Dr Mark SPALDING

Senior Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Senior Marine Scientist with TNC, based in Siena, Italy. Concurrently an Honorary Research Fellow with the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.
Work centres on the assessment of global biodiversity, and on the enumeration of ecosystem services, particularly around mangrove forests and coral reefs. This includes work on nature-dependent tourism, coastal protection, fisheries, marine protected areas and mangrove restoration. Much of this work falls under an ongoing multi-year, multi-organisation project entitled Mapping Ocean Wealth, of which Mark is the lead scientist. The aim of all this work is to communicate, inform and support global, regional and local science and policy audiences as a means of ensuring timely and appropriate conservation actions and investments. 
Written several books and 100 peer reviewed publications.
Most recently "The State of the World's Mangroves, 2021", with ~100 co-authors