Camille Comtat
Camille Comtat is the Manager for Biodiversity & Habitats at the Minderoo Foundation where she leads strategies to advance high seas policy and protection. Camille also works with partner coalitions to design programs that strengthen Marine Protected Areas by embedding systems thinking and human rights principles.
She is a member of the United Nations Ocean Decade’s Gender Expert Working Group, supporting the development and rollout of a global action plan to integrate gender equity into ocean science.
A strong advocate for gender justice in marine and climate policy, Camille brings a background in driving campaigns for human rights, climate solutions, and species conservation.
Presented as part of Big Blue Ideas
Who owns the ocean?
Thursday 15 May | 6.30pm
Marine Protected Areas – the national parks of the sea - promise to save our oceans, but do they work?
Are they protecting marine life or just drawing lines on a map? Some say they are our best hope for ocean recovery. Others argue they’re just too difficult to enforce and threaten livelihoods.
What are they, who do they serve and what could they become?
Australian National Maritime Museum