Sharks4Kids Presents: A recipe for long-term shark conservation
Thu, May 14
|Online Event
AGE 12 + Dr. Rachel Graham is a conservation scientist with over 28 years of experience in development, research and conservation projects that focus on the community-based understanding and restoration of populations of large marine wildlife such as sharks, rays, turtles and large finfish and thei
Time & Location
May 14, 2020, 1:00 PM
Online Event
About the Event
AGE 12 +
Dr. Rachel Graham is a conservation scientist with over 28 years of experience in development, research and conservation projects that focus on the community-based understanding and restoration of populations of large marine wildlife such as sharks, rays, turtles and large finfish and their habitats in several tropical countries. She has two boys (12 and 16) who love sharks and being out at sea and occasionally get to join in the research. She is also the founder and director of MarAlliance AGES 10+
Dr. Neil Hammerschlag is a marine ecologist and Research Associate Professor at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy. He also serves as Director of the Shark Research & Conservation Program at the University of Miami.
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