Nancy  Bermas is PEMSEA’s Regional Project Manager of the UNDP/GEF/ASEAN/PEMSEA Reducing Pollution and Preserving Environmental Flows in the EAS region through the implementation of integrated river management in ASEAN countries. She has extensive policy, program  and project management experience in the region developing, implementing and scaling up integrated coastal management (ICM) and supporting policies and programs at the national and local government levels. She is involved in the development and implementation of ICM capacity building programs at the regional, national and site levels, and provides advice and technical support to stakeholders in the application of ICM processes and tools. Nancy has researched and written extensively on ICM and has numerous published works on the sustainability issues of the seas and coasts. She has been part of PEMSEA team for almost two decades.

Nancy holds a Masters Degree in Biology from the University of the Philippines.