Keywords: Marine Protected Areas management; blue carbon; Antarctic science-policy interactions; policy makers and science interface
Mercedes Santos
National Park Administration / Instituto Antártico Argentino
Ant-ICON Theme R1 Lead
Dr. Mercedes Santos is the National Director of Marine Protected Areas of Argentina. Until 2020, She was a co-leader of research for the Marine Protected Areas proposal for the Western Antarctic Peninsula lead by Argentina and Chile. Currently, her research interests focus on the conservation of the ocean, particularly on marine spatial planning and socio-ecological systems. She was the leader of the penguin monitoring program (CEMP-CCAMLR) and vice chair of CCAMLR Scientific Committee (2018-2019).
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