Bart Wickel

Bart Wickel, PhD, has been working on the interface of Conservation, Climate and Natural Resource challenges around the globe for nearly 30 years. With Earth Insight he is leading the development of innovative methods and tools that employ spatial data (remote sensing and GIS) to understand and communicate the value of intact and carefully managed ecosystems and evaluate the threats of large scale infrastructure development to communities and nature. Prior to joining Earth Insight he was a Senior Scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); Lead Conservation Hydrologist for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and as an Integrated Expert on Remote Sensing with the National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO). Bart holds a PhD in Physical Geography (magna cum laude) from the University of Bonn, Germany.