{"id":5963,"date":"2019-12-11T01:37:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T01:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseapeople.org\/?page_id=5963"},"modified":"2022-06-24T02:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T02:36:56","slug":"ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theseapeople.org\/ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Language Flags &#038; Social Icons&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Desktop&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;34px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_4_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;-44px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The SEA People Ambassadors<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;-117px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; 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They devote a significant amount of voluntary time and energy supporting our work through advocacy, strategic planning, logistics, fund raising and promotion.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">All our ambassadors are first and foremost champions of the marine environment, and through their respective professions and communities, devote their time to the world\u2019s oceans and seas through conservation and development of sustainable practice around the use of marine resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">We are immensely honoured, and so very grateful to each of our Ambassadors; without this level of voluntary support, our conservation efforts would fall short in being able achieve their full potential.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>From the depths of the ocean and the bottom of our hearts, we give our humble thanks to the following amazing individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-1px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Greg Johannes<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theseapeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Greg-Johannes-Ambassador-330w.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Greg Johannes Ambassador The SEA People&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Greg Johannes Ambassador The SEA People&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;29px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Greg Johannes has been a senior member of Australia\u2019s temperate marine science community for almost twenty years. He is currently the Chair of the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre and the Independent Chair of the Management Committee for the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership. Between them, these two initiatives will invest more than $250 million over ten years in marine environment research and development and understanding climate change. Based in Hobart, Greg was previously a longstanding director of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. He was also the Head of the State Service in Tasmania, one of the most senior public service positions in Australia. Growing up in places like Palau, Hawaii and Western Australia, as a child Greg spent as much time as possible in, on, or close to the sea and local reefs as he followed his marine biologist father around the world. Greg has a passionate interest in issues affecting the marine environment, and dives and snorkels on the world\u2019s coral reefs whenever he can. Having visited Raja Ampat several times, he was deeply affected by its people and the remote and fragile beauty<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-1px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Dr Laurent Debas<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/theseapeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Laurent-Debas.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;29px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A Doctor in oceanology, Laurent is a specialist in issues related to fishing, aquaculture and the protection of the marine environment. He has worked in French public institutions (Ifremer and Inra in the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur Region of France, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, France), for the United Nations (FAO, South-East Asia) and for the WWF (World Wild Fund for Nature).<br \/> For more than 20 years, his various functions have led him to manage teams and carry out programs for the protection of species and marine areas, sustainable management of fishing resources and the fight against oil pollution. In 2004, he joined Jacques Perrin and the team of the film &#8220;Oceans&#8221; as a scientific advisor and co-author. Since the end of 2007, after having been a consultant to Nausica\u00e0, he created, with Mathieu Mauvernay, Plan\u00e8te Mer, where he devotes himself fully to the organisations aim of preserving marine life by reconciling the natural balance\u00a0with economic and social development.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Lora|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-1px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>C\u00e9dric Fleutiaux<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/theseapeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cedric.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#666666&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;29px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span>C\u00e9dric grew up the South of France, and spent the greatest part of his childhood sailing, snorkelling, exploring and discovering the marine life and ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea. During his teenage years, he accompanied his father travelling extensively throughout Indonesia, Malaysia and Nepal, and eventually spent 2 years living in Thailand. These travels formed a deep connection with South East Asia as a region, and in particular, its marine environment.<br \/> Going on to become an Agricultural Engineer, and later obtaining degrees in Marine Biology &amp; Ecology, Cedric has dedicated a large part of his professional career to ecology and conservation, and established a training organisation focussing on teaching alternative development techniques in the fields of sustainable construction and organic farming.<br \/> A CMAS &amp; PADI Diving instructor, Cedric first discovered the Raja Ampat archipelago in 2014, volunteering in a marine conservation NGO. Falling in love with the place and its people, and aware of the urgency in protecting its biodiversity, he joined The SEA People in 2018 carrying out several field missions and providing ongoing support from France. 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