Emily Polack
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Researcher, Natural Resources Group
+44 (0) 131 226 7040
emily.polack@iied.org
Expertise:
Land tenure and natural resource investment governance, community-based natural resource management and indigenous rights
Current work:
Researching large-scale land acquisitions and agricultural investments; practitioner lesson sharing on legal tools for citizen empowerment in relation to land and natural resource investments; innovative tools for securing land rights in West Africa.
Before IIED:
Researcher on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, child rights and child-centred adaptation, Climate Change and Development Centre at the Institute of Development Studies.
Consultant, climate change research and advocacy, Practical Action.
Education: LLM International Development Law and Human Rights, University of Warwick.