Jelle Hendrik Behagel

Jelle Behagel is the co-programme scientific coordinator of ABC Futures.

ABOUT Jelle Hendrik Behagel

Jelle Behagel is the co-programme scientific coordinator of ABC Futures. He is an associate professor with the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP) of Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He is an expert on the politics of forest and nature conservation, with a special interest in Latin America. Jelle works on topics that include zero deforestation commitments and commodity trade, discourses of forest and nature conservation, and the role of political fantasy in environmental diplomacy and governance. He teaches multiple courses on political and social theory of forest and nature conservation and is coordinator of the special Master track on Sustainable Development Diplomacy (SDD). 

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NEWS & BLOG

Filipa Oitavén, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Mozambique
Around Gorongosa National Park, Filipa Oitavén researches how conservation organizations work with local communities — and how local knowledge and leadership can shape conservation.
Astracia Warner, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working on One Health in Suriname
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José María Casanova Celis, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Mexico
José María Casanova Celis expands ABC Futures to a fifth research country. His PhD applies a political ecology lens to power relations in protected area governance.