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Food, Water and Biodiversity Nexus - Community, Culture and Conservation

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Food, Water and Biodiversity Nexus
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Speaker

Prof Erik Andersson
Professor
University of Helsinki

Using biocultural heritage to strengthen the capacity of nature-based solutions to respond to compound future crises and help processes of recovery

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Professor Andersson's research centres on the sustainable use and governance of different landscapes and the many functions they carry, from biodiversity support to ecosystem services. Andersson has spent the last 15 years successfully creating environments that ‘normalize’ transdisciplinary sustainability science and collaborative cultures that invite critical thinking, knowledge integration and action.
Dr Brenda Lin
CSIRO Australia

Using biocultural heritage to strengthen the capacity of nature-based solutions to respond to compound future crises and help processes of recovery

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Dr Lin's research examines how natural systems or components of natural systems can be maintained or integrated into an increasingly developed landscape to help protect urban environments from projected climate change impacts. Dr Lin’s work is inherently interdisciplinary, as the interactions between humans and their environment are complex to manage.
Prof Erik Andersson
Professor
University of Helsinki

Using biocultural heritage to strengthen the capacity of nature-based solutions to respond to compound future crises and help processes of recovery

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Professor Andersson's research centres on the sustainable use and governance of different landscapes and the many functions they carry, from biodiversity support to ecosystem services. Andersson has spent the last 15 years successfully creating environments that ‘normalize’ transdisciplinary sustainability science and collaborative cultures that invite critical thinking, knowledge integration and action. Dr Lin's research examines how natural systems or components of natural systems can be maintained or integrated into an increasingly developed landscape to help protect urban environments from projected climate change impacts. Dr Lin’s work is inherently interdisciplinary, as the interactions between humans and their environment are complex to manage.
Dr Fiona Chong
Post-doctoral Research Assistant
University of Leeds

Does habitat heterogeneity predict high ecological diversity? A case study from Indonesian and Filipino coral reefs

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Biography

Cilun Djakiman is a research assistant on the CLARE (CLimate Adaptation & Resilience) funded ClimateREEFS project. Fiona Chong is the project co-ordinator and post-doctoral researcher the ClimateREEFS project.
Mr Doni WAINIQOLO
PhD Researcher
University of the South Pacific

Exploring community-led formal planning for sustainable development in Fiji – An analysis of landowning unit (LOU) planning

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Biography

Doni Wainiqolo is a PhD researcher in a bi-institutional program at Bergen University and the University of the South Pacific under the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme (N-POC). An urban planner, he specializes in sustainable urban planning, disaster risk reduction, and natural resource management in Small Island Developing States, particularly for grassroots communities in Fiji. Dr. Joeli Varo is the Head of Land Management Discipline at USP and an Adjunct Research Assistant Professor in Geospatial Science & Urban & Regional Planning at FNU. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Namosi Provincial Council, contributing to land management, policy, and regional development in Fiji.
Dr Giriraj Amarnath
Principal Researcher - Disaster Risk Management And Climate Resilience
International Water Management Institute / IWMI

HydroSecure: Data-driven adaptation for water security in a changing climate

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Biography

Giriraj Amarnath, Principal Researcher at IWMI, specializes in climate resilience and disaster risk management. With 20+ years’ experience across 25+ countries, promotes innovative climate risk management solutions aided with digital tools for climate adaptation, including drought and flood monitoring and management, anticipatory action programs, advancing climate-smart governance and finance.
Dr Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

Water-efficient technologies, resource scarcity and sustainability: Evidence from India

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Biography

Dr. Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati is an Associate Professor of Economics at IIT Tirupati, India. His research interests include the Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Economics, and Natural Resource Management. He is a 'Research Fellow', Earth System Governance Network, Utrecht University, and a 'Joint Secretary' of Indian Society for Ecological Economics.
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