Oreszczyn - Mapping Environmental Sustainability

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Andrea Berardi and Jay Mistry are academics working in British institutions. They have more than 22 years experience in teaching, researching and building capacity for natural resource management with local communities. After having met while undertaking their undergraduate studies, they went on to complete a number of postgraduate degrees in environmental management and biodiversity conservation. Andrea is currently a senior lecturer at The Open University while Jay is a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. Their particular interests include supporting local livelihoods and biodiversity conservation, local environmental governance, action research using participatory video and capacity building for natural resource management. Andrea and Jay have been involved in research in the North Rupununi since 1999 and have led all the research projects discussed in Chapter Five. The other contributors to Chapter Five are Elisa Bignante, Grace Albert, Rebecca Xavier, Ryan Benjamin, Lakeram Haynes, Deirdre Jafferally, and Graud de Ville, whose biographies you will find below.