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Lucas Elius Yamat

*Pastoralism is one of the most sustainable land use system that guarantee food security and safeguarding the biodiversity conservation through herds mobility. It is actually a way of life which is vital in enhancing ecosystem services globally. But it doesn’t occur in isolation - the competitions from other land use options do exist at different scales over time. So, evaluating the social, economic and environmental outcomes of these sectors is essential to inform the factual pathways to sustainability*

"*Pastoralism is one of the most sustainable land use system that guarantee food security and safeguarding the biodiversity conservation through herds mobility. It is actually a way of life which is vital in enhancing ecosystem services globally. But it doesn’t occur in isolation - the competitions from other land use options do exist at different scales over time. So, evaluating the social, economic and environmental outcomes of these sectors is essential to inform the factual pathways to sustainability*"

Kargua:
Junior Researcher - PhD Student
FPI Fellow
Ikerketa-lerro nagusia:
Pastoralism, Climate Change and Natural Resource Economics
BC3 Research Line:
3. Research Line Terrestrial Ecosystems,3.2. Research Group Agriculture, Land Use and Forestry
Harremanetarako xehetasunak:
E-posta: lucas.yamat@bc3research.org
Telefonoa: +34 944 014 690
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6213-9583

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Lucas Yamat is a Pastoralism and Climate Change Economist working with Terrestrial Ecosystems group at the Basque Centre for Climate Change - BC3. He joined the centre after having worked for The Nature Conservancy - TNC since 2019 as a Deputy Program Director for the Endangered Ecosystems - Northern Tanzania program and as a Northern Tanzania Conservation Projects Coordinator, a part of the Africa Program. Before, he worked with various international organizations for over 10 years in managing programs across the African drylands, focusing on building partnership between policymakers and non-state actors.

Yamat holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Mzumbe University (Tanzania) and a Master’s degree of Science in Climate Change and Sustainable Development from the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). He is currently a Doctoral student at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. His thesis evaluates the sustainability of African land uses with focus on livestock, crops and wildlife economies.

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Lucas Elius Yamat

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