Brooke A. Porter

Dr. Brooke Porter is an aquatic anthropologist. Her current work investigates tourism as a development and conservation strategy in lesser-developed regions, with emphasis on surf and adventure tourism. She is focused on developing simple and effective development and marine conservation strategies for coastal communities. She has worked in various capacities with NGOs, international aid agencies and educational institutions in Maui, New Zealand, Italy, the Philippines and in Africa. She is postdoctoral research fellow at AUT in NZ and serves as scientific adviser to The Coral Triangle Conservancy, a NGO that focuses on reef protection and restoration in the Philippines. Brooke is also adjunct faculty of environmental science at Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy.