Aimee Gonzales

Executive Director

Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), Philippines

Aimee has over twenty years of experience in managing global remote teams to mainstream environmental concerns in the design and implementation of marine/fisheries strategic and public policy reforms, whilst taking into account socio-economic imperatives.  Examples of her work on linking science and marine policy, include drawing out compelling socio-economic arguments from results of ecosystem services/natural capital valuation studies/ fisheries subsidies reform to accelerate government actions and decisions. She also facilitates the sharing of knowledge and innovative tools, scientific breakthroughs, best practices and lessons on the interface between socio-economic imperatives and marine habitat restoration, valuing natural capital, maximising government investments through macro economic reforms and blended private/public financing.