Jonathan Haskett

Location
Country: 
United States
Town / Region: 
Washington D.C.
Organisation: 
World Agroforestry Centre
Seconded to World Wildlife Fund
Current role: 
Principal Scientist Climate Change
I am from: 
Scientific Research
NGO - International
CV / Bio: 
Climate change scientist focused on land use climate change mitigation, adaptation and poverty reduction in the developing world. Work spans the creation of land use carbon projects, the development of landscape carbon measurement methodologies, and climate change policy at the domestic and international levels. Ph.D. in soil science and post-doctoral research on the effect of climate change on agriculture. Helped in the development of the long-term acquisition plan for the Landsat-7 satellite. Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador working with indigenous communities on soil conservation, agroforestry and the landscape carbon resource. Currently with the World Agroforestry Centre and  seconded to the World Wildlife Fund.
Expertise: 
  • Ph.D. Soil Science with an Ecology concentration - thesis on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.
  • Modelling the effects of climate change and increased CO2 on agricultural production.
Remote sensing and the creation and use of global datasets. Measrurement, Recording and Verfification.Community level soil conservation, agroforestry, research and organizing. REDD and AFOLU policy at national, sub-national and international levels.
Language: 
English
REDD+ areas of interests: 
Adaptation
Afforestation/Reforestation
Agroforestry
Agriculture
Benefit Sharing
Biodiversity
Costs of REDD
Carbon Markets
Case Study
Development
Ecosystem Services
Financing
Implementation
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Land Tenure
MRV
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Peat and Soil Carbon
Policy framework
Readiness
Safeguards
Science
SFM
Standards and Certification
UNFCCC
Degradation
Deforestation
Drivers of Deforestation
Governance
Countries I am active in: 
Kenya
Mali
United States
Regions I am active in: 
Africa