Networking Friday on Managing the Nigerian Coastal Communities for Sustainable Blue Economy Development

The Nigeria coastal communities are found within the Niger-Delta States, which border contiguously with the Atlantic Ocean. They are predominantly rural and lack the essential social infrastructure. However, the area is a historical hub of huge and largely unregulated fishing commercial activities, and suffers from pollution and environmental degradation. The project is proposed to build data and information that can be used to manage the area for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development. The session introduces the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), which is the national Space Agency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and also highlights possible areas of collaboration in scientific and technological projects.

Speaker

Bolarinwa Balogun

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) Dr. Bolarinwa BALOGUN is a senior scientist with the National Space Agency of Nigeria – NASRDA, and also serves as the Director of the affiliate AIR Centre in Nigeria, which is hosted by NASRDA. His academic specialty is in the use of EO data analytics for landscape ecological studies.

Moderator

André Valente

AIR Centre - Atlantic International Research Centre André Valente is a Project Officer at the Earth Observation Lab. He holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Azores (Portugal) and a Degree in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Lisbon (Portugal). He specializes in the integration of satellite, models and in-situ data for several applications such as the study of ocean climate variability, physical-biological processes and marine plastic pollution. We will continue with the Networking Fridays during the next months. More information about future sessions as well as presentations and videos from previous sessions can be found here. Please do not forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.  Twitter Hashtag: #netfridays. Expect some very exciting mornings, afternoons or evenings, depending on where you are… If you need any additional information please send an email to Catarina Duarte.