Marine Policy

Mark Zacharias is the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy with the province of British Columbia, Canada. He is also Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre and Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. He is the co-author of the book Marine Conservation Ecology (Earthscan, 2011).

Jeff Ardron is an Adviser on Marine Governance for the Commonwealth Secretariat, based in London, UK. He leads the Commonwealth Blue Charter, which was adopted by all 53 Commonwealth countries in 2018. With more than 25 years' experience in marine planning and conservation, he has worked in governmental and non-governmental sectors, as well as in research and academia. He has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and serves on various boards and committees of marine-focused organizations.