Dr. CHOU Loke-Ming is currently Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. As a coral reef biologist, he has in recent years focused more on coastal management and reef restoration. He has also been involved with many regional initiatives dealing with the marine environment and has provided consultancy services to international, regional and national agencies. He is the main author of the “State of the Marine Environment Report for the East Asian Seas 2009” published in 2010 by UNEP-COBSEA (Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia). Dr. Chou is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network of the International Coral Reef Initiative, and an Honorary Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Biology.