Diana Sietz

Sustainable Land Management and Food Security/Sovereignty across scales

Rooted in land system science, I assess interactions between natural resources, Food Security/Sovereignty and livelihoods in the context of climate and land use change. Insights support decisions to improve land management and Food Security/Sovereignty at local, Regional (subnational) and global scales. Archetypical patterns of vulnerability and adaptation, critical thresholds and catastrophic shifts in socio-ecological systems receive particular attention. Learning from Regional (subnational) diversity provides knowledge for scaling Sustainable Land Management fostering the achievement of Land Degradation Neutrality and other Sustainable Development Goals. I have worked in Europe, Latin America and Africa, often in drylands and high-mountain regions, in close collaboration with local communities, ministries, development agencies, international agricultural research centres and UN organisations.

I coordinate the GLP Working Groups "46812" and "46806".

As a lead author of IPBES Nexus Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services I synthesise interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health.

I am an Associate Editor at Regional (subnational) Environmental Change Journal.