Pieter van Eijk

Background

About Pieter van Eijk

Pieter heads the deltas and coasts programme within Wetlands International. He oversees implementation of the strategy in over 20 countries and coordinates a team across the organization’s office network to support programme development and implementation of projects on the ground. This involves a broad portfolio including projects on biodiversity conservation, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, urban master planning and coastal risk reduction and adaptation. As a member of the Ecoshape consortium Pieter works closely with the engineering and marine contracting sectors, promoting more sustainable approaches to coastal infrastructure development, in line with the Building with Nature philosophy. In previous roles he was closely involved in Wetlands International’s freshwater and peatlands programmes as a project manager and supporting the development of conservation finance strategies and incentive mechanisms for community-based natural resources management. From 2010 till 2018 Pieter served in the board of the Transpetrol foundation, acting as a chair from 2014. As a volunteer he is engaged in breeding bird surveys, migration counts and bird ringing schemes, within and outside the Netherlands. Pieter holds a MSc degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, specializing in tropical ecology and international nature conservation.