John Knowles Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Facilitate the creative co-design, co-development, and co-management of the monitoring and learning approach for several bold and ambitious strategies aimed at ending and reversing tropical deforestation by 2030, which are the focus of a collaborative of philanthropic donors and civil society organizations, called Forests, People, Climate (FPC), of which WRI is a partner. Specifically;● Collaborate with experts within each of the strategies, 6 which are on distinct themes (carbon market integrity, strategic communications, enabling conditions, private finance of soft commodity production, cleaning supply chains and Indigenous People, local communities and afro-descendants) and 3 which are based in the FPC focal geographies (Brazilian Amazon, Congo Basin, and Indonesia).● Guide strategy development and implementation teams in probing the causal logic underpinning theories of change, identifying key results, and drafting objective statements to arrive at a realistic and focused set of indicators with targets to collect data against.

Charlotte, North Carolina

● Coordinated the development of the monitoring and evaluation framework for the 10-year Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+) Strategic Action Programme (SAP).● Designed and launched an online tracking tool to monitor the progress of the 10-year CLME+ SAP implementation.● Supported the development of the first state of the marine environment and associated economies report for the wider Caribbean region in part through the creation of smart visual and graphical displays of information and leading the design and publication of its online version.● Generated, organized, and managed geospatial layers for map images and web maps on regional ocean governance as a principal user and the largest content provider for the Caribbean Marine Atlas (caribbeanmarineatlas.net/).

Florida, United States

● Integral member of the Caribbean Regional Science Team, offering multifaceted support in the development of division-wide conservation strategies. ● Guided regional and local monitoring programs and developed measures for conservation targets.● Established and managed a centralized spatial data library, facilitating data-driven decision-making and knowledge sharing.● Drove marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based adaptation project components, delivering tangible conservation outcomes.● Coordinated spatial data development across partners, including governments and other NGOs.

Master Of Environment Management, Conservation, Science And Policy

Biology And Environmental Studies, Sedimentary Phosphorus