About
Working towards thriving coasts, seas and coastal communities across the UK.
Recognised as a “30 under 30” global environmental leader by the NAAEE
Emily is a marine and coastal specialist and is currently working with a number of local and national organisations as an independent consultant. She has a strong track-record in the development of pioneering projects, campaigns and digital communications that engage people with our coasts and seas. To date, Emily has secured over £5m in funding for marine and coastal projects in the UK. She is a Trustee of the UK’s leading marine charity, Marine Conservation Society.
Driven by the questions “What could our coasts and seas look like?” and “How do we get there?”, Emily is a credible ocean advocate, as comfortable speaking to a school group as to a TV crew or the Secretary of State for the Environment. She has appeared on national TV & radio and written for various magazines discussing the issues of the day. Watch her speak at the International Marine Conservation Congress here and on a national Sky News interview here.
She shares her adventures on Marine Biology Life.
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Key Achievements & Recent Work
- Recognised as one of “30 under 30” global environmental leaders in 2020 by the North American Association for Environment Education. Emily was selected for her work to enable more people to enjoy and take action to protect our coasts and seas.
n - Developed a £5m programme of marine conservation and education projects, the first of its kind in the UK
Emily led the programme development process, securing match funding and writing the successful Stage 1 application. She was then appointed as an advisor to the Partnership Board and contributed significantly to the documentation for the full Stage 2 bid. This pioneering scheme was awarded £2.78m funding in March 2020, see here.
~~ - Developed a major new conservation project on the Dee Estuary
Emily was commissioned to support project development, advise on community consultation and to write the (successful) Stage 1 funding bid. The project was awarded £101,400 development funding in late 2018 and is now progressing towards a full application for around £500,000. Emily is now a professional advisor to the development team. Read the announcement here, including a quote from Emily.
~ - Published new research on UK humpback whales with all data collected by volunteers. This research reported on the first ever photo-ID match of a UK humpback whale to their Arctic feeding grounds and suggests that British seas act as a migratory stopover/alternative destination for migrating humpback whales. Read Emily’s paper, published in Marine Biodiversity Records, here.
~ - Co-led research expeditions to Sicily and the Azores to collect samples for the study of population genetics of Bottlenose Dolphins and Yellowmouth Barracuda.
~ - Led a marine ecology field course in Indonesia
Emily delivered lectures and led surveys covering the ecology and conservation of coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses and sea turtles.
~ - Emily presented her work at the 5th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC5) in Kuching, Sarawak (Borneo) and at the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) conference in Newcastle (England).
