Challenges in Tropical Coastal Zone Management Experiences and Lessons Learned

Prof. Dr. Matthias Wolff  Fisheries Scientist, 35 years of research history (5 years as professor at the Catholic University of Northern Chile; 3 years as Marine Science Director at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador; since 1997 Professor (C3) at Bremen University); leader of working group resource management at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen; director of M.Sc. study program ISATEC (International Studies in Tropical Marine Ecology) at Bremen University.

Dr. Sebastian Ferse Interdisciplinary coral reef scientist working on the function, use and management of coral reefs and tropical coastal systems, with 15 years of professional experience in Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and East Africa. Lecturer in the ISATEC (International Studies in Tropical Marine Ecology) MSc program at Bremen University since over 10 years. Currently senior scientist at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen.

Dr. Hugh Govan  Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of the South Pacific and adviser to the Locally Managed Marine Area Network (LMMA).  His research, teaching, policy-writing and activism in Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and Europe has spanned coastal fisheries, ocean governance, community-based resource management, human rights, traditional medicine, cultural survival, sustainable forest livelihoods, renewable energy, and aquaculture.