Astrid coordinates FAO’s work on REDD+ and National Forest Monitoring and is a member of UN-REDD management group. She has more than 20 years of experience in sustainable agriculture, natural resources management and climate change. After some years in economic consulting, Astrid joined FAO to support investment projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia financed by the World Bank, IFAD, GEF and GCF.. She has promoted sustainability approaches across the agriculture sectors, including for biofuels, and coordinated FAO’s climate finance work. Astrid holds an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford and an M.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Economics from University College London.