David Obura is one of four finalists in the 2018 Ocean Awards, a competition run by Boat International and the Blue Marine Foundation. In it’s third year, the Ocean Awards continue to recognise and reward those that share our commitment to fixing the largest solvable problem on the planet – the crisis in our oceans.
2017 was a watershed year for work on oceans with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 UN Oceans Conferene in June, and we hope to build on that into 2018 and the next decade to save coral reefs. Tying in nicely with the International Year of the Reef 2018, all four of the science finalists work on coral reef issues, the other three being:
>> Ben Halpern, NCEAS – National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, including ongoing work ‘Planetary Boundaries for a Blue Planet’
- >> Fabiano Thompson (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) Amazon Reef Science
- >> Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Science advisor Chasing Coral
Stay tuned for June 2018 when the Award winner will be announced, and the Sponsors will host a ‘Change Makers’ Ocean Talks event in London on 13 June 2018.
The Awards are offered acros five categories (see here for more information): Local Hero, Science, Innovation, Visionary and Public Awareness.
See the 2018 finalists profiles here
See the 2017 winners of the awards here