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Lecce, Italy
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Ant Türkmen is scientific networking officer, in LifeWatch ERIC, Italy. He  carried out projects on marine protected areas, integrated coastal zone management, and ecosystem-based management of fisheries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. For the recent years, he has been contributing to the Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Global Programme of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, as a thematic expert of MSP and Blue Economy. He is one of the lead authors of IPBES Nexus Assessment, for the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health. He is also a co-leader in work groups of EU-COST Action Sea-Unicorn. He is one of the experts of Jean Monnet Centre on Sustainable Blue Economy  at the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), Slovenia.  He is interested in developing projects about the integration of innovative transformative technologies to the science-policy-society interactions.

Aeras of specializtion: Sustainable Blue Growth and Ocean Governance, Marine Spatial Planning, Ecosystem-based Management and resilience of Protected Areas, Sustainability of Ecosystem Services and the Impacts of Climate Change, Transformative Technologies and DATA Literacy, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Coastal Environmental Sensitivity Maps, Marine Habitat Mapping, Oil Spill Response Plans, Contingency Plans, Health&Safety Management, Underwater Video/Photo Footage, Documentary Production.


Geographical working areas
  • Mediterranean (widespread)
Type of player
  • Research/academia
Areas of expertise
  • Aquaculture
  • Biodiversity and ecosystems
  • Climate change
  • Diversification of marine activities
  • Education/training networks & jobs
  • Environment
  • Fisheries/Marine resources
  • General maritime and Mediterranean information
  • Legislation
  • Marine biotechnologies
  • Maritime safety/surveillance/security
  • Maritime stakeholders / clusters
  • Oil & gas - Mineral resources
  • Scientific research / technologies / innovation
  • Spatial planning/areas management
  • Tourism
  • Oceanography
  • Governance and Legislation
  • Pollution / marine litter
Main Interests
  • Marine/coastal Ecosystem Services and Climate Change, Sustainable Blue Economy, Marine/Coastal Ecology and Conservation, Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Coastal Environmental Sensitivity Maps, Marine Habitat Mapping, Oil Spill Response Plans, Contingency Plans, Health&Safety Management, Underwater Video/Photo Footage, Documentary Production.
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