Virginie L. Email & Phone Number

✘ MSc in Environmental Science, Policy & Management | MA in Political Science and International Relations Professional Focus: Climate Action │ Community-Driven Development & Resilience to Climate Change │ Benefits of Nature-based Solutions in Different Contexts Areas of interest: Indigenous Peoples/Underserved Traditional Local Communities | Re-Naturing Cities & Sustainable Communities | Sustainable Land, Water, and Ecosystems Management | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental and Social Sustainability | Disaster Risk Reduction | Earth Observation & Geoinformation Skills/strengths:- Resourceful, team player, creative, and enthusiastic- Multilingual: Fluent English | Native French | Conversational Spanish & Haitian Creole - Experience working with a diversity of actors: indigenous communities, public institutions, multilateral development banks, international organizations, non-profits, and private companies- Experience in project management, stakeholder management, community engagement and development- Proven ability to develop knowledge and communication products - Proficient in MS Office including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint- Competent in GIS applications including ArcGIS and QGIS- Experience in using analytical software tools such as SPSS and R- Working knowledge of CMS sites such as Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla!

Listed skills include Research, Project Management, Reporting And Analysis, International Relations, and 44 others.

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  Carbon Project Manager, Nature-Based Solutions Technical Team

  Terra Global Capital

  Nov 2022 - Present - Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

  Role: - Develop and manage environmental projects promoting carbon development strategies such as Afforestation, Reforestation, Revegetation (ARR), Improved Forest Management (IFM), Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), and Sustainable Agricultural Systems.- Focus on community characteristics, needs, and priorities. Duties:- Support the carbon development process under international standards for international forest and land-use carbon projects.- Prepare carbon feasibility studies, project documents, and monitoring and implementation reports for projects that promote improved natural resources management of forests and agricultural lands.- Provide technical support to the NRM team on the development of community benefits and GHG emission quantification, as well as monitoring other co-benefits such as environmental, biodiversity, and rural development benefits from agricultural and other land-use projects.- Organize and process data using the methods specified under the standards.Terra Global is a for-profit social enterprise with a mission focused on providing technical expertise and climate-related private sector finance to empower communities, governments and local partners to build financially, socially and environmentally sustainable landscapes. Terra Global is a world leader in sustainable forest and agriculture program development, land-use greenhouse gas quantification, and climate finance. The company manages a portfolio of REDD+ and other sustainable landscape projects in collaboration with governments, NGOs, and communities in over 30 countries.