The establishment of the FE Meta-Network has been initiated with the project “Developing a Meta-Network (Network of Networks) for Collaboration of Programs on Oceans, Marginal Seas and Coasts Under the Future Earth” funded by the FE Cross-Cutting Initiatives Grant.
As of September 2025, the FE Meta-Network Project has 47 members from 14 countries and region; Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Taipei, Cambodia, Bangladesh, USA, and Australia. Among the 47 members, the project management committee consists of 18 members as indicated below.
Aimee Gonzales
Executive Director of PEMSEA
Rhodora Azanza
Former Executive Director of SIMSEA
Kazuo Nadaoka Executive Director of SIMSEA and Co-chair of FE Asia Regional Committee (Co-PI)
Xiaoyu Fang
Co-Director of FEC
(Co-PI)
Laura David
Director of UP Marine Science Institute
Ria Lambino
Deputy Director. FE Japan Hub
Luky Adrianto
WG 1 - Subleader
WG 2 - Subleader
WG 7 - Subleader
Vanessa Vargas Nguyen
WG 2 - Subleader
WG 5 - Subleader
Moritz Mueller
WG 2 - Subleader
WG 3 - Subleader
Ariel Blanco
WG 2 - Subleader
WG 3 - Co-leader
WG 5 - Leader
Pramaditya Wicaksono
WG 3 - Co-leader
WG 5 - Subleader
Ayin Tamondong
WG 2 - Subleader
WG 3 - Subleader
WG 5 - Subleader
Mitsuo Uematsu
Mitsutaku Makino
Zhang Jing
Lourdes Cruz
Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez
Yasmin Ooi Beng Houi
Fadzilah Cooke
Amy Then Yee Hui
Affendi Yang Amri
Dongxiao Wang
Zhong Peng
Hu Yang
Arga Anil
Lidita D. S. Khandeparker
Vo Si Tuan
Hoang Xuan Ben
Priyantha Jinadasa
R. M. Wasantha Rathnayake
Kevin Muhamad Lukman
Udhi Eko Hernawan
Thamasak Yeemin
Wichin Suebpala
Tanuspong Pokavanich
Huey-Shian Chung
Jyun-Long Chen
We are actively seeking new partners to expand the Meta-Network. If your institution, research group, or organization is working towards coastal sustainability, we invite you to collaborate with us.