IIED launches SAGE version 2.0 – a tool for improving governance and equity in nature conservation
Insight, 28 June 2023
Phil Franks
Phil Franks was a principal researcher until July 2026
Phil Franks is an expert on the social dimension of natural resource management and nature conservation, with a particular focus on social equity and environmental justice.
He worked on the development and scaling up of practical tools for stakeholders and rightsholders in the development and management of protected and conserved areas, to assess and improve social impacts, governance, equity and respect for rights, in turn to deliver better outcomes for both people and nature links between conservation and development, and social and environmental safeguards.
He has extensive experience in Africa, Nepal, Southeast Asia and South America.
Expertise
Conservation and human-wellbeing/poverty; natural resource governance; REDD+; climate-smart agriculture.
Particular experience in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar, Rwanda, DRC, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
Before IIED
- Global coordinator, Poverty, Environmental and Climate Change Network, CARE International
- Project coordinator, BirdLife International
- Project manager, Development through Conservation, CARE Uganda.
Education
- MA, natural sciences, Cambridge University
- MSc, resource management, Edinburgh University
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