AwF WoM put the heat on Climate Change
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L-R Meryl Williams, Doris Soto, Madhumita Mukerjee, Roy Palmer in Bangkok
AwF was pleased to announce Dr Madhumita Mukherjee as woman of the month for August 2016 at the ‘FishAdapt: Global Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Fisheries and Aquaculture’ in Bangkok yesterday.
Three AwF WoM ensured that certain important items will remain high on the Climate Change agenda. Meryl (January 2016) took up the case for Gender, Doris (June 2016) for Local Environment Monitoring Systems and Mukherjee (August 2016) for Mangroves.
Development of women in both the fishing and aquaculture industries has been Madhumita’s goal for a long time. She is currently working as Additional Director of Fisheries (Technical Head), Govt. of West Bengal but has also acted as Director of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal, India.