Kristina Gjerde
Senior High Seas Advisor, IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme
- Role
- High Seas & Deep Ocean Specialist at Gallifrey Foundation
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristina Gjerde
Kristina M Gjerde is adjunct Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International…
Experience
High Seas & Deep Ocean Specialist
Apr 2019 — Present
Kristina M. Gjerde is Senior High Seas Advisor to IUCN’s Global Marine and Polar Programme, adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas High Seas Specialist Group and co-lead of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI), a multidisciplinary scientific partnership. Kristina received her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law with a focus on comparative and international law, and practiced admiralty law for several years in a New York law firm. Kristina has authored or co-authored over 150 publications, many with leading ocean scientists. Among Kristina’s recent articles are: “An Ocean of Opportunity” in Science Magazine; “The long and winding road continues: Towards a new agreement on high seas governance” published by IDDRI; and “Protect the Neglected Half of our Blue Planet” in Nature. From 20••••16, Kristina was part of the EU funded MIDAS project—Managing Impacts of Deep Sea Resource Exploitation - and led development of the final report “Implications of MIDAS research results for policy makers: implications for future regulations.”
Education
New York University School of Law
JD, International Law and Legal Studies
1981 — 1984
UCLA
BA, History
1976 — 1981
Skills
- Renewable Energy
- Conservation Issues
- Environmental Consulting
- Community Engagement
- Capacity Building
- Wetlands
- Fisheries
- Climate
- Research
- Gis
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Marine Conservation
- Energy Policy
- Climate Change
- Science
- Natural Resource Management
- Ecosystem Services
- Environmental Policy
- Remote Sensing
- Environmental Law
- Ngos
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Management Systems
- Rural Development
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Field Work
- Environmental Science
- Sustainability
- Report Writing
- Sustainable Business
- Marine Biology
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainability Reporting
- Policy Analysis
- Public Policy
- Sustainability Consulting
- Carbon
- Environmental Education
- Grant Writing
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