At the annual Springtij Forum (late September 2018) on the beautiful island of Terschelling I was asked again to serve as ‘Navigator’ and organize several sessions on sustainable development related to Water and Seas. One of the sessions was on…
At the annual ‘Springtij Forum’, I have payed an active role for several years. This edition I was asked to act as Navigator for the theme Water&Sea at this unique event. Springtij is a 3-day event on sustainable development with…
In June 2017 I presented at a conference on water quality, hosted by Dunea See: www.dunea.nl
From Oct 2016-April 2017 I carried out a project on sustainable shipping in the Wadden Sea area. By bringing together several stakeholders of the maritime industry and nature organisations at a roundtable conference, we managed to spark a discussion on…
Canada geese with cruise ship, Vancouver Island In the 90’s I spent some time in the Bering Sea, as Chief Offiver of the Rainbow Warrior II during a campaign to stop overfishing in the ‘Doughnut Hole’. Later, I served as…
Improving the sustainable performance of shipping has received a boost since the introduction of environmental indexing. At present, several indexing schemes are in operation, such as Green Award and Clean Shipping Index. Spring 2016 I conducted a research project with Mark…
Early september 2015 I was invited to join the Expedition Dogger Bank, gathering information on marine litter found on ship wrecks in the North Sea. For an overview of experiences (in Dutch) see www.duikdenoordzeeschoon.nl
