After obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Tourism, Iris has worked in the field of marine conservation for over 5 years, taking care of communications and marketing for various organisations; from the first dive centre in the world to achieve a WWF 4-star rating, to a marine conservation NGO in the heart of the coral triangle. Marine conservation and storytelling are her passion, and to educate people and spread awareness through compelling storytelling and writing is her goal.
As Communications and Media Manager, Iris makes complex issues like climate change digestible for the wider public and translates BCSS’s data and research into content that everyone understands.
Iris is based in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia and often visits Mozambique, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands.
We are very proud to see BCSS Director & Chief Scientist Dr. Mario Lebrato’s article on hydrothermal vents published in Nature group journal – one of the most cited scientific publications globally.
With the addition of Landscape and Permaculture Consultant Chloe Wallace to our team last month, BCSS’s Permaculture and Sustainability program is now operational.
As part of our community first plastic and recycling programme, BCSS research manager Karen Bowles helped lead the year six and seven students of Benguerra Primary School in a clean-up effort for World Clean Up Day 2019.
Plastic is a useful material. So much so that nearly everything in the world today is in some way made of plastic. Think about it, how much plastic did you encounter today?
The BCSS marine station & the WIO (Western Indian Ocean) Ocean Observatory recently received international approval using ICCAT tagging codes to coordinate two large-scale tagging programs concerning large pelagics/predators & migratory game fish.
In September last year we had the pleasure at the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) of hosting Deep Voice, an Israeli research team studying acoustic social calls of Humpback Whales in the Bazaruto Archipelago. In celebration of World Oceans Day and in anticipation of their next visit in a few months’ time, we share their experience with us.
The Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) field station, located in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), today joins the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network’s (GOA-ON) collaborative effort to provide an international ocean monitoring platform.
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