Independent experts nominated by country party
Alexander Erlewein
Title
Dr. (Mr.)
First name
Alexander
Last name
Erlewein
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Forestry
Desertification
Geography
Political sciences
Other Disciplines
Integrated natural resources
Thematic Areas
Adaptation
Afforestation
Carbon sequestration
Climate change
Deforestation
Desertification
Environmental governance
Environmental policy analysis
Land degradation
Land-climate system
Mitigation
Policy analysis
Poverty
Reforestation
Science policy analysis
Soil conservation
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Land restoration/reclamation
UN languages spoken
English
Spanish
Geographical Focus
Tanzania, United Republic of
Job function
Advisor
Division
International forest policy
Email
alexander.erlewein@giz.de
Work experience
- Since 2020: Advisor on international forest policy at GIZ. Forest policy, forest and landscape restoration, forest governance, nature-based climate solutions;
- 2016-2020: Advisor on sustainable land management at GIZ: soil conservation, land degradation/desertification control, land-climate nexus, sustainable agriculture;
- 2014 – 2016: Associate Programme Officer, UNCCD Secretariat. Science-policy interface, land-climate nexus, land degradation neutrality;
- 2013-2014: International consultant (Tansania i.a.): Natural resource management, water resource management, environmental governance and politics;
- 2009-2013: Researcher at University of Heidelberg: Natural resource management in South Asia, environmental planning, political ecology
- 2016-2020: Advisor on sustainable land management at GIZ: soil conservation, land degradation/desertification control, land-climate nexus, sustainable agriculture;
- 2014 – 2016: Associate Programme Officer, UNCCD Secretariat. Science-policy interface, land-climate nexus, land degradation neutrality;
- 2013-2014: International consultant (Tansania i.a.): Natural resource management, water resource management, environmental governance and politics;
- 2009-2013: Researcher at University of Heidelberg: Natural resource management in South Asia, environmental planning, political ecology
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
PhD, Geography, University Heidelberg, 2014
Number of Publications
15
Publication titles
- Erlewein A. und Hecheltjen A. (2018): Land degradation neutrality, – a new impetus for addressing the degradation of land and soils. In: rural21 1/2018.
- Cowie A.L., B.J. Orr, V.M. Castillo Sanchez, P. Chasek, N.D. Crossman, A. Erlewein, G. Louwagie, M. Maron, G.I. Metternicht, S. Minelli, A.E. Tengberg, S. Walter, and S. Welton (2018): Land in balance: The scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality. In: Environmental Science & Policy 79.
- Akhtar-Schuster M. and Erlewein A. (2017): Strategies to meet Land Degradation Neutrality. In: Vlek, P. et al.: The threat of land degradation to realizing the SDGs and its remedies. Springer.
- Orr, B.J., A.L. Cowie, V.M. Castillo Sanchez, P. Chasek, N.D. Crossman, A. Erlewein, G. Louwagie, M. Maron, G.I. Metternicht, S. Minelli, A.E. Tengberg, S. Walter, and S. Welton (2017): Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality. A Report of the Science-Policy Interface. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn, Germany.
- Minelli S., Erlewein A. and Castillo V. (2016): Land Degradation Neutrality: from political vision to measurable targets. In: International Yearbook on Soil Law and Policy. First volume. Springer.
- Cowie A.L., B.J. Orr, V.M. Castillo Sanchez, P. Chasek, N.D. Crossman, A. Erlewein, G. Louwagie, M. Maron, G.I. Metternicht, S. Minelli, A.E. Tengberg, S. Walter, and S. Welton (2018): Land in balance: The scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality. In: Environmental Science & Policy 79.
- Akhtar-Schuster M. and Erlewein A. (2017): Strategies to meet Land Degradation Neutrality. In: Vlek, P. et al.: The threat of land degradation to realizing the SDGs and its remedies. Springer.
- Orr, B.J., A.L. Cowie, V.M. Castillo Sanchez, P. Chasek, N.D. Crossman, A. Erlewein, G. Louwagie, M. Maron, G.I. Metternicht, S. Minelli, A.E. Tengberg, S. Walter, and S. Welton (2017): Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality. A Report of the Science-Policy Interface. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn, Germany.
- Minelli S., Erlewein A. and Castillo V. (2016): Land Degradation Neutrality: from political vision to measurable targets. In: International Yearbook on Soil Law and Policy. First volume. Springer.
Organisation name
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Organisation nature
xx
Organisation street address
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 36
Organisation city
Bonn
Organisation post code
53113
Organisation country
Germany
Organisation website