Lucas Yamat

Background

About Lucas Yamat

I am a versatile and multidisciplinary postgraduate professional with over a decade of progressive professional working experience in research and development in Africa and Europe. With a strong track records I am experienced in managing programmes across diverse sectors and themes including public policy, agricultural systems, climate change, land use planning and natural resource management in a multi-stakeholders setting involving policymakers, private sectors and local communities. Academically, I have a multidisciplinary background as I come from Economics (BSc.), Climate Change and Sustainable Development (MSc.) and currently a final year doctorate (PhD) at the University of the Basque Country in Spain, studying the sustainability patterns of East African land uses with focus on the interface between pastoralism, crop agriculture and wildlife conservation on human dominated landscapes under a changing climate. My research interests and expertise include: Climate change and Sustainability, Environment and Development Economics, Biodiversity and ecosystem services, Land Use Planning and Land Policy, Agricultural Systems (crop and livestock) as well as Sustainable Development and the global goals.