Amanda Lejbowicz Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Making the MSC Fisheries Standard more accessible for a wider range of fisheries.

London, United Kingdom

-Coordinating the MSC Pathway to Sustainability, a strategy for the MSC to engage with fisheries before their certification, specially for small-scale fisheries and developing countries-Managing Fish for Good, an initiative for small-scale fisheries improvements in Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa funded by the Dutch Postcode Lottery

Ciudad De México Y Alrededores, México

• Developed the new area of Institutional Development at COBI
• Implemented a community-based sustainable financial strategy for the long-term viability of fisheries improvement projects
• Created new commercialization channels between sustainable small-scale fishers and buyers (from restaurants to retailers)
• Obtained social microcredits for sustainable fishers’ cooperatives from El Buen Socio
• Co-funded the Mexican Alliance for Biodiversity and Businesses (AMEBIN), member of the CBD Global Partnership
• Developed new fundraising strategies including own resources generation, fundraising events and individual donations campaigns

Mexico City And La Paz, Baja California Sur

• Planed and managed marine resources conservation and small-scale fisheries communities’ development activities in Baja California
• Approached and selected new fishers partners for the implementation of community based marine no-take zones
• Managed the “best choice” ranking of the Mexican Yellowtail Amberjack small-scale fishery by the Seafood Watch Program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Defined and followed-up the budget of the Program
• Created and maintained public relations with national and international stakeholders

Mexico City And La Paz, Baja California Sur

• Coordination of marine resources conservation and coastal communities’ development activities in Baja California
• Organization of participatory sciences events between national and international academics and small-scale fishers’ coops from Baja California
• Link to national and international preferential seafood markets for sustainable products from small-scale fishers’ coop in Baja California
• Planning of the first sustainable coastal village in Isla Magdalena, Baja California Sur, as an alternative livelihood for the community, in alliance with ¡Échale a tu casa!
• Business plans for economic alternatives to traditional fisheries (awarded in the international business plans competition Fish2.0, 2013) – article in NatGeo
• Public relation at national and international levels with donors, government, academic institutions, fishers’ coops, NGOs and consultants

Mexico City

• Coordinated the Vaquita Marina project with Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza in the Upper Gulf of California
• Developed business cases and business plans as alternative to the fisheries in the Upper Gulf of Baja California
• Selected, evaluated growth potential and connected SMEs with potential investments opportunities
• Organized the first Impact Investment Latin American Forum in Mérida, Yucatán, February 2nd to 4th of 2011
• Organized business plans seminaries for sustainable and/or community based entrepreneurs

Nicargua

• Executed the agrarian diagnostic methodology of the in a 300 km² area
• Led field interviews (open and semi-open) and data process
• Developed a typology of the actors according to their uses of the forest resource

Master'S Degree, International Agro-Development

Specialization: Finance of development projects Principal axis: International business

Bachelor'S Degree, Tropical Agronomy

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology

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