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Vanja Westerberg

Vanja is an environmental economist and number cruncher extraordinaire. She has 15 years of professional experience in applied research and consultancy work.

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Posted on: 26 February 2023

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Teacher Workshops: Tropical Deforestation and Sustainable Development, Singapore

Altus Impact partner, Dr Jesse Hastings, is currently working with the Singapore Ministry of Education (MoE) and other partners to design and coordinate a series of teacher training workshops focused on tropical deforestation, sustainable development, and tropical field studies. The aim of these workshops is to strengthen teachers’ theoretical and practical environmental expertise, so that […]

The economics of sustainable agricultural intensification, Benin

Agricultural yields have been on a long steady decline in Benin. As farmers strive to maintain livelihoods and food security, remaining forests lands and other natural habitats are converted and cleared at alarming rates. This trend has direct and indirect knock-on effects on people and nature, further jeopardising the long-term resilience of farm systems. Fortunately, […]

Altus Impact at the International Conference for Research and Development

Altus Impact had a busy week at the International Conference for Research and Development in Bern, Switzerland in September 2017. Vanja and Jesse convened a rich discussion on “How to Build Transformational Partnerships in a world of conflicting priorities when Scientists are from Mars, Policymakers are from Venus?” Abstract: In a world of 7.4 billion […]

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