Nathalie Houtman

Nathalie is a dedicated marine conservationist specialized in marine mammals, particularly cetaceans, working on ocean connectivity at WWF-NL since December 2018. 

Nathalie’s aim is helping and inspiring people, governments, organisations, and industry to make decisions that contribute to a living ocean. She advises, strategizes and facilities based on science, facilitating collaboration, enabling data-driven solutions to restore biodiversity and reduce cumulative pressures to marine wildlife and their habitat, such as underwater noise, ship strike, fisheries including bycatch and entanglement in ghost gear, climate change and illegal trade and use. Project management, policy and fundraising are core part of her daily work. She completed the MSc Marine Mammal Science at St Andrews in 2018. She also has numerous field work experience with cetacean surveys, whale watching and workshops around the globe, including the Caribbean.