Noella Gray - Edit 1
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- My research really is ultimately
concerned with how we
conserve the oceans,
the decision-making processes
that we collectively engage in
in order to do that oceans
conservation work and then...
what consequences there are
of those decisions for people
and for their relationship
with the ocean.
I have done local scale projects,
a lot of my work is international
whether it's a sea turtle conservation
project that brings in tourists to help
and provide funds for the community,
or whether it's a really large scale
marine protected area
that's designed to protect pristine reef
in the middle of the Pacific.
And so I'm interested in how do
these projects impact on people,
how are people involved in them,
and how do people perceive
their consequences.
Both for the oceans, and nature
and for themselves.
I'm really motivated to undertake
my work because ultimately
we rely on a healthy planet
for everything we do.
And, you know, in some ways
we've come a long way
in the last 30 years in terms of our
understanding of the environment
and how it works, but in other ways
we really haven't come very far at all
in understanding how to organize
collectively to address
our most pressing environmental
problems.
And so that's what really motivates
me is we continue to have
these...these pressing challenges
and if we're gonna do something
about them
we actually need to figure out
the people side of the equation
in ways that are both effective
for addressing the conservation
problems and equitable
in terms of their outcomes for people.