Dr Jonathan DAVIES

Global Coordinator, Drylands, IUCN

Dr Jonathan Davies coordinates the Global Drylands Initiative and is the Global Agriculture Programme Lead at IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. He leads IUCN’s work on sustainable land management, rangeland restoration, and sustainable pastoralism, and is developing IUCN’s programme of work on sustainable agriculture and conservation. He has extensive experience in landscape management and restoration, communal governance and resource rights, assessment of land health, ecosystem service valuation, policy design, and mobilising investment for ecosystem rehabilitation. Dr Davies is IUCN’s representative to the UNCCD. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and has over 25 years of experience in sustainable development and conservation, particularly in Africa, Asia and Europe.