Draft:Kerry Sink
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Kerry Sink us a marine conservation practitioner, who focuses on strengthening collaboration and leading the 5 year Offshore Marine Protected Area project (OMPA).[1] As a professor, she focuses on protecting offshore diversity and supporting sustainable use of South Africa's oceans. [1] Today, Sink is a manager of the Marine Programme at the South African National Biodiversity Insititute and a Research associate at the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research at Nelson Manela University.[1]
She is the founder of the Southern Africa Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) which develops projects and inspires marine conservation on a national and global scale,[1] and is associated with WWF.[2]
Sink is known for sea expeditions and has made the profound discovery that the presumed extent single-cell animal Foraminifera is not extinct on the shelf of South Africa, although previous scientists were under the impression it was extinct.[3]
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[edit]- ^ a b c d "Prof. Kerry Sink – WIOMSA Scientific Symposium". Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "20 years of "sass" behind a savvy homegrown initiative". www.wwf.org.za. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Sink, Kerry (2018-01-23). Deep Secrets. Retrieved 2024-10-28 – via www.ted.com.