Alison Green is senior marine scientist with The Nature Conservancy's Tropical Marine Conservation Program in the
Asia Pacific Conservation Region. She is also the Marine Protected Areas Strategy Lead for the Conservancy's
Coral Triangle Program. Her areas of expertise include coral reef ecology, monitoring, and the design and implementation of Marine Protected Areas. Alison lives in Brisbane, Australia, where she blogs for Cool Green Science on issues related to
marine conservation, particularly
coral reefs.
(Photo Credit: Emre Turak)
The Banda Islands are a high priority for marine conservation, and an important area to expand the coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Indonesia. More
The Banda Islands have a rich and violent history as the Spice Islands. More
Napoleon Wrasse are never very abundant, although they do form small aggregations of tens to more than a 100 fish to reproduce. They also change sex from female to male, so most small adults are female and it is mainly the males that exceed 1m in length. Sometimes around spawning time, you can see a harem of Napoleon Wrasse comprising a large male and several smaller females. More
The coral reefs of the Banda Islands have some of the most spectacular and resilient reefs in the world. One of the reasons for this, is that they are in the heart of the Coral Triangle ⎯ the epicentre of marine diversity. More
Last week (November 7-16th 2012) Conservancy scientist Alison Green traveled to the Banda Islands to help the Coral Triangle Centre conduct a second rapid marine assessment, which focused on collecting the social and ecological information required to design a resilient network of MPAs for the area. More
Marine scientist Ali Green saw swirling barracuda, spawning unicornfish and a rare sight—a healthy coral reef—while diving at a remote seamount off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Watch video from her dive. More
Our marine scientist in Brisbane, Ali Green, explains how her house was saved and why the Great Barrier Reef might not be so lucky. More
The Conservancy implemented a strategy to help communities create a network of Marine Protected Areas. One of our senior marine scientists takes a closer look to see if we're really getting the desired results. More
Sea surface temperatures monitored via satellite by NOAA rise, sending a Conservancy scientist and her team underwater for a rapid reef survey. Find out what they found and what could happen in the coming months. More
Are we loving some coral reefs to death? Conservancy scientist Ali Green tells a horror story from Thailand of reef overuse...and asks why all reefs don't deserve some protection. More
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