King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, a graduate research university of science and technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced that Carlos M. Duarte, Ph.D., professor of marine science and Tarek Ahmed Juffali research chair in Red Sea ecology, has received a Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Ecology and Conservation Biology from Fundación BBVA in Spain. Originally from
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Following news of the promotion of Raal Harris to managing director at KVH Videotel earlier in the year, the company has announced a further strengthening of its management team with the appointment of Jason Barreto as European sales manager. Barreto started his sales career with a series of airline, ship management and marine travel companies, gaining particular experience in the
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UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the European Commission launched MSPGlobal, a new global project on maritime spatial planning. The project aims to promote better maritime spatial planning with attention to avoiding conflicts and improving the governance of human activities at sea such as aquaculture, tourism, marine energy and exploitation of the seabed. The three-year MSPglobal project aims to develop
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