Celia A. Harvey

Celia A. Harvey is an ecologist with 15 years of international experience working on biodiversity conservation, tropical agroforestry and climate change issues. She currently serves as Vice President of Ecosystem Services at Conservation International, where she leads the institution’s research on climate change mitigation, adaptation and ecosystem services, and provides science-based support to policy discussions on REDD+ and ecosystem based adaptation.

Her current research focuses on identifying ecosystem-based adaptation options for smallholder farmers in Central America and Madagascar, and exploring ways of achieving biodiversity conservation through REDD+. Dr. Harvey holds a B.S. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Ecology from Cornell University.

Ms. Harvey will attend Parallel A1 Climate Smart Landscapes. Forest-agriculture linkages.