He is currently a member or the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Marine Affairs and Policy, as well as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law, Associated Faculty in the Graduate School of International Studies, and an Adjunct Senior Research Associate at the North-South Center. This research involves analyses of changing positions of industrial fishing companies and labor unions, artisanal fishing unions, and government regulators in light of environmental uncertainty. Suman also has long-standing research interests in mangrove management in Latin American and Caribbean countries. He has organized international training workshops for mangrove managers and analyzed mangrove-related legislation in the Americas.
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Their work centers on alternative modes of public participation in the development of MPAs, information sources used by the public, and evolving perceptions and attitudes of resource users regarding marine reserves. He works with Drs. He also works with Panama s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources on the Development of a national ICM plan. This compendium contains an overview article, four case studies, an annotated bibliography, and teaching materials on this topic. This project is part of a larger effort in P2 of the National Pollution Prevention Center at the University of Michigan.