On Friday, November 12, 2021, the Cervantes Institute of Tokyo, together with the Embassy of Spain and the Association of Spanish Scientists in Japan (ACE Japan) and the sponsorship of Iberdrola, organized a hybrid conference to celebrate the Commemoration of the 5th Centenary of the expedition of the first round the world of Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastián Elcano.
This meeting took place in Japan and focused on the current situation of our oceans. The conference brought researchers from ACE Japan, the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the Association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP).
Our SRAP member Dr. Paco Martínez Baena, a marine ecologist at the Nature Conservancy organization, presented on one of his current projects ‘Reef Builder’ which aims to recover oyster reefs in Australia. Paco explained the causes that have ended the oyster reefs and the current strategies to recover them.
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