Anandi Sarita Namasivayam

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Anandi Sarita Namasivayam, MSc

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-3198

  • Room 8A-40, NU-building

  • Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), De Boelelaan 1111

    1081 HV Amsterdam

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Anandi is a PhD researcher at the department of Environmental Geography of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). During her masters at Wageningen University, Anandi specialised in studying human-environment systems. For her thesis she worked on understanding the effects of forest-cover change on ecosystem services in the Nilgiri Biosphere, India. In the past, Anandi been involved with environmental NGOs and research organizations including the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.

Anandi’s PhD research is a part of the NaturaConnect project which supports the design and implementation of a Trans-European Nature Network. Her work involves the use of dynamic land system change models to understand possible land-use outcomes and their impacts in different scenarios. Specifically she works on evaluating how changes in European land-use will affect ecosystem services, and how these insights can be used to build resilience and improve infrastructure for biodiversity.

Expertise

Ecosystem services and land use change.

Education

2021: MSc Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands.

2019: BSc Chemistry, Zoology, Environmental Science, Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru, India.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

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  • Narratives for Positive Nature Futures in Europe

    D’Alessio, A., Fornarini, C., Fernandez, N., Namasivayam, A. S., Visconti, P., Dertien, J., Hällfors, M., Jung, M., Moreira, F., O’Connor, L., Osti, M., Quintero-Uribe, L. C., Viti, M. M., Lauta, A., Pereira, H. M., Verburg, P. H. & Rondinini, C., May 2025, In: Environmental Management. 75, 5, p. 1071-1083 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access