I’m delighted to be able to show you the latest infographic I created for CSIRO which now appears in the new book by Elsevier, Conservation for the Anthropocene Ocean. Conservation for the Anthropocene Ocean: Interdisciplinary Science in Support of Nature and People emphasises strategies to better connect the practice of marine conservation with the needs and priorities of a growing global human population. I created this infographic to help illustrate Chapter 20 ‘The Future of Modeling to Support Conservation Decisions in the Anthropocene Ocean’. Anthropocene relates to the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

As you know the health and future of our oceans is close to my heART so I was thrilled when I was asked to ‘draw out’ a chapter focusing on conservation decisions for our oceans! It is so important that we work together using all the information, technology and know how we have so we can find better ways for people and nature to co-exist for our Blue Planets future. Thank you to Dr Eva Plaganyi-Lloyd, one of the co-authors of Chapter 20, for giving me this great opportunity to use the art of marine science to picture this important topic. And as I love to live my life in colour this infographic came to life using my favourite markers by Copic.

You can ‘sea’ more of my Infographics & Illustrations and follow my creative journey via my alter ego Dr Suzie Starfish and @suepillans on Twitter and Instagram.