Background

Nevelina Pachova holds a Master’s degree in International Development with a focus on environmental economics from the International University of Japan. Prior to joining UNU-EHS, Nevelina worked as a Programme Associate at the UNU Environment and Sustainable Development Programme in Tokyo, where she supported the development and implementation of research and development projects in the fields of land, forest and international water management.

Working Area at UNU-EHS

At UNU-EHS, Nevelina is responsible for facilitating the implementation of the Innovative Land Use and Management Sub-Programme of the Vice-Rectorate. In particular, she is closely involved in the implementation of a GEF/UNEP Project on Sustainable Land Management in the Pamir-Alai Mountains in Central Asia (PALM), which is executed by UNU-ViE, as well as in the initiation and development of other initiatives on innovative and sustainable resource use and management situated at the science-policy interface.

Publications (selection)

Förster, H.; Pachova, N.I.; Renaud, F.G. (2011): Energy and land use in the Pamir-Alai mountains. Examples from five social-ecological regions. In: Mountain Research and Development. vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 305-314. The full paper can be downloaded here.

N. I. Pachova, M. Nakayama and L. Jansky (eds.), International Water Security: Domestic Threats and Opportunities, Tokyo: UNU Press, 2008, pp.295.

L. Jansky and N.I. Pachova, “Towards Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Areas in Central Asia,” Journal of Global Environmental Research, Vol. 10, No. 1/ 2006, pp. 99-115.

L. Jansky and N. I Pachova, “Environmental Monitoring: Applications to International Freshwater Management” in Proceedings from an International Symposium: Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Basin Management, 10-12 March 2005, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, Ed. S. Herath, D. Dutta, U. Weesakul, A. Das Gupta, Pathumhani: Asian Institute of Technology, March 2005, pp. 99-107.

L. Jansky, M. Murakami and N.I. Pachova, The Danube: Environmental Monitoring of an International River, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2004, pp. 172.

L. Jansky, M. Murakami and N.I. Pachova, “The Danube: A Case Study of Sharing International Waters,” Journal of Global Environmental Change, Vol.14, No.1/ 2004, pp. 39-49.

N.I. Pachova, I. Tikkanen, R. Nevenic, and B. Pajari, “Capacity Needs for Forest Policy Development in Countries with Economies in Transition” in Challenges to Strengthening Capacities for Forest Policy Development in Countries in Transition, L. Jansky, R. Nevenic, I. Tikkanen, B. Pajari (eds.), Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2004, pp. 1-16.