International Tribunal on Law of the Sea (ITLOS) and Moscow State University of

 International Relations
Barbara Hanchard, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Arlo Hemphill, Center for Ocean Solutions
Elie Jarmache, Secretariat General de la Mer, France
Sam Johnston, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University (UNU-IAS)
Kim Juniper, University of Victoria
Lee Kimball, formerly with IUCN
Gunnar Kullenberg, Professor and Independent Consultant
Jihyun Lee, CBD Secretariat
Eric Mathur, Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
Jennifer Mooney, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Akari Nakajima, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan
Daniel Owen, Fenners Chambers, United Kingdom
Rosemary Rayfuse, University of New South Wales
Julien Rochette, High Seas Governance, IDDRI
Karen Sack, Greenpeace International
Charlotte Salpin, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS)
Renée Sauvé, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Tullio Scovazzi, University of Milano-Bicocca
Norma Taylor Roberts, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica
Hiroshi Terashima, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan
Chris Tompkins, formerly Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, UK
Philippe Vallette, NAUSICAA, France
Monica Verbeek, Seas at Risk
Marjo Vierros, United Nations University – Institute for Advanced Studies