Roger Joseph (Rocky) Guzman 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 issues. Rocky has worked and conducted research on topics from fisheries management and plastic pollution, to marine conservation and strengthening the rule of environmental law. He was previously the policy campaigner of Oceana in the Philippines, and has been involved in different environmental issues for Southeast Asia with the Asian Development Bank, UN Environment Programme and the Sustainable Ocean Alliance.