Elaine Baker
Australian marine geoscientist
Elaine Baker holds the UNESCO Chair in Marine Science at the University of Sydney. She was the director of the University of Sydney Marine Studies Institute from 2015 to 2020. Her position is supported by GRID-Arendal, a centre collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Early life and education
Elaine Baker was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and attended MLC Hawthorn and Clyde Woodend.
She holds a BSc (Hons) ] and a PhD from the University of Sydney, where she has been employed for more than 30 years.
Career and impact
Elaine has worked at the University of Sydney since 1987. She has been involved in numerous high profile international projects including United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Continental Shelf Programme, (CSP) that resulted from United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The aim of the CSP is to assist developing countries and smaller island nations in securing their rights to extended territorial limits under the third UNCLOS convention. In order to claim extended continental shelf limits, states need to collect and provide extensive technical geographical data. Under the programme, GRID (Global Resource Information Database) centers provide technical and expert support to these states in collecting the geospatial, marine geophysical and geological data needed for submissions under UNCLOS. The GRID-Arendal center coordinates the CSP globally.
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