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Experts

BES-Net brings together a network of experts in biodiversity and ecosystem services and offers a forum to network and learn about the latest research being undertaken in the space.

Our Experts

Currently, BES-Net has a pool of over 130 experts from around the world in the fields of biodiversity conservation, pollinator conservation, ecosystem-based adaptation, biodiversity finance, Indigenous and local knowledge and more.

Mr. Christian LARA
Profession:
Organization: United Nations
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Strategic Policy, partnerships, cordination
Mr. chris_white
Profession: Environmental Economist
Organization: AECOM
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Environmental economics; Ecosystem services; Natural capital; Biodiversity finance
Mr. charles_acquah
Profession: Programme Manager/Coordinator
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Land resource management
Mrs. celia_barbero-sierra
Profession: PhD Student
Organization: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Technical field(s) of expertise: Desertification, Sustainability, Education for development.
Ms. caroline_petersen
Profession: Senior Advisor
Organization: UNDP
Languages: English, German
Technical field(s) of expertise: Ecosystem-based adaptation, hybrid "grey-green" approaches, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness; Land degradation and restoration; Synergies between global environmental agreements and implementing SDGs
Ms. Carolin Fraude
Profession: Researcher
Organization: Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) Helmholz Center Potsdam
Languages: English, German
Technical field(s) of expertise: Carolin Fraude is an educationalist working on the RIFS project "A Mindset for the Anthropocene". She addresses the question of how cultivating inner attitudes, such as mindfulness and compassion, can help make the transition to a sustainable society a reality. It also includes the question of how knowledge about climate change and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals can lead to practical choices and actions. Carolin studied educational science, sociology, psychology and philosophy at the FU Berlin. In her diploma thesis she dealt with youth participation and Dewey's understanding of democracy and education. In this and her later educational work in EU projects of the VHS Hamburg her interest had been in transformative learning arrangements. Since 1998, Carolin has been practicing and teaching meditation and other reflective practices designed to consciously change one's own consciousness, attitudes, and behaviors. As part of her voluntary NGO work, Carolin Fraude has been actively involved in the processes of the UN climate negotiations since 2015.
PhD Ana Carolina Dias
Profession: Postdoctoral researcher
Organization: V2V Global Partnership
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Technical field(s) of expertise: Transdisciplinary research, multicultural groups, coastal ecosystems, environmental governance, fisheries, marine conservation, marine protected areas, ecosystem services, wellbeing, local ecological knowledge, local livelihoods
PhD carlos_vergara
Profession: Senior Professor,
Organization: Universidad de las Americas Puebla
Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Technical field(s) of expertise: Pollination, Use of Pollinators, Melittology, Bee Biology; Involved as an expert in IPBES assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and food Production.
Ms. Betty Rono
Profession: PhD Student
Organization: Rhodes University
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Nares' Contribution to People (NCP)/Ecosystem services Conservation Biology, Management and Governance a
britta_garfield
Profession:
Organization:
Languages: Chinese, English, German
Technical field(s) of expertise: Ecosystem-based Adaptation; Biodiversity; Sustainable Development; International Relations
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