Bhaskar Vira
University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, UK
Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge & Director, University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute
Bhaskar Vira is Professor of Political Economy, at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. He is the Founding Director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute. Bhaskar’s work brings a critical political economy perspective to contemporary debates in relation to conservation, natural capital, food and nutrition security and water, and the importance of nature for human wellbeing. He has worked extensively across the Himalayas, especially in northern India and Nepal. He Chaired the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Food, and was a member of the recent Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water.
My Sessions
Cool Forests and SDGs – Keynotes
Oval RoomGerald Steindlegger
Bhaskar Vira
Justina Ray
Mette Wilkie
Framing under SDGs. How forests are contributing to SDGs and how they should be integrated, value of intact forests?