Eduard Niesten’s work and research concentrate on comparing the effectiveness of different conservation approaches, with a particular interest in direct incentives and sustainable finance. As Principal Consultant at EcoAdvisors, he advises governments, the private sector and not-for-profit sector clients on a wide range of environmental initiatives and financing solutions. Before joining EcoAdvisors in 2015, he spent 14 years at Conservation International designing, implementing and evaluating incentive-based interventions that advanced conservation and human wellbeing in more than 20 countries in South and Central America, .......