Core Team

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  Nathalie Seddon, PhD

  Director

  I trained as an evolutionary ecologist at Cambridge University and have over 20 years of experience in tropical forests. I have published widely on animal communication and the origins and conservation of tropical diversity and have received a number of awards for my work, including a L’Oréal for Woman in Science Fellowship and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. In 2015, I was made Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University and a Senior Associate at the International Institute of Environment and Development (London). Since then I have worked at the interface of science, policy and practice. By training the next generation of decision-makers and working closely with NGOs, local governments and the United Nations, my ambition is to bring the equitable protection of nature to the centre of the sustainable development agenda.
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  Alexandre Chausson, MSc

  Senior Researcher

  I have a background in ecology and conservation biology and have worked in Central America and sub-Saharan, including research on bushmeat supply chains in Congo-Brazzaville and human-wildlife conflict mitigation in Kenya. I also hold over two years of editorial experience in publishing, including as a journal manager for Frontiers in Switzerland. I am now based in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford where I work at the research and policy interface to promote social and ecological resilience in a changing world.
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  Cécile A.J. Girardin, PhD

  Technical and Artistic Director


  I combine years of experience in climate change policy analysis with a background in tropical ecology and forest ecosystem functioning, and have a passion for data analysis, design/illustration and science communication. My current research focuses on ecosystem functioning and carbon dynamics in tropical forests, and their responses to a rapidly changing climate. I am based in the Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment (Ecosystems Lab, Global Ecosystems Monitoring network).
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  Pam Berry, PhD

  Senior Associate

  I am a geographer by training, but I have worked on environmental issues throughout my academic career. Firstly, on climate change impacts on biodiversity and conservation and policy responses. More recently on assessing ecosystem services in various contexts, including urban green infrastructure, before extending this to nature-based solutions, which I see as vital for addressing the environmental challenges that we face. I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford and I was the Rapporteur for the EU report on Nature-based solutions.
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  Nicole Chabaneix

  Researcher

  I am a biologist, specialized in ecology and conservation (BA) and in social-ecological resilience (MSc). I have 6 years of professional experience working on climate change and sustainable development research, policy and project management, with roles at WWF and the Ministry of Environment in my home country of Peru. My current work is focused on advancing ecosystem-based adaptation and other nature-based solutions for enhanced social-ecological resilience in the face of climate change.

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  Alison Smith, MSc

  Senior Associate

  I am a natural scientist with 20 years of experience as an environmental consultant, specialising in climate policy. For the last five years I have been a researcher at the Environmental Change Institute in the School of Geography and the Environment, where I am developing and testing practical methods of mapping and measuring natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides. My main interest is in the synergies and trade-offs between different approaches to tackling societal challenges, and I see nature-based solutions and green infrastructure as having a strong role to play in providing multiple benefits for climate adaptation, mitigation, biodiversity and human well-being.
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  Bailey Anderson

  Researcher

  I use data-driven methods to improve understanding of the effects of land cover changes on hydrology and am interested in ecosystem-based approaches to managing hydrological risk. I am currently a Water Science, Policy, and Management MPhil student in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford and will begin the Doctoral Training Partnership program in Environmental Research in Autumn 2019.
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  Beth Turner, MSc

  Researcher

  I am a biologist with expertise in tropical biodiversity and ecosystems, community ecology and human-ecological relationships. I am particularly interested in how to apply this knowledge to support ecosystem integrity and societal wellbeing. For these reasons I am happy to be a part of the Nature-Based Solutions Initiative, to contribute towards promoting the use of healthy ecosystems to increase our resilience to anthropogenic changes.
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  Md Monirul Islam, PhD

  Associate

  I am an environmental scientist with strong expertise and interest in climate change impact and adaptation, and the human dimensions of fisheries and aquaculture. I am a Professor in the Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka, a visiting research fellow of the University of Oxford and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, and an Associate of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy University of Leeds & LSE.
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  Olivia Crowe

  Researcher

  I am a zoologist and environmental scientist interested in the role of nature and biodiversity in tackling socio-environmental challenges at different levels. As a Masters student of Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford, and in partnership with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, I am researching opportunities for engagement with the insurance sector on Nature-based Solutions in the context of disaster risk reduction, including a focus on the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean.

Oxford University collaborators

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  Professor Colin Mayer, CBE

  A widely acclaimed expert on all aspects of corporate finance, governance and taxation, the regulation of financial institutions and the role of the corporation in contemporary society. Colin sits on the UK Natural Capital Committee and provides advice to the government on the sustainable use of our natural assets including forests, rivers, land, minerals and oceans. He is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the European Corporate Governance Institute, and is the Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
  
  
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  Jim Hall

  Jim is Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks in the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University. His research focuses upon management of climate-related risks on infrastructure, in particular in relation to water security, including flooding and water scarcity.
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  Andy Hector

  Andy is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Oxford. He is a community ecologist interested in biodiversity loss and its consequences for the stability and functioning of ecosystems and the provision of ecological services.
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  Louise Slater

  Louise is Associate Professor in the School of Geography and the Environment (University of Oxford), a fellow of Hertford College, and Chair of the Oxford Water Network. She develops computational, ensemble-based and data-driven approaches for understanding and projecting fluvial and hydroclimatic change in the context of changing land cover and climate.
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  Cameron Hepburn

  Cameron Hepburn is the Director of the Economics of Sustainability Programme, based at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. He is also Director and Professor of Environmental Economics at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, a Fellow at New College, Oxford, and a Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics.