
Alicia Shephard
@aliciashephard3
Nature Recovery Officer @cornwallcouncil working on outreach and engagement, the Local Nature Recovery Strategy and supporting marine nature recovery 🐚
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17-01-2019 14:30:32
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#WorldOceanDay is the ideal end to two amazing months spent in the Maldives with Blue Marine Foundation and Maldives Resilient Reefs. I’m so grateful to have experienced the the wonders of ocean life here✨Thank you to everyone who made my stay incredible! 🪸🐠



Super pleased with the insta takeover happening over the next three days on Maldives Resilient Reefs Instagram! Head over there and give it a watch to see the amazing work @ExeterMarine have been doing in the Maldives 🪸🐠



It's the last week of On The Hook's consultation! We are supporting On The Hook's external review of the Marine Stewardship Council. 25 years into their existence they are failing to deliver their goal of 'oceans teeming with life'. Respond here 👉 marinestewardshipreview.org



Putting the finishing touches together for my presentation at the Maldives Marine Science Symposium with Maldives National Museum this weekend. Very excited to see the work I've done with Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Resilient Reefs and @ExeterMarine coming together! 🐠🪸 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Loved getting to present some preliminary findings from my research with Blue Marine Foundation and Maldives Resilient Reefs at the Maldives Marine Science Symposium Maldives Marine Research Institute a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few highlights from my work..🐠


Thank you Precious Chidera Okafor and University of Plymouth for hosting a fantastic day of talks at the South West Regional Coastal Monitoring Meeting. Lots to think about! 🌊


Thrilled to have received my thesis grade and to know that I’ll be graduating from my MSc in Marine Environmental Management with a Distinction 🍾Big thank you to everyone who helped along the way including Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Resilient Reefs, Callum Roberts and Dr Julie Hawkins 🐠🪸



Looking forward to delivering a session on Marine Planning in the South West as part of a series of webinars with SWMEcosystems - taking a deep dive into marine planning and how it supports sustainable development🐟 Sign up below! eventbrite.co.uk/e/marine-plann…

@cornwallcouncil's Blue #NaturalCapital Project has discovered that the Fal and Helford Estuary supports an astounding area of maerl at the size of nearly 900 rugby pitches! This makes it a key UK site for this irreplaceable blue carbon habitat 💙





I wrote a piece in The Conversation to discuss some of the results from our recent paper! Seagrass meadows are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in Maldives – here’s why theconversation.com/seagrass-meado… via The Conversation