Valerie Kapos leads the Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme at UN Environment’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). Val has worked for more than 30 years on understanding tropical forests, their biodiversity and ecosystem services, including through remote sensing. She recently discussed the potential of these new technical approaches in a ‘Perspective’ in Science (Kapos. Seeing the forest through the trees: Remote-sensing data identify functional trait variation in tropical forests. Science 27 January 2017).
Job title
Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme Lead
Organisation
UN Environment’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)