As a junior project manager, I am involved in projects in the field of policy and knowledge products. I prefer to focus on social changes for nature conservation. Specifically, this means mapping biodiversity-harmful subsidies and I specialize in how to regreen cities at the system level. For example, I work at Commit 2 Green (C2G), Basic Quality of Nature (BQN) and Ecosystem Harmful Subsidies (EHS).
Keywords
Nature-inclusive, nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, system level, policy and biodiversity
Currenttopics
I am currently working on the following projects:
Commit 2 Green
To move away from a project-by-project NBS intervention approach and move towards the development of greening and nature-positive strategies. These strategies will be (1) multi-scale and participatory and (2) implemented through eight EU cities that create tangible impact on the ground for local communities and the wider ecosystem.
Ecosystem Harmful Subsidies
Here we map out together with expert workshops which government expenditures are harmful to biodiversity. Subsequently, the internationally agreed goal of the Global Biodiversity Framework is to finance no biodiversity-harmful government expenditures by 2050.
Knowledge Naturally! A Nature Inclusive Society
What is a nature-inclusive society? We increasingly use the term "nature-inclusive" to indicate projects that are positive for nature. But when is a project positive for nature, and what does a society look like when we are fully nature-inclusive? These are questions that I am investigating for the Collective Nature-Inclusive programme.
Basic Quality of Nature
Basic Quality Nature indicates which conditions are minimally required in an area for nature to survive. By focusing on conditions and not on species, it gives landowners and managers a better idea of how they can get natural processes and ecosystem services going. Basic Quality of Nature not only provides a healthy living environment for general species, but also for us as humans. When the basic quality of an area is in order, an area can provide ecosystem services, such as water storage and buffering, drinking water supply, recreation, carbon sequestration and water safety.
