Catharine Joynson-Hicks, a British environmentalist, grew up in Kenya and has lived and worked in Tanzania for the past 13 years.She has a MSc in Conservation and over 20 years experience of species and habitat conservation, resource management and environmental education in Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda. In 2001 she founded and managed a Tanzanian marine NGO, Sea Sense, and has been working with local communities, government authorities, the private sector and scientists to improve marine resource management in Tanzania. She now sits on the Sea Sense Advisory Board. Catharine lives in Arusha (northern Tanzania) with her husband and two young boys. Kennedy Oulu Assessment Panel Member
Ana shahada ya uzamili ya masuala ya misitu na mazingira na uzoefu usiopungua miaka 20 wa makazi na viumbe hai, na amefanya kazi nchi zaidi ya tatu Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda na Msumbiji. Mwaka2001 alianzisha na kuiongoza asasi iliyojulikana kama, Sea Sense, na amekuwa akifanya kazi na jamii, Serikali, na sekta binafsi pamoja na wanasayansi kuboresha sekta ya maji na utawala wake. Kwasasa ni mmoja wa wataalamu wa bodi ya ushauri ya Sea Sense. Catharine anaishiArusha (Kasazini mwaTanzania) na mumewe na watoto wawili wa kiume.