Publicado el 24 January, 2025 / News

Renato Quiñones, Director of INCAR has been appointed as one of the two global coordinators for the United Nations’ Third World Ocean Assessment

Dr. Renato Quiñones Bergeret, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), has been appointed as one of the two global Joint Coordinators for the United Nations’ World Ocean Assessment III (WOA III), which provides an assessment of the global ocean’s health to the member countries of the UN.

On 2022, Dr. Quiñones was nominated as a member of the Group of Experts for WOA III, serving in the “United Nations Mission Expert”, group consisting of 25 international authorities providing scientific oversight for WOA III. As a coordinator for WOA III, Dr. Quiñones will lead the Group of Experts and, in conjunction with the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), will manage the comprehensive oversight of the WOA III initiative.