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Emergency Contact Numbers

  • Europe, Middle East & Africa

    +44 (0)23 8033 1551

  • Asia Pacific

    +65 6266 1566

  • Americas

    +1 954 983 9880

Please note that:

Response services are guaranteed ONLY for Members. Non-members are not guaranteed a response and will be required to sign a Non-member contract. Services and rates differ. Duty managers can be contacted for exercises.

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  • Recorded Seminar
  • Wildlife

The GOWRS Assessment Team: A Future Wildlife Service for OSRL Members

This seminar details the GOWRS Assessment Team Service concept and the transition to turn this multi-year project into an operational Tier 3 service.

  • By Paul Kelway
  • Jun 12, 2020

The GOWRS Assessment Team: A Future Wildlife Service for OSRL Members

Over the last few years a group of leading wildlife response organisations have been working to develop a framework for Tier 3 (international) wildlife response that can meet the needs of the wildlife response community as well as the oil industry and other stakeholders. This project, which has led to the development of operational procedures and agreed international standards, has now culminated in a proposal for a future Tier 3 Global Oiled Wildlife Response Service – a GOWRS Assessment Team. 

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Paul Kelway

Paul Kelway is the Wildlife Preparedness & Response Manager at Oil Spill Response Ltd.

Paul has worked in the field of oiled wildlife preparedness and response since 2000. He previously served as Senior Technical Advisor for the Sea Alarm Foundation - OSRL's Technical Advisors on wildlife preparedness and response - based in Brussels, Belgium. During his time with Sea Alarm he was also the Project Coordinator of the oil industry-funded Global Oiled Wildlife Response Team (GOWRS) Project. Prior to Sea Alarm, he also served as Executive Director of International Bird Rescue in California and as the Emergency Relief Manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Oiled Wildlife Division, based in the UK.

Paul has responded to oiled wildlife incidents in France, Spain, Norway, The Netherlands, Mexico, South Africa and the U.S. He also hold a master's degree in Business Administration & Organisational Leadership and a bachelor's degree in Political Science.  

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GOWRS Partner Interview - Episode 9: Wildbase

In this ninth episode, Paul Kelway, OSRL’s Wildlife Preparedness and Response Manager, is joined by Dr. Louise Chilvers from Wildbase at Massey University in New Zealand.

  • Nov 1, 2023 
  • Wildlife
Interview

GOWRS Partner Interview - Episode 8: Tri-state

In this eighth episode, Paul Kelway, OSRL’s Wildlife Preparedness and Response Manager, is joined by Lisa Smith, Executive Director of Tri-state Bird Rescue & Research

  • Nov 30, 2022 
  • Wildlife
Recorded Seminar

TPR Seminar Series - Part Ten: Oiled Wildlife Response

This tenth session sees Wildlife Preparedness and Response Manager, Paul Kelway, and guests from Sea Alarm and GOWRS discuss Oiled Wildlife Response.

  • Nov 15, 2022 
  • Wildlife