Emma Doyle is a coastal zone management specialist who focuses on the Wider Caribbean region. She has worked in international environmental cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean for nearly 20 years. Emma is coordinator of MPAConnect, a learning network of some 30 Caribbean marine protected area managers in 11 countries and territories in partnership with the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute and NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program. Emma provides leadership to MPAConnect’s capacity building and networking activities for marine natural resource managers, collaborating with government agencies, NGOs, stakeholder organizations, academic institutions and the private sector.