About

• Capacity: Chair
• Country: South Africa

Resumé

Doctor Vousden is an Honorary Professor of Ocean Governance at Rhodes University in South Africa. He has a career spanning some 38 years during which he has worked in various governmental and United Nations positions, all related to environmental management. During this period, his career has evolved through the development and ‘field-proving’ of state-of-the-art monitoring and analysis, into broader yet still cutting-edge management techniques and thence to innovative adaptive management and governance mechanisms, particularly for global oceans and coasts. He has provided expert advice and professional evaluation services to marine ecosystem management and ocean governance initiatives in every global ocean and many of the world’s seas. He has also been intimately involved in the development and teaching of a number of courses related to ocean governance and marine ecosystem management over the last 20 years and at many level from undergraduate through Masters and Doctorates to senior level management courses. Dr. Vousden is currently involved in the development and implementation of sustainable management strategies for oceanic fisheries, the management of large-scale marine protected areas and in evolving management and stewardship mechanisms for marine ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction.