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Ward Appeltans

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Marine Biodiversity focal point, manager OBIS
Belgium
Websiteobis.org
Mr Ward Appeltans is the marine biodiversity focal point at UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) where he manages the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and supports the Biology and Ecosystems Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS BioEco). Mr Appeltans also manages two eDNA projects, one in the Pacific Islands to detect marine invasive species and a recent one to assess biodiversity in UNESCO’s marine World Heritage sites. Mr Appeltans is also a member of the steering group of the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) and is a member of the coordination team of the UN Ocean Decade Marine Life 2030 programme.

My Speakers Sessions

Friday, September 16
 

9:30am EDT

(REF 16032 - Hybrid) Biodiversity Plenary: Convened by LifeWatch ERIC/ Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) HybridEsther Chacon • Declan Kirrane • Ward Appeltans • Joe Miller • Jose Manuel Avila • Javier Castroviejo • Christos Arvanitidis • Milind Pimprikar • Inmaculada Figueroa • Nicole Arbour • Magter. Arq. L. B. Viviana Rovira • George Owusu Essegbey • Juan Miguel González-Aranda • Anna Stewart-Ibarra • Ronnie Phuthego • Nahid Osman • Bamidele Ademola Olateju • Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora • Enrique Alonso • Kyriazis Athanasios • Aidin Niamir • Libby Ellwood • Sudesh Kumar Yadav • Andrés Ponce • Benjamin Marticorena • Frédéric Quattara • Ali Abo Sena • Jaime Lobo Dominguez-Roqueta • Claudia Romano • Alvaro Ramos • Mario Leon Frutos • Lloyd C. Day • Arturo Luis Luna Tapia. • Hang Choun Naron • Pedro Beja • Kristian Meissner