Dr Francisco Armando ARIAS-ISAZA

General Director, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis

Expert on Chemistry and Biology, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (1978); Naval Officer of the Administrative Corps, Naval Academy “Almirante Padilla” (1981); Marine biologist, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (1982); M.Sc. Planning and Administration of Regional Development (1993), Images and Sea, Coastal Management DEA, Nantes University, France (1997).  Since 1995, Capt. Arias is the General Director of the Marine and Coastal Research Institute “José Benito Vives de Andreis” – INVEMAR, an entity under the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, supporting the formulation and implementation of the National Environmental Policy for the sustainable development of the Oceanic Spaces and Coastal and Insular Zones of Colombia - PNAOCI (2000).  Currently member of the Executive Planning Group (EPG) – from UNESCO for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030.