Scaling nature-based solutions for climate resilient infrastructure

Project:   The role of green blue infrastructure in bioremediation, air pollution mitigation and sustainable ecosystem services in Namibia’s informal settlements in a changing climate
Role: PhD candidate
Affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Namibia
ORCID ID: 0009-0009-1566-732X
Email: johannes.ndrs@gmail.com or 224165534@students.unam.na

With over a decade of professional and industrial expertise, Johannes Andreas is an accomplished landscape ecologist specialising in sustainable agriculture, land use planning, applied landscape and vegetation ecology, nature-based solutions, global environmental change, and conservation biology, and natural resources conservation and management.  His passion for nature was cultivated through his academic pursuits, including a bachelor’s degree in agricultural management and MSc. degree in landscape ecology and nature conservation.

He is currently undertaking a PhD in Geography at the University of Namibia. His doctoral research examines the role of green-blue infrastructure in bioremediation, air pollution mitigation, and sustainable ecosystem services within Namibia’s informal settlements. He also serves as Land use Planner for the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform in Namibia, where he is responsible for Integrated Regional Land Use Planning and spatial data infrastructure monitoring. Prior to this, he held roles as Young Professional Intern for High Value Plant Species on a World Bank-funded project under the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Field Liaison Officer with the World Wildlife Fund Namibia, and was a member of the Environmental Assessment Professionals Association of Namibia.