Thomas

Dallison

Tom’s experience lays at the boundary between science and conservation action, developing and delivering international conservation projects for the protection, restoration and sustainable use of coral reefs, associated ecosystems and the marine environment. Working alongside stakeholders and resource managers, Tom has designed, and advised on, real-time solutions for the amelioration of ecosystem services through international collaborations and multi-lateral workflows. Tom’s experience centres around coral reefs and coastal systems, marine spatial planning and ecological monitoring. He has delivered projects focusing on strengthening Marine Protected Area management effectiveness and sustainable financing mechanisms in the Mediterranean. Tom has developed coral reef and fishery-focused projects and established MPAs in Monsterrat, Indonesia and the Philippines. He has a keen interest in gender, human capital and the complex social landscape that surrounds artisanal and subsistence fisheries. This experiences has enabled Tom to establish a comprehensive understanding of the ecological and social drivers behind system use and the key role international agreements hold in shaping the protection of the natural world.

Tom joined Blue Pangolin in 2021 as the Senior Project Manager to provide strategic support and evaluation to the wide range of active, and prospective, projects in tandem with expanding Blue Pangolin’s client base. Tom works alongside clients to facilitate the realisation of conservation-focused goals by providing technical assistance and expertise on international, national and local scales. He is an active member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, a member of three UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Task-forces (Aquatic and Transitional Ecosystems, Best Practice and Monitoring Restoration), and supports three International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) ad-hoc committees; Resilience-based Management, Reef Restoration and Coral Post-2020 Target.