Sophie Jago

Research Assistant

Sophie Jago, Kew Research Assistant
Department

Trait Diversity and Function

Team

Africa

Specialism

Protected areas, conservation effectiveness, incentives for agrobiodiversity conservation, Ethiopia

I am responsible for developing an incentive mechanism for agrobiodiversity conservation on smallholder farms in Ethiopia. Working with local partners to understand the diversity of enset around Kafa biosphere reserve and what farmers require in order to preserve this diversity. I am also particularly interested in protected areas and OECMs and using with counterfactual analysis to determine effectiveness of conservation interventions.

MSc Conservation Biology from University of Kent (distinction)
BSc Natural Sciences from University of Durham (first)

Get in touch

Email

s.jago@kew.org