Malcolm Clark
Title:
Dr
First Name:
Malcolm
Last Name:
Clark
Gender:
Male
Position:
Principal Scientist (Deepwater Fisheries)
Institution:
NIWA
Country:
New Zealand
Email:
malcolm.clark@niwa.co.nz
Phone:
+64 4 3860300
Website:
www.niwa.co.nz
Sector:
Sectors - Other:
NIWA is semi-government
Technologies and techniques:
Oceanographic Locations:
Deep Ocean Vertical Zones:
Deep Sea Habitats:
Involvement in policy or management:
Experience with bodies or processes:
- United Nations or UN-based meetings
- National government advisors
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) or any of its Commissions
- International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)
- Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)
- Regional fisheries management organizations and/or their scientific commissions
- International Seabed Authority (ISA)
- NGOs (please specify in other below)
- Environmental impact assessments (EIAs)
- Developing impact assessment guidelines/standards
Experience with bodies or processes - Other:
Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, WWF, Greeenpeace, PEW Foundation
Primary Language:
Other Languages:
Anything other contribution:
I think the above covers most things, but my current work is trying to balance exploitation and conservation, which I believe is a gap that needs to be bridged so management is a more integrated, and not excluding, process.
Primary Expertise:
Secondary Expertise:
Committees:
INDEEP Advisory Committee, Steering Committee of SOPAC Deep Sea Minerals Assessment Project,
3 priority science questions that need to be answered:
How can we improve global habitat proxies for identifying likely biuogeographic or distributional boundaries of unknown biodiversity. What are the spatial scales of population connectivity in order to plan spatial managemnt. What are the broader (indirect) effects of human disturbance on community structure and ecosystem function.