Dr Lorna Veronica Inniss
Lorna Inniss holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology with honors from the University of the West Indies (UWI), a Master of Science degree in Environmental Planning and Management, as well as a Doctorate in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences from Louisiana State University, USA. In order to facilitate her post graduate studies, she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and a Fellowship from the Organisation of American States. The Louisiana Board of Regents presented her with a Tuition Award for pursuit of her doctorate. She also holds an honors post-graduate Diploma in Business Management from UWI.
Dr Inniss is the Acting Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit in Barbados for the past two years, and was the Deputy Director for the 10 years prior. She has previously held the posts of Marine Biologist and Coastal Planner with the Unit. Her research interests include innovative coastal conservation measures, submarine groundwater discharge in wetlands, as well as guiding risk and vulnerability assessment activities in respect of coastal hazards.
Dr Inniss has responsibility for guiding the technical work of the Unit and developing programmes in concert with Government and international donors that promote responsible ocean and coastal stewardship. She is Chair of the Natural Sciences Committee of the Barbados National Commission for UNESCO, and of the National Standing Committee on Coastal Hazards.
She is Barbados’s focal point to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, and helps to negotiate Barbados’s position with respect to global ocean and coastal management within the United Nations system. She served as the elected Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Caribbean Tsunamis and Coastal Hazards Warning System from 2008-2012, and is the Joint Coordinator of a Group of Experts established by the United Nations General Assembly to deliver the first ever Integrated Global Marine Assessment. Ongoing regional projects in which she has participated include the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem, the Harmful Algal Blooms programme in the Caribbean, the Caribbean component of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) and the Caribbean Marine Atlas. She is one 15 experts chosen by UNESCO to develop guidelines for Member States to address coastal hazards in the context of Integrated Coastal Area Management. She is currently assisting the Grenada Government in the development of its Coastal Zone Management Policy.
Lorna Inniss holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology with honors from the University of the West Indies (UWI), a Master of Science degree in Environmental Planning and Management, as well as a Doctorate in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences from Louisiana State University, USA. In order to facilitate her post graduate studies, she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and a Fellowship from the Organisation of American States. The Louisiana Board of Regents presented her with a Tuition Award for pursuit of her doctorate. She also holds an honors post-graduate Diploma in Business Management from UWI.
Dr Inniss is the Acting Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit in Barbados for the past two years, and was the Deputy Director for the 10 years prior. She has previously held the posts of Marine Biologist and Coastal Planner with the Unit. Her research interests include innovative coastal conservation measures, submarine groundwater discharge in wetlands, as well as guiding risk and vulnerability assessment activities in respect of coastal hazards.
Dr Inniss has responsibility for guiding the technical work of the Unit and developing programmes in concert with Government and international donors that promote responsible ocean and coastal stewardship. She is Chair of the Natural Sciences Committee of the Barbados National Commission for UNESCO, and of the National Standing Committee on Coastal Hazards.
She is Barbados’s focal point to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, and helps to negotiate Barbados’s position with respect to global ocean and coastal management within the United Nations system. She served as the elected Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Caribbean Tsunamis and Coastal Hazards Warning System from 2008-2012, and is the Joint Coordinator of a Group of Experts established by the United Nations General Assembly to deliver the first ever Integrated Global Marine Assessment. Ongoing regional projects in which she has participated include the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem, the Harmful Algal Blooms programme in the Caribbean, the Caribbean component of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) and the Caribbean Marine Atlas. She is one 15 experts chosen by UNESCO to develop guidelines for Member States to address coastal hazards in the context of Integrated Coastal Area Management. She is currently assisting the Grenada Government in the development of its Coastal Zone Management Policy.
Dr. Inniss presented the following power point presentation during the introductory session at the first SAGE Workshop on May 21, 2014.
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