Independent experts nominated by country party
Edward L. Webb
Title
Prof.
First name
Edward L.
Last name
Webb
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Biodiversity and ecosystem sciences
Desertification
Environmental sciences/ecology
Forestry
Geography
Other Disciplines
Biodiversity; Biomass; Conservation; Deforestation; Land cover change; Land-use change; Landscape ecology; Livelihood analysis; Reforestation; Vegetation change; Vegetation degradation
UN languages spoken
English
Spanish
Job function
Professor
Email
edward.webb@helsinki.fi
Work experience
I have been an academic for nearly 30 years. I have extensive field experience with rural Asian settings across the region, focusing on socio-ecological systems as well as protected area biodiversity. I have supervised research across nearly all S and SE Asian countries and have long-term vegetation research in the South Pacific.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
PhD, Biology, Univ. Miami, 1996
Number of Publications
163
Publication titles
Budhathoki, K.,....and Webb, E.L. 2026. The emerging and escalating consequences of rural depopulation in the Himalaya. Global Environmental Change 98: 103164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2026.103164
Webb, Edward L., Lalogafu’afu’a, A.I., Mekuli, O., Olo, E., Phelps, J. Taisegi, L., Taua, N., Tualaulelei, A., Vaito’a, J., Jamaludin, J., and Miles, A.C. 2024. Last stand: application of a criteria-based framework to inform conservation of a critically threatened tropical lowland forest fragment. Global Ecology and Conservation 51: e02871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02871
Jamaludin, J., De Alban, J.D.T., Carrasco, L.R., and Webb, E.L. 2022. Spatiotemporal analysis of deforestation patterns and drivers reveal emergent threats to tropical forest landscapes. Environmental Research Letters 17, 054046. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac68fa
Webb, E.L., Lalogafu’afu’a, A.I., van de Bult, M., Lee, W.K., Fa’aumu, S., Izuddin, M., MacDonald, M.A., Meyer, R., Oh, R.R.Y., Tagarino, A.P., Webb, R.C., Miles, A.C. 2021. Post-agriculture rain forest succession on a tropical Pacific island. Journal of Vegetation Science 32, e13064
De Alban, J.D.T., Jamaludin, J., Wong, D., Than, M.M. and Webb, Edward. 2020. Improved estimates of mangrove cover and change reveal catastrophic deforestation in Myanmar. Environmental Research Letters 15: 034034. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab666d
Organisation name
University of Helskinki
Organisation nature
Academic