Xavier ESCUTÉ

Adaptive Conservation Advisor, Foundations of Success

Xavi is part of the FOS team and brings long experience in building the capacity of teams working in nature management and conservation, both as a team member and as an external collaborator. Previously, and for 14 years, he was part of the sites managing team at Fundació Catalunya la Pedrera caring for Mediterranean mountains, coastal lagoons, and freshwater habitats. During that period, he gained experience in hands-on planning and implementation of management measures, biodiversity status assessment, species reintroduction and monitoring, recreation, forestry, ecotourism, rural business development, land-stewardship, team management, and EU-funded projects.

In the FOS Collective, Xavi supports teams across Europe and Africa to build their capacity in Adaptive Management and to improve their planning skills and monitoring systems to ensure high conservation impact.