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Laurence Mee Laurence Mee
Role Visiting professor (formerly Director of the Marine Institute) Leader of the Framework six European Project 'European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems' (27 institutions, 14 countries €2.5 Millions), 2004-2007 Leader of the ESRC/NERC Seminar 'Human Development and the UK's Marine Environment' 2003-2005 Leader of the UNDP-TSC project to develop methodologies and a training programme for Transboundary Diagnostic Analyses and Strategic Action Programmes for the Global Environment Facility's $1Bn International Waters Programme. 2003-2004 Qualifications & background Qualifications and professional distinctions: 1977 PhD Chemical Oceanography, The University of Liverpool 1974 BSc (Hons) Oceanography The University of Liverpool Distinctions: "Investigador Nacional" (Mexico) 1984-87. Chartered Chemist (CChem) 1993 Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) 1993 Academician - Full Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Ecological Sciences, 1995 Honorary Member of the Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences, 1996 Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, Year of the Oceans, 1998 Background: 1998-2000 Visiting Professor, Plymouth Environmental Research Centre, Plymouth University. Senior Consultant, International Centre for Water Studies Ltd., Amersfoort, The Netherlands 1993-1998 Coordinator (D2/1), UN Global Environmental Facility - Black Sea Environmental Programme 1987-1993 Head, Marine Environmental Studies Lab., IAEA Marine Environment Laboratory, Monaco 1977- 1987 Researcher (Investigador Assoc. C) and Senior Lecturer (Profesor Titular A) at the Marine and Limnological Sciences, Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (in Mexico City and at the Mazatlan field station). 1975-1977 Honorary research associate at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, UNAM, Mexico. The work was partly funded by the UK Natural Environmental Research Council and partly by UNAM (through a project sponsored by the Comision del Rio Balsas) and in association with UNDP/UNESCO. Professional membership The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, from 1993 Oceanography Society, USA (charter member) from 1988. Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, UK, from 1988. Society for Human Ecology, from 2007 Roles on external bodies Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Protection of the Sea (ACOPS) Member of the Council of the Marine Biological Association Member of the Scientific Steering Committee for Land Oceans in the Coastal Zone (IGBP-LOICZ) Chairman of the Devon Maritime Forum Teaching interests Founder/Leader of the MSC/MRes pathway in Coastal and Ocean Policy (from 1999) Development of environmental education programmes in the Black Sea region (funding of $150,000 granted as part of the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, 1998-2002) Development of training packages for professionals engaged in managing transboundary aquatic systems globally (UN funding, 2003-2004) Fellow in the Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning in Education for Sustainable Development (from 2005) Research interests Interdisciplinary research on the causes and consequences of the degradation of the marine environment. Research on measures for protection of the marine environment and associated drainage basins and coastal areas Research into sustainable use of the marine and freshwater environments. Research into marine fertility and eutrophication Research into pollution assessment and control. Environmental education at all levels. Research into public policy on the marine environment and associated catchments. Grants & contracts Recent awards: 1998-2002 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, $150,000 1999-2000 Global International Waters Assessment, £130,000 2000-2003 Oceana (Research on Public Participation for Europe's Marine Environment), £100,000 2003-2004 UNDP-TSC Research on methodologies for Transboundary Diagnostic Analyses/Strategic Programmes of Action, £70,000 2003-2005 ESRC/NERC Seminar Series Human Development and the UK's Marine Environment £20,000 2004-2007 EU FP-6 European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems €2.5 Million 2004 GEF Black Sea Environmental Programme, Research Cruises in the Black Sea (ccordination and participation) £24,000 2004 IASON (Black Sea/E. Mediterranean), FP6 WP €35,000 Creative practice & artistic projects Media and public awareness 1. Participation in the design and presentation of television and radio programmes to foster the better communication of environmental issues to the general public, notably: Beyond 2000 – special feature on the Mediterranean, 1990, Australian television, syndicated world-wide. Equipe Cousteau – background studies for the series “The Danube, What Future?”, 1991 Television Trust for the Environment – “Black Sea Death or Reprieve?”, 1995 (versions in English, Georgian and Russian) Radio France International, interviews in Spanish on radioactivity in the marine environment (1986) and the Black Sea (1995) BBC World Service Television, “Earth file on the Black Sea”, presented by Sir David Attenborough, April 1996 Swiss Television (and 3Sat), special feature on the Black Sea, screened on 7 July, 1997 BBC World Service Radio, extensive interviews on the environmental consequences of the Gulf War (1991), on the Black Sea (1994, 1996 and 1997) and on UK marine policy (2001) Public Broadcasting Service (USA), interview on Megalopolis Cities for the series: Journey to Planet Earth, October 1997. Feature film: Bellamy and the argonauts (presented by David Bellamy), April 2000 2. Articles in specialist and non-specialist newspapers in Mexico on environmental themes. 3. Course for teachers and journalists from seven countries at the Black Sea University, Mangalia Romania (jointly with Olga Maiboroda): Environmental degradation in the Black Sea, understanding the root causes. 18 –22 August, 1997 4. Articles in the UK environmental/arts journal Resurgence (2003, 2004) Publications Since 1992:
1. HANSEN, A.M., J.O. LECKIE AND L.D. MEE (1992) Cobalt (II) Interactions with near-coastal marine sediments. Environ. Geol. and Water Sci. 19(2): 97-111.
2. READMAN, J.W., L. LIONG WEE KWONG, L.D. MEE, J. BARTOCCI, G. NILVE, J.A. RODRIGUEZ-SOLANO and F. GONZALEZ-FARIAS (1992) Persistent organophosphorus pesticides in tropical marine environments. Marine Poll. Bull. 24(8) 398-402.
3. CARVALHO, F.P., S.W. FOWLER, J.W. READMAN and L.D. MEE (1992) Pesticide residues in tropical coastal lagoons: The use of C-14 labelled compounds to study cycling and fates of agrochemicals. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Applications of Isotopes and Radiation in Conservation of the Environment (Karlsruhe, 9-13 March 1992). IAEA SM-325/106, Vienna
4. MEE, L.D. (1992) The Black Sea in crisis: The need for concerted international action. Ambio 21(4): 278-286.
5. READMAN, J.W., S.W. FOWLER, J.-P. VILLENEUVE, C. CATTINI, B. OREGIONI and L.D. MEE (1992) Oil and combustion product contamination of the Gulf marine environment following the war. Nature 358(6388): 662-665.
6. MEE, L.D. (1992) Quality assurance for global and regional marine pollution assessments. VAM Bull. 8: 6-8.
7. CARVALHO, F.P., S.W. FOWLER, L.D. MEE and J.W. READMAN (1992) Use of 14C labelled compounds to study pesticide cycling in coastal marine environments. Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Médit., 33 (Addendum): 1.
8. HEY, E. and L.D.MEE (1993) Black Sea: The Ministerial Declaration, an important step. Environ. Policy and Law. 23(5) 215-220.
9. MEE, L.D. and J.W.READMAN (1993) Nuclear and isotopic techniques for investigating marine pollution. IAEA Bull. 35 (2): 2-8.
10. READMAN, J.W., L.L. WEE KWONG, D. GRONDIN, J. BARTOCCI, J.-P. VILLENEUVE and L.D. MEE (1993) Coastal water contamination from a triazine herbicide used in antifouling paints. Env. Sci. and Technol. 27(9): 1940-1943.
11. MEE, L.D (1995) Management and protection of the Black Sea environment: an international approach. In Ganoulis, J. (Ed.) Transboundary Water Resources Management. NATO Advanced Studies Reports, Vol 7, pp. 343-361 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin).
12. SERICANO, J.L., T.L. WADE, T.J. JACKSON, J.M. BROOKS, B.W. TRIPP, J.W. FARRINGTON, L.D. MEE, J.W. READMAN, J.-P. VILLENEUVE and E.D. GOLDBERG (1995) Trace organic contamination in the Americas: An overview of the US National Status & Trends and the International “Mussel Watch” programmes. Marine Poll. Bull. 31(4-12) 214-225.
13. MEE, L.D. (1996) Scientific Methods and the Precautionary Principle. In (Eds. Hey, E. and D. Freestone) The Precautionary Principle and International Law. Kluwer Law International, Amsterdam. pp 109-131
14. TOLOSA, I., J.W. READMAN and L.D. MEE (1996) A comparison of the performance of solid phase extraction techniques in recovering organophosphorus and organochlorine compounds from water. J. Chromatog. 725: 93-106.
15. READMAN, J.W., I. TOLOSA, A.T. LAW, J. BARTOCCI, S. AZEMARD, T. HAMILTON, L.D. MEE, A. WAGENER, M. LE TISSIER, C. ROBERTS, N. DOWNING and A.R.G. PRICE (1996). Discrete bands of petroleum hydrocarbons and molecular organic markers identified within massive coral skeletons. Marine Poll. Bull. 32: 437-443
16. CARVALHO, F.P., S.W. FOWLER, F. GONZALEZ-FARIAS, L.D. MEE and J.W. READMAN (1996). Agrochemical Residues in the Altata-Ensenada del Pabellon Coastal Lagoon (Sinaloa, Mexico): a Need to Improve Environmental Management of the Coastal Zone. Ocean and Coastal Management. International Journal of Environ. Health Res. 6: 203-214
17. BSEP (1997) Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis, (Ed. L.D. Mee) United Nations Publications, New York. ISBN 92-1-126075-2, August 1997, 142pp.
18. GONZALEZ-FARIAS, F., F.P. CARVALHO, S.W. FOWLER and L.D. MEE (1997). A tropical coastal lagoon affected by agricultural activities. In Proceedings of an international symposium on the use of nuclear and related techniques for studying environmental behaviour of crop protection chemicals. IAEA/FAO, IAEA-SM-343/31, Vienna, 289-299.
19. MEE, L.D. (1998) International waters and environmental security. In ACOPS (Ed.) Towards Enhanced Ocean Security into the Third Millennium. Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea, London (ISBN 0 95007751 8) 343-389
20. PERNETTA, J.C and L.D. MEE (1998) The Global International Waters Assessment. In ACOPS (Ed.) Towards Enhanced Ocean Security into the Third Millennium. Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea, London (ISBN 0 95007751 8) 201-221
21. HOBSON, S and L.D. MEE, Eds (1998) The Black Sea in Crisis. Religion, Science and the Environment. World Scientific
22. MEE, L.D. and G. TOPPING, Eds. (1999) Black Sea Pollution Assessment. UN Publications, New York, 380pp
23. MEE, L.D. (2001) Eutrophication in the Black Sea and a basin-wide approach to its control. In: Von Bodungen, B. and K. Turner, (Eds.) Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Proc. Dahlem Workshop, 12-17 December 1999, Berlin. 71-94.
24. JICKELLS, T.D., D.F. BOESCH, F. COLIJN, R. ELMGREN, P. FRYKBLOM, L.D. MEE, J.M. PACYNA, M. VOSS, F.V. WULFF (2001). Transboundary Issues. In: Von Bodungen, B. and K. Turner, (Eds.) Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Proc. Dahlem Workshop, 12-17 December 1999, Berlin.
25. CARVALHO, F.P., F. GONZALEZ-FARIAS, J.-P. VILLENEUVE, C. CATTINI, M. HERNANDEZ-GARZA, L.D. MEE and S.W. FOWLER (2002). Distribution, fate and effects of pesticide residues in tropical coastal lagoons of the Northwest of Mexico. Environmental Technology 23(11):1257-1270
26. FILLMAN, G., J.W. READMAN, I. TOLOSA, J. BARTOCCI, J.-P. VILLENEUVE, C. CATINNI and L.D. Mee (2002) Persistent Organochlorine Residues in Sediments from the Black Sea. Marine Poll. Bull. 44 (2): 122-133
27. READMAN, J.W., G. FILLMAN, I.TOLOSA, J. BARTOCCI, J.-P. VILLENEUVE, C. CATINNI and L.D. MEE (2002) Petroleum and PAH Contamination of the Black Sea. Marine Poll. Bull. 44(1): 48-62.
28. MEE, L.D (2002) Protecting the Black Sea Environment: A Challenge for Co-operation and Sustainable Development in Europe. In: Protecting the Black Sea Environment: A Challenge for Co-operation and Sustainable Development in Europe Europe's Black Sea Dimension. Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, pp. 77-133.
29. MEE, L.D. and M. BLOXHAM (2002) Assessing the impact of pollution on aquatic systems. Marine Environ. Res. 54(3-5): 223-228
30. T.D. ADAMS, M.EMERSON, L.D. MEE and M. VAHL (2002). Protecting the Black Sea Environment: A Challenge for Co-operation and Sustainable Development in Europe Europe's Black Sea Dimension. Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, 258p
31. MEE, L.D. (2003). Connecting rivers and seas – the Danube/Black Sea experiment. Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Management of Transboundary Waters in Europe. 21-24 April 2002 Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 53-62
32. MEE, L.D. (2005) Assessment and monitoring requirements for the adaptive management of Europe's regional seas. In. Vermaat, Bouwers, Turner and Salomons (Eds) Managing European coasts: past, present and future Springer, 227-237
33. READMAN, J.W., G. FILLMANN, I. TOLOSA, J. BARTOCCI and L. D. MEE (2005) The Use of Steroid Markers to Assess Sewage Contamination of the Black Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 50(3): 310-318
34. MEE, L.D., J. FRIEDRICH, and M-T GOMOIU (2005) Restoring the Black Sea in times of uncertainty. Oceanography 18:32-43
34. MEE, L.D. (2005) The role of UNEP and UNDP in multilateral environmental agreements. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 5 (3) 227 – 263
40. BUNCE, M., L.D. RODWELL, R. GIBB and L. MEE (2007, in press) Shifting baselines in fishers' perceptions of island reef fishery degradation. Ocean and Coastal Management Links http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/maine http://www.elme-eu.org |
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