| Expert Name | Dr. Brigitte Schuster |
| Title | Scientific Advisor Agriculture |
| Division | Federal Agency for Nature Conservation |
| Institution | |
| City | Bonn |
| Country | German |
| Telephone | 49 228 84911826 |
| Email | brigitteschuster(at)web.de |
| Work Experience | Since 2009, Scientific Advisor in the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Germany), Focus on EU Common Agricultural Policy and climate change mitigation in the agricultural sector,
2007-2009, Project Officer in the Drylands Programme of the United Nations University–International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)
2005-2007, Programme Officer at the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Office for Botswana, Focus on Community Based Natural Resources Management and Drylands Programme
2002 –2004, Scientific Assistant – Institute for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of
Bremen (Germany), Focus on Vegetation Ecology
1999, 2000-2001, Centre for Development Research - University of Bonn (Germany) / Empresa
brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA) (Brazil) in the SHIFT-Project |
| Qualifications | PhD, Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Bremen (Germany), 2006
Diplom (equivalent to MSc), Biology (Specialization: Ecology; Agronomy in the (Sub-) Tropics;Nature Conservation), University of Goettingen (Germany), 2001 |
| Number of Publications | 20 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | 1. Member in the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
2. Cooperation with UNU-INWEH on the KM:Land project
3. Dryland Science for Development Consortium, Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment of Sustainable Land Management in preparation of UNCCD CoP 9 |
| Publications | 1. Schuster, B., Niemeijer, D., Thomas, R., Adeel, Z., Adhikari B. and King C. Integrated indicators to measure benefits from Sustainable Land Management at different scales. In preparation for the Journal of Environmental Monitoring.
2. Adeel Z., King C., Schaaf T., Thomas R. & Schuster B. 2008. People in Marginal Drylands:
Managing Natural Resources to Improve Human Well-being. A policy brief based on the Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD) project, UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, 41 pgs.
3. Schwilch G., Bestelmeyer B., Bunning S., Critchley W., Herrick J., Kellner K., Liniger HP.,
Nachtergaele F., Ritsema C.J., Schuster B., Tabo R., van Lynden G., Winslow M. 2010. Experiences in Monitoring and Assessment of Sustainable Land Management. Journal of Land Degradation and Development. Accepted.
4. Schuster B. & Steenkamp C. 2007. Creating synergies between Community based Natural
Resources Management and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification – Lessons
learned from a Regional CBNRM assessment. IUCN – FRAME initiative. 17 pgs.
5. Schuster B. (editor) 2007. Best practices in Botswana for the management of natural resources by communities. Occasional Paper No 17. Series of the CBNRM Support Programme. 64 pgs. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 29/04/2011 11:06:00 |
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