grun
Mar 9, 2005, 09:16 PM
from INQ7.net:
FILIPINO research scientist Jurgenne Honculada Primavera has won a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation for her work in preserving and restoring mangroves in the country.
As one of five Pew Fellows in the field, she will receive $150,000 for a three-year project and become part of the world's premier network for ocean science and conservation.
"Dr. Primavera's work to preserve and restore mangroves is essential to maintaining the overall health of coastal areas, and she fills an important niche within the growing conservation legacy of the Pew Fellows," said Dr. Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School and a Pew Fellow herself.
Primavera's work will demonstrate that protecting mangroves can save lives and property from destructive typhoons, filter out silt runoff that kills coral reefs, provide nurseries to juvenile fish and shrimp, and renew fisheries catches, Pikitch said.
Primavera works as senior scientist at the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Iloilo province.
She spent several years doing research on shrimp aquaculture, which often involves the clear-cutting of mangroves, before changing course to sustainable aquaculture.
Last year, she received an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University.
Her citation read: "In cooperation with scientists from Stockholm University she has shown that mangroves are key areas for recruitment of fish and shrimp and that development of conventional shrimp farming may have far-reaching negative economic and social implications. In order to create sustainable alternatives she is now doing research on more sustainable integrated farming of shrimp, fish, crabs and mangroves."
She is also a member of the Swedish Royal Academy on Agriculture and Forestry.
Primavera holds a Ph.D. in Marine Science, a BS in Zoology cum laude from the University of the Philippines, and an MA in Zoology from Indiana University.
The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation is part of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, in partnership with the University of Miami. The institute strives to undertake, sponsor and promote world-class scientific activity aimed at protecting the world's oceans and the species that inhabit them.
FILIPINO research scientist Jurgenne Honculada Primavera has won a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, the world's most prestigious award in marine conservation for her work in preserving and restoring mangroves in the country.
As one of five Pew Fellows in the field, she will receive $150,000 for a three-year project and become part of the world's premier network for ocean science and conservation.
"Dr. Primavera's work to preserve and restore mangroves is essential to maintaining the overall health of coastal areas, and she fills an important niche within the growing conservation legacy of the Pew Fellows," said Dr. Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School and a Pew Fellow herself.
Primavera's work will demonstrate that protecting mangroves can save lives and property from destructive typhoons, filter out silt runoff that kills coral reefs, provide nurseries to juvenile fish and shrimp, and renew fisheries catches, Pikitch said.
Primavera works as senior scientist at the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Iloilo province.
She spent several years doing research on shrimp aquaculture, which often involves the clear-cutting of mangroves, before changing course to sustainable aquaculture.
Last year, she received an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University.
Her citation read: "In cooperation with scientists from Stockholm University she has shown that mangroves are key areas for recruitment of fish and shrimp and that development of conventional shrimp farming may have far-reaching negative economic and social implications. In order to create sustainable alternatives she is now doing research on more sustainable integrated farming of shrimp, fish, crabs and mangroves."
She is also a member of the Swedish Royal Academy on Agriculture and Forestry.
Primavera holds a Ph.D. in Marine Science, a BS in Zoology cum laude from the University of the Philippines, and an MA in Zoology from Indiana University.
The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation is part of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, in partnership with the University of Miami. The institute strives to undertake, sponsor and promote world-class scientific activity aimed at protecting the world's oceans and the species that inhabit them.