古川惠太，东亚海洋环境管理伙伴关系组织技术主席（自2022年）。专注于海洋和海岸带环境研究，以及海岸带生态系统恢复项目实施超过30年。曾于1988年至2013年供职于隶属日本政府的国家土地和基础设施管理研究所，以及笹川和平财团海洋政策研究所从事海洋政策研究。主要研究领域包括：海域、河口、潮滩、海草床、珊瑚礁和红树林等各类海洋生态环境。运用海岸带综合管理方法积极参与地方、国家、区域和全球的海洋环境保护和恢复行动。

Dr. Keita Furukawa has more than 30 years’ experience with marine and coastal environmental research and coastal ecosystem restoration project implementation. This includes work within the governmental institution the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM: former PHRI) from 1988 to 2013, along with ocean policy studies at the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF). His scientific work has examined the open ocean, estuaries, tidal-flats, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and mangrove forests. He has been actively involved in local, national, regional, and global action for marine environment conservation and restoration with ICM implementation. Since 2022, he has served as the Technical Session Chair of the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA).