Rohan Arthur - Session 02

Rohan Arthur is a founding-trustee and senior scientist of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India, where he directs the Oceans and Coasts Programme. His main research interests lie in oceanic and island ecosystems, especially in understanding the impacts of climate change on these systems, management of fisheries as well as basic ecological and natural history work, especially on coral reefs. He obtained his Masters in Wildlife Science from the Wildlife Institute of India in 1995, and his PhD from James Cook University in Australia in 2005. In 2013, he was awarded a Pew Marine Fellowship in recognition of his research and conservation work.