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Sari Tolvanen is a marine biologist from Finland and has worked in the marine conservation sector for 20+ years, building on extensive field experience as she moved from research to policy engagement in a leadership role with Greenpeace International. For 10 years she played a key role in the organization’s ocean campaigns focused on combating illegal fishing, implementing marine reserves and improving the management of tuna fisheries in the Pacific and globally. Sari co- founded a marine conservation advisory group Marine Change in 2014 and relocated to Indonesia. Working closely with small-scale fisheries, protected areas, tourism and technological innovation across Southeast Asia and the Pacific lead her to innovate Ocean Eye, world’s first ecosystem service payments technology solution targeted for the global marine tourism sector.
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