Celine Lim

About Celine Lim

Environmental professional with ten years of experience in landscape conservation and…

Experience

1. Natural Resources Management Specialist

   The World Bank Group

   Jul 2015 — Present · SG

   Supporting the Indonesia Sustainable Oceans Program and the Pacific Ocean Advisory Program – operations on marine protected areas and coral reefs, analytics on marine pollution and seaweed aquaculture• Previous Team Lead of a $266M portfolio of investment projects in integrated landscape and forest management, community-based value chain development (Niger, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau) and coastal resilience and management (Regional West Africa) • Previous Team Lead of $4M technical assistance program for West Africa, the Sahel region and Mozambique on blue economy and climate• Preparing pipeline project that mobilizes private capital for coral reef protection – designing technical and operational elements in coordination with donors, government, NGOs and financial institutions • Providing day-to-day advice to governments on technical issues on marine and landscapes management• Managing project operations aspects such as financial management and procurement, environmental and social safeguards, gender and monitoring and evaluation, in close collaboration with global internal Bank teams • Engaging in policy dialogue on rural development issues and coordinating relationships with governments, civil society stakeholders and development partners• Mobilizing and managing grant financing including proposal writing, funds management and donor reporting• Leading analytical work and supervising consultancies to produce quality knowledge products• Sharing and bringing visibility to project results through knowledge management and communications

Education

• Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

  Master of Environmental Management, Forest Landscape Governance and Conservation

  2013 — 2015

• Universidad de Playa Ancha

  Study abroad semester, Geography and History

  2009 — 2009

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  Development Project Management Institute (DPMI)

  2009 — 2009

• Middlebury College

  BA, Geography and Environmental Studies, Spanish

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Gis
• Forest Carbon
• Forest Governance
• Project Monitoring and Evaluation
• Latin America
• Envi
• Natural Resource Management
• Microsoft Access
• Carbon Markets
• Policy Advocacy
• Writing
• Climate Change
• Remote Sensing
• Climate Finance
• Social and Environmental Policy
• Spss
• Research
• Geographic Information System (Gis)
• Environmental Services
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Indigenous Rights
• Translation
• International Financial Institutions