From the Editorial Board Dear readers, It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I present you this current edi on which will be focused on Africa. Before giving you more details about that, I would like to congratulate you for your interest. This journal starts by a report of Zayasu and Singh about the POGO-17 mee ng that took place from 25th to 29th January 2016 in Yokohama, Japan, to which members of NFPOGO were invited. It includes a sec on on the Alumni of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellent (CofE) in Observa onal Oceanography training at the Alfred Wegener Ins tute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) where the scholars describe the prac cal training they went through and the posi ve impact of this training. In addi onal you will find out the progress on the NANO Regional Projects namely: the NANO-Africa Nearshore Hydrodynamics Group Project, working on a nearshore waveclimate modeling for eroding coastal sites in Ivory Coast and Tunisia, using Del 3D; the NANO La n America (LA-NANO) Project, studying the spa al and temporal variability of phytoplankton pigments (2012-2014) and the progress of the NANO Caribbean Regional Project with the tle: “Striking a balance with the lionfish: Habitat suitability modeling and social awareness measures in the southern Caribbean”. Finally, you will also find out about the NANO Outreach Project “Ocean is our Neighbour” in Sri Lanka presented by Kan Yapa, followed by research communica ons from NF-POGO alumni and opportuni es announcements. Good reading!
Ted Wango Editor-in-chief
Patrons: Sophie Seeyave / Execu ve Director - POGO Shubha Sathyendranath and Trevor Pla / Former Execu ve Directors - POGO Victoria Cheung / Scien fic Coordinator - POGO Magdalena Wu e / Assistant Scien fic Coordinator - POGO Kentaro Ogiue / Mari me Affairs Department, Nippon Founda on Editorial Board: Ted Wango (Editor-in-Chief), Olga Shatova, Victoria Cheung and Magdalena Wu e. NANO News layout design editor: Lilian Krug Contact us: tedwango10@gmail.com, info@nf-pogo-alumni.org, lilian.krug@nf-pogo-alumni.org NANO website: www.nf-pogo-alumni.org
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