Forest Governance Campaigner

Fern

2018-Present

• Supporting partner organisations in Ghana and Liberia and in the implementation of their 

• in­ country work.

• Managing the relevant grants, including monitoring implementation; writing and compiling three ­monthly narrative reports and being the liaison between the funders.

• Facilitating and/or participating in relevant NGO networks and coalitions (e.g. UK NGO coalition; Liberia NGO coalition).

• Facilitating and organising information flows between partners, the EU and UK Government.

• Guiding and/or carrying out research and presenting results to relevant target groups.

• Participating in and organising meetings/seminars with Government, Commission officials and MEPs.

• Writing regular campaign updates and articles for, among others, Fern’s newsletter EU Forest Watch (10 issues/year) and FLEGT VPA updates.

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Environmental Consultant

Freelance

2018-Present

 

• Conducted comparative research of 40 environmental compliance standards for WWF.

• Researched key trends in supply chain compliance and wrote a gap analysis of environmental standards and certifications to inform companies’ sourcing.

• Developed proposals to further sustainability compliance, focused on plastics, supply chain commitments, and sustainability reporting.

• Worked for the Accountability Framework Initiative on establishing sustainability plans for companies in Africa, South America, and Asia.

• Collaborated with scientists and lawyers from the Rainforest Alliance and WWF to write strategic guidance for international companies that want to increase their environmental reporting.

• Evaluated 40 supply chain certifications and conducted interviews of companies to examine if the certifications actualized in any industry changes.

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Environmental Consultant

Carbon Smart

2017-2018

 

• Worked with public and private sector clients to report on Carbon Reduction Commitments, EU ETS, and Greening Government Commitments.

• Managed, analyzed, and synthesized data for over 2,000 sites and converted that data for reporting standards.

• Invited to COP 23’s First Hackathon to strategize on blockchain solutions for sustainability and worked on an energy grid solution with utilities across multiple geographies.

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Research Fellow

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

2016-2017

 

• Funded the work through a Fulbright-Nehru Student Research Fellowship grant

• Worked on a USAID funded project, "Managing India's Forests for Biodiversity and Human Well-being in the Face of Global Environmental Change"

• Collaborated with over a dozen people on three different projects focusing on: human and wildlife conflict, perceptions and adaptations to climate change, and science policy in the Himalayas

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Land Management Intern

Fishers Island Land Trust

​Summer 2016

 

• Inventoried their 320-acre property and wrote a land management plan and monitoring program

• Prioritized management issues and strategies for 19 different ecological communities

• Wrote and implemented a survey for over a dozen stakeholders and presented the results to their board and the island community

 

Biogeographical Researcher

University of Colorado

​2012 - 2014

 

• Awarded aNational Science Foundation REU, University of Colorado UROP, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biosciences grants

• Cored and analyzed over 1000 Engelmann spruce trees with a team of graduate students

• Conducted ecological surveys throughout Colorado’s National Forests

• Completed an honors thesis on the relationships between Engelmann spruce resin ducts, radial-growth rates, and spruce beetle infestation in Northwestern Colorado

 

 

Critical Lands Intern

The Nature Conservancy

​2012 - 2014

 

•  Worked with governmental and private stakeholders in order to complete fire suppression and conservation easement management plans

• Held interviews with over a dozen land managers and conducted ecological surveys on TNC properties

• Wrote the Fire Suppression Strategy Options Plan on behalf of TNC for the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control

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