Dr Nick Atkinson
Biodiversity Strategist
Dr Nick Atkinson's interests
Biodiversity
Co-benefits
Conservation science
eDNA
Forest carbon
Plant sciences
Dr Nick Atkinson is a conservation scientist whose work has crossed academic, government, NGO and corporate sectors. He has specialist knowledge in the role of trees in carbon and is an experienced communicator in both popular and scientific channels.
Nick was involved in the development of the Woodland Carbon Code, the UK's protocol for woodland creation carbon sequestration projects. He is also the Technical Author of the BSI standard for carbon claims by nature-based projects.
Education
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Models of Cooperation
University of Edinburgh, Doctoral researcher in Population Genetics and Speciation
Research associations
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Member of the British Ecological Society
Member of the UK Environmental Law Association
Member of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance
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