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Dr. Jurgenne Primavera is a Researcher in the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in the Philippines. She holds a PhD in Marine Science from the University of the Philippines. She will use her Pew fellowship to promote protection of the country's mangrove ecosystems, which are threatened by construction of aquaculture ponds and other exploitation. Primavera's message is that 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.
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Having spent many years promoting the construction of aquaculture ponds in mangrove areas, Primavera's message of mangrove protection carries significant weight. Primavera will develop educational materials and give thesis grants to high school and college students in the provinces of Iloilo and Aklan, where mangrove loss has been severe. In addition, she will promote improved government protection of mangroves and increased enforcement of current regulations.
What
is PEW Fellows Program in Marine Conservation ?
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The program began in 1990 as the Pew Scholars Program in Conservation and the Environment to fund primarily academics to address a broad range of biodiversity issues. In 1994 the program was expanded beyond academia and recipients became known as Pew Fellows. In 1996 the program focus was narrowed to marine conservation exclusively.
The PFP now awards fellowships that support individuals/teams to engage in policy-focused research, applied science, and outreach for marine conservation and challenges arising from land-sea connections. Programmatic elements that enhance leadership capacity and support outreach, conservation education, and networking are emphasized.
Five fellowships of $150,000 each will be awarded to individuals or |
teams (two people per team) annually.
The Pew Marine Conservation Fellowships are conferred to exemplary leaders and active problem-solvers whose work has important ramifications for creating innovative marine conservation strategies, deploying new technologies, increasing awareness and understanding of the world's oceans, and establishing sustainable marine policy at the regional, national, and international levels. Recipients are selected from around the world based on professional achievement, problem-solving skills, innovative approaches, and the potential for projects to produce important applied outcomes for conservation policies and practices.
The program has supported academic-based researchers and independent scientists in both the physical and social sciences, nonprofit conservation professionals and environmental advocates, policy makers, environmental attorneys, economists, journalists and photographers, and others working on a wide variety of marine topics. Since the inception of the program in 1990, Pew Fellows focusing on marine projects have been selected from more than 20 countries around the world, and their project locations are even more geographically varied. Together, they form a remarkable network of conservation leaders actively engaged in protecting the global marine environment. |
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