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Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland

Global Protected Areas Programme, IUCN Headquarters, Gland, Switzerland

• Facilitate a global community of 800+ protected area practitioners to implement the IUCN Green List: a sustainability standard defining good practices to achieve equitable governance and effective management for.
• Global lead for Green List assurance; supervise and matrix manage multiple staff across key IUCN regions on Green List operations and trainings from national- to site- levels; oversee multiple service and technical.
• Accelerate uptake of the Green List standard by engaging public, civil society, and private sector stakeholders with customised orientation sessions, technical capacity development and learning exchange workshops, and.
• Strategically growing the global Green List community from eight countries and 25 participating areas in 2016 to 50+ countries and 350+ areas today, across key regions (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) in.
• Mobilise and enable globally distributed groups governing the Green List – incl. the Management and Standard Committees, and the Operations Team to facilitate global to local implementation.
• Lead project manager for ‘Tech4Nature’ - a new innovative partnership with a technology corporation to scale-up appropriate use of digital technology for protected and conserved areas.

IUCN HQ, Gland Switzerland

• Strategically engaged multi-national corporations in agriculture, bioenergy, forestry sectors and NGO partners to conceptualise and publish a unique exploration of applying a science-based ‘nature-positive impact’.
• Piloted the nature-positive approach in collaboration with Nestle-Nespresso in its coffee supply chains in Brazil, Colombia and Nicaragua, engaging directly with coffee traders and producers.
• Demonstrated sustainability risk mitigation and resilience benefits from nature-positive approaches in Shell’s biofuel products, UPM Forestry’s products, and Novozymes bio-enzymes.
• Engaged the apparel company Hugo Boss on identifying risks of negative impacts and opportunities for positive impacts for nature across its entire main product value chains, from raw materials, manufacturing.
• Coordinated a sustainability initiative between 14 companies across the aluminium value chain, industry associations, and civil society organisations, delivering the first global multi-stakeholder sustainability.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Competitively selected for an accelerated analyst-training programme of three 1-year rotations:
• Canadian Forest Service: supported facilitation of the International Model Forest Network - a global practitioner community advancing sustainable forest management based on diverse landscape partnerships; and compiled.
• Energy & Environment Policy Division: composed a policy knowledge base to inform national policy in GHG emissions reduction mechanisms for the oil sands energy industry in Canada; monitored trends in provincial.
• Office of Energy Efficiency: conducted environmental policy analysis for a national sustainable biofuels production support initiative; analysed sustainable development aspects of biofuels including impacts on.

Orange County, California Area

• Implemented ecological monitoring and restoration programs mitigating negative impacts on endangered species and sensitive habitats from large-scale land development projects.
• Ensured client compliance with California Department of Fish & Game and US Fish & Wildlife Service regulatory permits, as well as various environmental acts including the California Environmental Quality Act, National.

Master'S Degree, Environmental Studies. Thesis Research: Biodiversity Patterns In Forest-Farm Landscapes In India.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Biology. Thesis Research: Conservation Of A Threatened Forest Bird Species In Canada.

Collective And Collaborative Sustainability Leadership Training