Blue Carbon International

Continuing our Meet The Team series, we're proud to introduce Graeme Timmeney, our GIS Director ?? Graeme has grown up on the water, from Lake Michigan to the Caribbean, inspired by seeing changes in this environment firsthand... "It’s a freaking wild experience to paddle with a pod of Beluga whales at 15 years old." Link to the full interview in the comments! ??

"AI for the Planet" Join us for the next WM AI Lab meetup event featuring Graeme Timmeney, GIS Director at Blue Carbon International. Graeme is at the forefront of applying cutting-edge AI technologies to map and protect ocean ecosystems on a global scale.?His extensive experience includes integrating high-resolution satellite imagery, advanced machine learning models, and both above (and below) surface drones to tackle some of the planet’s most pressing ecological challenges. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gizw3gHk #AITechnology #TechTalks #Innovation

Continuing our Meet The Team series, we're proud to introduce Graeme Timmeney, our GIS Director ?? Graeme has grown up on the water, from Lake Michigan to the Caribbean, inspired by seeing changes in this environment firsthand... "It’s a freaking wild experience to paddle with a pod of Beluga whales at 15 years old." Link to the full interview in the comments! ??

Wells Howe attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, championing the vital role of nature and highlighting the immense potential of natural capital as an impactful and lucrative asset class. Wells spoke at?Investing in Nature, a thought-provoking panel discussion exploring the intersection of natural ecosystems and financial investment alongside the visionary Johan Rockstr?m Sylvia Earle Ralph Chami MILAN MEYBERG ??Blog post below

Wells Howe is at Davos this week speaking in the MIT Dome on how natural capital must become an asset class for investment into strategies to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change. If you're in Davos, drop him a message!

Our Founder Wells Howe reflects on "Reestablishing Our Partnership with Nature" in an article for Colossal Biosciences, where he sits on the advisory board. "In the piece, I discuss the urgent need to shift our perspective on the natural world—from viewing nature as a resource to be extracted towards recognizing it as a vital partner in humanity’s prosperity. Our economic systems have long undervalued nature’s true and measurable worth, but it’s now time for that to change. Investing in nature isn’t just an ethical imperative—it’s an economic one. From restoring biodiversity to combating climate change with nature based solutions, aligning financial mechanisms with environmental stewardship is our species best chance at creating a sustainable, resilient, prosperous future. At Davos, I’ll be diving deeper into this idea, exploring how we can redefine nature as an asset for investment and mobilize global efforts to turn the tide on biodiversity loss. I invite you to read the article for a deeper look at these ideas and would love to hear your thoughts. Together, we can reimagine the way we partner with the greatest investment opportunity in the solar system, planet earth." https://lnkd.in/eEJZn4sw

Awesome to close 2024 with some fieldwork at our seagrass conservation project in The Bahamas. Here's our boat (Tigress... can you spot her?) docked after a day on the Little Bahama Bank. ???? ?? ??

Timely and eloquent blog by our founder?Wells Howe, inspired by the political season to explain why it's time to invest in natural capital??? "It’s as if we’re rearranging the living room while the house burns..." Link to the blog in the comments??? Image credit:?Renata Romeo / Ocean Image Bank

The Bahama Banks Blue Carbon Project is charting the path towards Natural Capital’s role as a new asset class. Don’t believe it? Listen to the honorable Prime Minister Phillip Brave Davis’ description of the world’s largest seagrass meadow and the catalyzing role that nature-based finance plays.

Continuing our Meet The Team series, we're proud to introduce Taylor Sehein, PhD, our Lead Scientist ?? Taylor has always been passionate about the ocean (she even went to a marine sciences high school). As you'll read in the blog, she's interested in "how we get people invested in the ocean as a natural resource and motivated to protect it." ?? Link to the full interview in the comments! ??