Arlo Hemphill

Arlo Hanlin Hemphill (born October 7, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a California-based explorer, ocean conservationist, marine biologist and film actor. He is a Fellow National of the Explorers Club and has been listed in Nature (Myers et al. 2000) as one of 100+ global biodiversity experts, where he is credited for his expertise pertaining to the Greater Caribbean and the Chocó-Darién-Western Ecuador biodiversity hotspots. Hemphill is currently an independent ocean science, conservation and media consultant. He is also the Director of the Defying Ocean's EndOffice, a global agenda for action in ocean conservation.

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Hemphill has committed numerous years to field work in Latin America and the Caribbean, working in a variety of marine, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in conjunction with Conservation International, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the U.S. National Park Service, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program, and Ecuador’s Jatun Sacha Foundation, where he co-founded the Congal Biomarine Station. Prior to his move to consulting, Hemphill was a Director of Conservation International's Global Marine Division, where with Dr. Sylvia Earle, he led the organization's efforts to reform ocean governance policies in international waters via participation on the World Commission on Protected Area's High Seas Marine Protected Area Task Force and the Steering Committees of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and the Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea and Areas of Influence.

Bibliography

• Arena, P.T., K.L.B. Jordan, P.T. Quinn, A.H. Hemphill, D.R. Bryan, B. Buskirk, and R.E. Spieler. 2003. Fish colonization of a newly deployed vessel-reef off southeast Florida: preliminary results. In: L. Creswell (ed.). Abstract Volume: 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Tortola, BVI (Poster Presentation)

• Eckert, K.L. and A.H. Hemphill. 2005. Sea turtles as Flagships for the Protection of the Wider Caribbean Region. MAST. 3(2) and 4(1): 119-143.

• Frolich, L.M., S. Sherwood, A. Hemphill, and E. Guevara. 1999. “Eco-Papas”: through potato conservation towards agroecology. LEISA, 15(3/4): 44-45.

• Glover, L.K. and A.H. Hemphill. 2004. Overview. In: Glover, L.K. and S.A. Earle (eds.), Defying Ocean’s End: An Agenda for Action. Island Press, Washington, D.C., Pp. 1-6.

• Hemphill, A.H. 1990. Coastal Zones (editorial). Action Watersport Magazine. June 90: 10-11.

• Hemphill, A.H. 2005. Conservation on the High Seas – drift algae habitat as an open ocean cornerstone. Parks 15(3): 48-56.

• Hemphill, A.H., P.T. Arena, and R.E. Spieler. 2003. Seasonal dynamics of ichthyofauna closely associated with pelagic Sargassum in Broward County, Florida, USA: preliminary results. In: L. Creswell (ed.). Abstract Volume: 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Tortola, BVI., P. 48 (Poster Presentation)

• Hemphill, A.H., and S. Delgado Mora. 2000. Interactions between mangrove ecology and shrimp aquaculture on Ecuador’s Pacific Coast: a conservation priority. In: Vannini, M., and R.K. Ruwa (eds.). Meeting on Mangrove Macrobenthos: Abstract Volume, Mombasa, Kenya 7-11, September 2000, Pp. 38-39.

• Hemphill, A.H., J.D. Murdoch, R.A. Mittermeier, W.R. Konstant, J.O. Ottenwalder, T.S.B. Akre, C.R. Mittermeier, and R.B. Mast. 1999. Caribbean. In: Mittermeier, R.A., N. Myers, P.G. Gil, and C.G. Mittermeier, Hotspots – Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions. Cemex, Mexico, Pp. 123-130.

• Hemphill, A.H. and G. Shillinger. 2006a. Linkages between open ocean and coastal waters: implications for ocean governance. Book of Abstracts: California and the World Ocean 06’ Conference, September 17-20, Long Beach, California.

• Hemphill, A.H. and G. Shillinger. 2006b. Casting the net broadly: ecosystem-based management beyond national jurisdiction. Sustainable Development Law and Policy VII(1): 56-59.

• Hemphill, A.H. and G. Shillinger. 2007. Casting the net broadly: ecosystem-based management beyond national jurisdiction. Sustainable Development Law and Policy (2006 Yearbook of Sustainable Development Law and Policy) VII(4): 39-46. Published in Spanish and in French versions.

• Hemphill, A.H., T.W. Walsh, and G. Cadena. 2001. El establecimiento de la Estación Biológica Congal y Centro de Investigación de Acuicultura Sustenable – Una posible respuesta al conflicto dentro de la conservación de manglares y la industria camaronera. In: Mendoza, R. Memorias del Taller “Humedales Marino – Costeros Continentales”. Ministerio del Ambiente, EcoCiencia, CISP. Quito. Pp. 51-53.

• Mack, A.L., J. Murdoch, and A.H. Hemphill (eds.). 1998. A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea. Conservation International, RAP Working Papers 9.

• Mast, R.B., C.G. Mittermeier, R.A. Mittermeier, J.V. Rodriguez-Mahecha, and A.H. Hemphill. 1997. Ecuador. In: Mittermeier, R.A, P. Robles Gil, and C.G. Mittermeier (Eds.). Megadiversity: Earth’s Biologically Wealthiest Nations. Cemex, Mexico, pp. 108-127.

• Mast, R.B., J.V. Rodríguez, R.A. Mittermeier, A.H. Hemphill, and C.G. Mittermeier. 1999. Chocó-Darién-Western Ecuador. In: Mittermeier, R.A., N. Myers, P.G. Gil, and C.G. Mittermeier (eds.), Hotspots – Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions. Cemex, Mexico, Pp. 123-130.

• Smith, L.S., S.B. Hedges, W. Buck, A. Hemphill, S. Inchaustegui, M.A. Ivie, D. Martina, M. Maunder, J.F. Ortega. 2004. Caribbean Islands. In: Mittermeier, R.A., P.R. Gil, M. Hoffman, J. Pilgrim, T. Brooks, C.G. Mittermeier. J. Lamoreux, and G.A.B. da Fonseca (eds.), Hotspots Revisited. Cemex, Mexico City, Mexico, Pp. 112-118.

References

• DOE Office Biographies
• 100+ Global Biodiversity Expert Scientists - from Nature Magazine