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Rocky is the Deputy Director of the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law. He is an environmental lawyer and policy specialist with extensive background on oceans and environmental rights. Rocky has worked and conducted research on topics from marine conservation and strengthening the rule of environmental law, to fisheries management and plastic pollution.

He was previously the policy campaigner of Oceana in the Philippines, and has been involved in different  environmental issues with the Asian Development Bank, UN Environment Programme and the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. Rocky obtained his degrees in law and political science from the University of the Philippines and a master in environmental policy from Duke University.