ELD AMBASSADORS
The role and tasks of the ELD Ambassadors
The ELD ambassadors are national champions and top voices for the economics of land. As representatives of the ELD Initiative, they play a crucial role in advancing ELD's vision and mission in their respective countries.
In their function as ambassadors, they help:
- to establish linkages between actors and institutions from science, policy and practice to motivate and facilitate science-policy-practice dialogues and collaboration for advancing sustainable land management and restoration.
- to lobby for the economics of land including the need for mobilizing transformative action and investment for land and the essential role of economic assessments, data and tools for informing, promoting and scaling such action;
- to disseminate results of ELD studies on national and international level in order to raise awareness for the economic dimension of land degradation and benefits of sustainable land management and mobilize action.
The majority of the ELD ambassadors have a scientific background in research and teaching. The ELD Initiative provides them with new ideas, inspirations, tools, access to international expertise and networks as well as opportunities to interact with decision makers and present their work in international fora. They become an integral part of the ELD network and thereby acquire further knowledge, skills and experiences. The role as ELD ambassador is a voluntary assignment not including any form of salary, all ELD ambassadors share a passion and commitment to advancing the economics of land.