IRIS

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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.

Latest articles by Iris

World cleanup day at BCSS

World Clean Up Day on Benguerra Island, September 21, 2019

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.

humpback whale

Unique Acoustic-behavioural Research of Humpback Whales set to continue at BCSS

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.

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