Elisabeth Simelton is a climate-change scientist at World Agroforestry (ICRAF), based in Hanoi since 2010. She holds a Ph.D. in geography and BA in International Education from Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her research interests cover a wide range of issues related to sustainable development, particularly smallholder farmers’ livelihoods and their adaptation strategies to climate change and natural disasters.

Her expertise areas include:

• Climate-smart agriculture, Ecosystems services, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Nature-based Solutions:
  • Scoping, feasibility, and impact surveys
  • developing participatory methods for local knowledge about ecosystem services, agro-climate information services
  • developing and assessing land use options for multifunctional landscapes and new agroecosystems to incorporate agriculture and agroforestry as structural elements in green infrastructure

• Policy – policy analysis 
  • co-authored ASEAN Guidelines for agroforestry development and agroforestry’s contributions to Vietnam’s NDC 
• Training
  • Facilitated, trained, and produced training material for university students, policymakers, extension, and farmers.
  • Recent engagements were a scientific writing coach and editor for the AgriFoSe program and guest lecturer in ASEAN Climate Leadership Programmes.

Dr. Simelton has over 25 years of experience in Southeast and East Asia, southern Africa, and Europe.

For updates, visit LinkedIn: https://vn.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-simelton-05b54111

Member: Agroforestry Network, SIANI, FOCALI, World Bank Center of Excellence Makurdi University Nigeria