NICOLA ATTARZADEH is a biologist with specialism in greenhouse gas assessment of agricultural supply chains. She has worked with industry and academia to carry out over 150 supply chain sustainability assessments and train others in this subject. Nicola's portfolio of supply chain sustainability analyses include projects for the World Bank, international food, beverage and cosmetics brands, retailers and suppliers of agri-food products, farmers, manufacturers and universities in the UK and overseas.
Her work in sustainable agriculture has taken her to South America and Africa, and included a year working with indigenous communities in a remote region of Guyana. She has also worked in marketing and CSR for a major European coffee roaster. Nicola holds an MSc (distinction) in Environmental Technology and a BSc in Biology, both from Imperial College, London.
Her work in sustainable agriculture has taken her to South America and Africa, and included a year working with indigenous communities in a remote region of Guyana. She has also worked in marketing and CSR for a major European coffee roaster. Nicola holds an MSc (distinction) in Environmental Technology and a BSc in Biology, both from Imperial College, London.
MARTIN NOPONEN is a Finnish-German national with a passion for building sustainable solutions into tropical production systems. He holds a PhD in Forestry from Bangor University, Wales and CATIE, Costa Rica. His PhD explored the potential for coffee farmers to participate in international carbon markets through different types of farm management. He is highly knowledgable about agriculture- and forest-based carbon markets and opportunities for insetting within supply chains.
Martin works directly with producers of tropical commodities around the world, and has specialist knowledge of coffee and cocoa supply chains, with particular focus on Climate Smart Agriculture. He is an LCA expert and is experienced at building carbon accounting tools and calculating the greenhouse gas balance of farming systems.
Martin works for the Rainforest Alliance as Director of Climate, and acts in an advisory capacity for CarbonRoots.
These are just a few of our publications:
Environmental Sustainability: Farming in the Anthropocene. Chapter 4 in Folmer, B. (Ed.) The Craft and Science of Coffee (2017) Elsevier Inc., London, UK.
"Private sector investment in landscape approaches: the role of production standards and certification" - Chapter 19 in Climate-Smart Landscapes: Multifunctionality in Practice (2015) 277-293. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
"A landscape approach to Climate Smart Agriculture in Ghana" - ETFRN news 56
"Sink or Source – the potential of coffee agroforestry systems to sequester atmospheric CO2 into soil organic carbon" - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2013) 175:60-68
"Intensification of coffee systems can increase the effectiveness of REDD mechanisms" - Agricultural Systems (2013) 119:1-9
"Greenhouse gas emissions in coffee grown with differing input levels under conventional and organic management" - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2012) 151:6-15
"Methodological complexities of product carbon footprinting: a sensitivity analysis of key variables in a developing country context" - Environmental Science and Policy (2010) 13[5]:393-404
Martin works directly with producers of tropical commodities around the world, and has specialist knowledge of coffee and cocoa supply chains, with particular focus on Climate Smart Agriculture. He is an LCA expert and is experienced at building carbon accounting tools and calculating the greenhouse gas balance of farming systems.
Martin works for the Rainforest Alliance as Director of Climate, and acts in an advisory capacity for CarbonRoots.
These are just a few of our publications:
Environmental Sustainability: Farming in the Anthropocene. Chapter 4 in Folmer, B. (Ed.) The Craft and Science of Coffee (2017) Elsevier Inc., London, UK.
"Private sector investment in landscape approaches: the role of production standards and certification" - Chapter 19 in Climate-Smart Landscapes: Multifunctionality in Practice (2015) 277-293. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
"A landscape approach to Climate Smart Agriculture in Ghana" - ETFRN news 56
"Sink or Source – the potential of coffee agroforestry systems to sequester atmospheric CO2 into soil organic carbon" - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2013) 175:60-68
"Intensification of coffee systems can increase the effectiveness of REDD mechanisms" - Agricultural Systems (2013) 119:1-9
"Greenhouse gas emissions in coffee grown with differing input levels under conventional and organic management" - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2012) 151:6-15
"Methodological complexities of product carbon footprinting: a sensitivity analysis of key variables in a developing country context" - Environmental Science and Policy (2010) 13[5]:393-404
CarbonRoots 2018.
