Project Director. Trained in Ecology at Oxford, Dr Pernetta is an expert in coastal zone management who worked from 1973-1990 in developing countries in the Pacific, teaching resource and environmental management at University level. Prior to assuming responsibility for the PCU, John worked in the GEF Division of UNEP, in Nairobi for five years, and before that as Scientific Director of the LOICZ project of the IGBP.