Miquel Garcia

Manages database for the National Sea Turtle Project, assists in public outreach and education, and serves as Field Officer for the Onshore sea turtle monitoring project including beach morphology monitoring, nesting surveys, stakeholder management, and liaison for biodiversity credit framework project.

Developed and led sea turtle monitoring strategy for Antigua, coordinated invasive species control, trained and managed over 200 volunteers, and collaborated with stakeholders to support adaptive management for marine protection. Assisted in research strategy for Redonda Ecosystem Reserve and North Easter Marine Management Area.

Assisted in planning and coordination of stakeholder meetings with over 20 sea turtle communities, managed database for National Sea Turtle Project, analyzed beach morphology changes and sea turtle migration from satellite tagging, and trained community stakeholders in various skills.

Completed Bird Banding Training.

Completed Seagrass Ecology & Data Collection Methodologies Training.

Completed Coral Reef Assessment Benthic Surveys training.

Completed a two-week internship on cetacean monitoring in the Northern Caribbean.

Completed Enhancing Climate Action by Caribbean Civil Society Organisations training.

Completed Introduction to Drone Surveys and Mapping training.

Completed a postgraduate course on Coastal Processes and Methodological Criteria for Beach Recovery.

Completed Civil Society Data Science & Technology Accelerator Programme.

Master of Science in Integrated Coast and Ocean Management with a specialisation in Remote Sensing.

Attended international training on practical ways of integrated coastal spatial planning-based ecosystem adaptation.

Bachelor of Science in Coast and Ocean Sciences with a specialisation in Biodiversity Conservation.