Editorial Board Members

Wendy Francesconi is a Senior Environmental Scientist at the Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT. She currently leads the Ecosystem Services and Environmental Impact Section and coordinates the monitoring and evaluation framework that assesses the impacts of private sector initiatives in the conservation of forest and biodiversity in the Amazon. Her past research includes the evaluation of agroforestry practices for biological conservation and the modeling of USDA-NRCS Conservation Standard Practices for improving water quality and quantity in agricultural landscapes. Dr. Francesconi holds a PhD in Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida and a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Yale University.

Agroforestry; Biodiversity conservation; Water quality; Landscape ecology; Ecosystem services modeling