Dr Emmanuelle COHEN-SHACHAM

Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group Lead, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management

Emmanuelle is a consultant, researcher and group lead, working on various nature conservation, environmental sciences and policy projects, with academic institutes, governmental and non-profit organisations.

She leads the Thematic Group on Nature-based Solutions (NbS), at the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. She has co-led the development of the IUCN work on NbS since 2014. She is the lead author of the IUCN publication Nature-based Solutions to address global societal challenges, and co-author of the Global Standard for NbS, and the guiding principles for ecosystem restoration.

She holds a BSc and MSc in Environmental Sciences from Tel-Hai College, Israel and from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. She did her PhD at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, focusing on the link between the provision of ecosystem services and ecosystem management in Mediterranean wetlands.