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CESaRE VoicesMangroves and Wetlands: Guardians of the CoastlandsIn this episode of CESaRE Voices, host Jelani Blake speaks with Dr. Rahanna Juman, Deputy Director of the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), to explore the vital role of mangroves and wetlands in coastal protection and climate resilience. 🌱🔬
Dr. Juman shares insights from an exciting collaboration between the IMA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to implement a Blue Carbon Credit System in Southwest Tobago and Caroni Swamp. 🏝️💰 Learn how science meets sustainability through cutting-edge technology, ecosystem valuation, and conservation strategies.
Join us as we uncover the opportunities and challenges of this groundbreaking initiative and discuss how ma...2025-02-0323 min
EcoVybz PodcastEpisode 11: Understanding Mangrove Ecosystems“It is our collective and individual responsibility … to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.” —Dalai LamaIn this episode, I have a lovely chat with Dr Rahanna Juman, acting Director at the Institute of Marine Affairs, a government-funded marine research institute in Trinidad and Tobago. She holds a PhD in Zoology (2004) from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and a Bachelor of Law (2015) from the University of London. Dr Juman has been conducting research on the coastal environment for the past 25 years and has published in international peer-review journals. Currently...2021-10-0134 min
Tune into YourselfSerendipity matters - Dr. Rahanna Juman, Wetlands EcologistIn this our third episode Dr. Rahanna Juman, Wetlands Ecologist discusses her twenty four year journey at the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA). Along her journey from Intern, to Research Officer to Deputy Director and now Director (Acting) she shares how her strengths;perseverance and hard work helped her.Her biggest challenge came as she moved up within the organisation and now managed persons who were her former peers. She shares the importance of doing what is right and being fair to people.Through it all her faith in God, family support, the ab...2020-11-2929 min