Scholarship and Biography
Marion Howard lived in the San Andres Archipelago, western Caribbean, for more than 25 years, where she worked with Colombia's national environment system. For 16 years she served as advisor to the government's environmental protection and sustainable development agency for the archipelago. She coordinated development of Colombia's first multiple-use marine protected area (Seaflower MPA), led the planning process to establish the UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, and was on the team of Colombia's national climate change adaptation program (INAP). She was sustainable development advisor on projects to conserve biodiversity in the Southwestern Caribbean, improve marine conservation policy, and strengthen climate change adaptation in the coastal zone. Ms Howard has worked on community-based conservation and coastal/marine research projects with multilateral, bilateral, and UN agencies; international NGOs; governments; and universities. She maintains an active practice in the field.