Kaysara Khatun
- Position:
Postdoctoral researcher - Main Research Line:
Forestry, Biodiversity, Climate Mitigation and Adaptation - Expected Results:
Results are expected within a year, in 2010 - BC3 joining data:
09/12/2009. - Contact information:
Email adress: kaysara.khatun@bc3research.org
Contact phone: +34 94-401 46 90
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Kaysara Khatun received a BSc in Physics from Kings College London, an MSc in Environmental Science with Legislation & Management from Brunel University and a PhD in the Geographical Sciences from the University of Bristol.
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Her research is situated in the interdisciplinary areas of climate change, forestry and natural resource management. Kaysara´s current interests include climate adaptation and mitigation reflecting a keen interest in policy formation and implementation in international, national through to community levels for sustainable development, notably in the context of developing countries.
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She recently carried out a scoping study at the University of Bristol on land degradation in India combining elements of both the natural and social elements of the geographical discipline.
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She has been involved in the Competence Platform on Energy Crop and Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi - arid Ecosystems - Africa (COMPETE) platform, co-funded by the EC in the 6th Framework. The objective of COMPETE is to stimulate bio-energy implementation in the sub Saharan regions in Africa and identify pathways for the sustainable provision of bio-energy and rural development. Kaysara has contributed to the formation of COMPETE’s best practice guidelines, through the assessment of mechanisms monitoring sustainable development for Tanzania, Senegal and Zambia.
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Kaysara has carried out fieldwork at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore and the Institute of Global Warming and Ecological Studies (IGWES) in Delhi, looking into forestry projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
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She has been a lecturer in both the private and public sectors in physics, mathematics and climate change including the Gifted and Talented program.
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She has held the post of editor for Greenindex and the Humanitad foundation.
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Kaysara has experience working in the consultancy sector, specifically on waste minimisation practices and on the implementation of Environmental Management Systems.
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She has contributed to a forthcoming book with the COMPETE platform and a number of publications in international journals including Climate and Development, and Forest Policy and Economics.
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Under climate projections, many terrestrial ecosystems are likely to shift, impacting future land use, regional biodiversity and the communities that rely on them for their livelihoods.
Forestry and agriculture are sectors that offer real potential for the world’s rural poor to participate in the climate adaptation/mitigation strategies that directly affect them. Therefore, research on how to integrate mitigation and adaptation policy into development policy within sectoral frameworks is essential and of long term interest”.