NEW CALEDONIA

Ms. Céline Chauvin, is the GIS and Database Manager in Biodiversity at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Nouméa, New Caledonia. In Panglao Project, she is the head of the GIS and Database Team, working with Michael Cusi as her GIS Counterpart and Emma Alima as her Database Assistant. celine.chauvin@noumea.ird.nc

Dr. Bertrand Richer de Forges, is the Director of Research at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Nouméa, New Caledonia. He specializes in crustaceans, particularly in the deep sea crabs from the Indo-Pacific.In Panglao Project, he collaborate with Rudo von Cosel with the dredging and trawling activity and responsible for sorting heavy fractions. richer@noumea.ird.nc