I hold an MS in watershed hydrology and a BS in botany, with additional course work in mined land reclamation.  I was an environmental consultant for 22 years specializing in wetlands ecology, soil science, physical habitat, habitat restoration, T&E recovery work, and NEPA documentation.  More recently, I served as the Natural Resources Manager for a western Washington county.  Currently, I serve as Water Resources Program Manager for the Nooksack Indian Tribe near Bellingham, WA. I am particularly interested in the effect of climate change on glacier ablation and recession as it relates to the reduction of sustaining flows for spring Chinook salmon in the Nooksack River.

Here is my piece of CAKE. My main research interest is adaptation to climate change in water management. Based at the Centre for Water and Climate of Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands, my research is firmly rooted in the global change community branching out into institutional as well as biophysical aspect. My work seeks to identify robust land and water management strategies and opportunities to implement these strategies at the regional scale. My scientific background in water management, climate adaptation, environmental sciences and experimental physics is complemented by practical experience, working in the national government and the private sector.

Stan Bronson is a sixth generation Floridian, born in Orlando, with undergrad education done at Florida Southern College and grad work done at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Florida.  Spending most of his career in the citrus industry, 14 years of which was COO of Callery-Judge Groves, in 1999 he joined the extension faculty of the University of Florida, developing a natural resources education program for South Florida ecosystem restoration initiatives. That program has evolved into the Florida Earth Foundation, begun in January 2002.  FEF is a public-private partnership of over 70 agencies, universities, industries and not-for-profits, whose mission is to “put people together through education, outreach and facilitation to ensure the environmental integrity of Florida and quality of life.  Bronson now serves as Executive Director of Florida Earth, which administers Florida’s only permanent program with the United Nations, the UNESCO-IHE/Florida Earth Partnership and USNC, the US-Netherlands Connection Program, which is a knowledge exchange between the US and the Netherlands on climate change adaptation and water management.  Coming from a ranching family who supplied the land for Disney World in the 60’s, Stan’s love of the land has always been an inspiration throughout his career.

I am Currently working as a Policy Analyst in the Capacity of a Team Leader of Corporate Standards within PNG Ports Corporation Limited. PNG Ports Corporation is a State Owned Enterprise in the business of sea port and harbour management in Papua New Guinea and is the only Authority mandated by the Papua New Guinea Governement to do business in all declared ports within Papua New Guinea.

PNG Ports is currently putting in place a Green Port Initiative and an Interim Oversight Commitee for which I am the Chairman. I also lead a working group which has been set up by the Interim Committee with much support from the CEO of PNG Ports Corporation Limited Mr. Brian Riches to carry this forward and strategise on how best our initiative should work.

Any ideas that would be of help to our company would be much appreaciated and can be email to myself or Mr. Riches via our website: www.pngports.com.pg

Kennedy Warne, founding editor of New Zealand Geographic magazine, has traveled the globe to experience the splendor of the mangroves. With his new book published by Island Press Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea, he illustrates what is at stake if they are lost and how we can protect them.

Once covering three-quarters of the world’s sheltered tropical coastlines, mangroves provide food and timber for local people; habitat for fisheries and wildlife; and protection against storms and rising seas. As carbon sinks, they also play a key role in fighting climate change. But almost half of these forests have been bulldozed to make way for shrimp aquaculture, vacation resorts, urban expansion, and other development. On Novemeber 29, 2011, Warne was interviewed on the Diane Rehm Show about his work, which you can listen to here.

The introduction to the Show states, "John Steinbeck once said 'no one likes the mangroves.' But New Zealand marine biologist Kennedy Warne argues they are simply misunderstood. There are seventy species of mangroves, ranging from trees to shrubs to ferns. What defines them is their unique ability to thrive in heat, mud and salt that would kill an ordinary plant. Mangrove forests support a wealth of animal and plant species. They provide food, medicine, work and homes for millions of coastal people. But development and shrimp aquaculture are threatening their existence. Warne explains the importance of these rainforests of the sea and how we can help protect them."