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October 2, 2023

AI to protect our Oceans Workshop at Monash

AI to protect our Oceans – Join us for the Ocean Innovators® new workshop on Artificial Intelligence,…

July 20, 2023

Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop Sparks Excitement and Collaboration!

For Immediate Release The Ocean Innovators® Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop Sparks Excitement and Collaboration! Brisbane, July…

Goal 14 - Life below water

July 12, 2023

Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop

Ocean Innovators® event – Focus on Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop in Brisbane Join us for the Ocean…

Goal 15 - Life on land

November 24, 2021

Ocean Innovators supporting COP-26 Rotary President speech

COP-26 Rotary President speech In a speech Nov. 10 at the UN ClimateConference, and following…

Goal 15 - Life on land

September 10, 2021

Wakashio oil spill in Mauritius – Update

One year after the MV Wakashio oil spill in Mauritius, let’s take a look at…

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Goal 14 - Life below water

Goal 14 - Life below water
OceanXOctober 2, 2023
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AI to protect our Oceans Workshop at Monash
AI to protect our Oceans – Join us for the Ocean Innovators® new workshop on Artificial Intelligence, an exciting event that aims…
Press Release
OceanXJuly 20, 2023
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Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop Sparks Excitement and Collaboration!
For Immediate Release The Ocean Innovators® Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop Sparks Excitement and Collaboration! Brisbane, July 20, 2023 – The Ocean…
Goal 14 - Life below water
OceanXJuly 12, 2023
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Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop
Ocean Innovators® event – Focus on Indo-Pacific Governance Workshop in Brisbane Join us for the Ocean Innovators® first workshop on Indo-Pacific Governance,…
Goal 14 - Life below water
Shivani GopaulFebruary 12, 2022
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The Dark Hobby: what goes unseen underwater
The aquarium trade worth $5 billion causes the death of exotic fish, the reef, and the ocean. Reefs produce 50%…

Goal 13 - Climate actions

Goal 15 - Life on land
Shivani GopaulOctober 21, 2021
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Rotary Club of East Nassau
About the club The Rotary Club of East Nassau is one of the oldest clubs in the Bahamas, chartered in 1960. They…
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July 25, 2020
Heidi Tait about Australian Marine Debris Initiative
January 12, 2020
Launching Ocean Innovators series

Goal 16 - Peace, justice & strong institution

Goal 8 - Decent work & economic growth
Karine JarryMay 13, 2020
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Siddharth Chakravarty’s fight: overfishing and human right
The seas and oceans are a crucial part of the world ecosystem. They stimulate life and are part of a…
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February 14, 2020
Mission Blue by Sylvia Earle
January 12, 2020
Launching Ocean Innovators series

Goal 17 - Partnerships for the goals

Goal 14 - Life below water
Shivani GopaulFebruary 12, 2022
135
The Dark Hobby: what goes unseen underwater
The aquarium trade worth $5 billion causes the death of exotic fish, the reef, and the ocean. Reefs produce 50%…
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September 23, 2020
Ocean Ethics with the Institute for Science and Ethics
August 24, 2020
TerraCycle Global Foundation: Recycling the non-recyclable

Pr. Steven UNDERHILL

Professor Steven Underhill has 35 years of research experience in subtropical and tropical horticulture with a focus on food loss, poverty alleviation and livelihood development outcomes. Prof Underhill is currently the Director of the Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research (ACPIR) and is an international expert in Pacific food systems. Prof Underhill also holds adjunct Professorial appointments with the Solomon Islands National University (Solomon Islands); Fiji National University, (Fiji); The University of Queensland (Australia); and is a Research Fellow with the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa.

Prof Underhill has published more than 80 academic research and conference publications in the field of food security, and has been awarded more than AUD$20M in competitive international research grants in the last ten years. Prof Underhill currently leads several large Australian-Government-funded and UN FAO-funded projects in the South Pacific region on horticultural food systems, inter-island supply chain logistics, food loss, agribusiness and Pacific university capacity building.

Prof Underhill’s current research interests involve nutritionally sensitive horticultural food systems and food loss in the South Pacific, where he is working with smallholder farmers and local government agencies to improve their postharvest handling and quality management supply systems, food marketing and distribution systems, and institutional capacity building.