Inacio da Cunha, Marcelo
Dr Marcelo Inacio da Cunha
Research programme
Environmental Governance
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Economics, Geography
Work areas
- Institutional and ecological economics
- Human-nature relations
- Environmental justice
- Political ecology of forest conservation
- Resilience and sustainability in natural resource use
- Natural resource management and governance
- Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
- Ecosystem/forest landscape restoration
- Climate change
- Value chain analysis of deforestation-free agricultural and non-timber forest products
- Rural livelihoods and development
- UN Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Vita
| since 12/2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Senior Researcher in the research programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability" |
| 10/2022 - 11/2023 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Advisor |
| 3/2020 - 10/2022 | DLR (German IPBES Coordination Office) Scientific Officer |
| 11/2019 - 6/2022 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Officer |
| 6/2018 | Freie Universität Berlin Dr. rer. nat. (PhD in Geography) on tradeoffs/synergies concerning forest conservation and resource-reliant livelihoods of socioeconomically marginalized traditional communities in Amazônia |
| 11/2017 - 11/2019 | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Officer |
| 10/2013 - 10/2017 | DAAD/CAPES (project funded mostly by BMZ) PhD scholar working on project about sustainable value chains "Sociobiodiversidade e bioeconomia na Amazônia" |
| 3/2010 - 11/2013 | CIFOR-ICRAF (World Agroforestry) Scientist |
| 10/2003-3/2009 | Universität zu Köln Economist, Dipl.-Volkswirt ("Diplom" studies in Economics with emphasis in Sociology) |
| 1/2009 - 3/2009 | United Nations Global Compact Intern |
| 4/2008 - 8/2008 | UNEP-Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) Intern |
| 8/2006 - 10/2006 | AIESEC (Cameroon) "Development-trainee" |
| 3/2006 - 4/2006 | Transparency International Intern |
| 4/2005 - 6/2005 | Südwind Institute Intern |
Refereed Publications
- King-Okumu, Caroline / Daniel Tsegai / Diaminatou Sanogo / Jonah Kiprop / Joshua Cheboiwo / Mame Sokhna Sarr / Marcelo Inacio da Cunha / Maher Salman (2021)
How can we stop the slow-burning systemic fuse of loss and damage due to land degradation and drought in Africa?
in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 50, 289-302 - Allen, Cameron / Graciela Metternicht / Peter Verburg / Mariam Akhtar-Schuster / Inacio da Cunha, Marcelo / Marioldy Sanchez-Santivañez (2020)
Delivering an enabling environment and multiple benefits for LDN: stakeholder perceptions and progress
in: Environmental Science & Policy 114, 109-118 - Rodriguez Osuna, Vaness / Jan Börner / Marcelo Cunha (2014)
Small-scale producers, risk and climate change in an Amazonian municipality
in: Lac, Silvia / Mark McHenry (Eds.), Climate change and forest ecosystems, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 135-151 - Cunha, Marcelo (2014)
Social capital and access to (natural) resources and markets along the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) value chain in the Lower Amazon basin, Pará
in: Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 9 (2), 337-352 - Rodríguez Osuna, Vanessa / Jan Börner / Marcelo Cunha (2014)
Scoping adaptation needs for smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon: a municipal level case study
in: Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
Non-refereed Publications
- Verburg, Peter / Graciela Metternicht /[...]/ Inacio da Cunha, Marcelo et al. (2019)
Creating and enabling environment for land degradation neutrality and its potential contribution to enhancing well-being, livelihoods and the environment: a report of the Science-Policy Interface
Bonn: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - Inacio da Cunha, Marcelo (2018)
Access to resources and markets for sustainable and inclusive value chains: towards locally adapted institutions for strengthening the chain position of Brazil nut gatherers in the Brazilian Amazon
Bonn: Kessel Publishing House - Donavan, Jason / Steve Franzel / Marcelo Cunha / Amos Gyau / Dagmar Mithöfer (2016)
Guides for value chain development: a comparative review
in: André Devaux et al., Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: successes and challenges: synopsis, Washington/DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), - Cunha, Marcelo (2013)
Guías para el desarrollo de cadenas de valor: una revision comparativa
Turrialba, Costa Rica: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 1-79 - Donovan, Jason / Marcelo Cunha / Steven Franzel / Amos Gyau / Dagmar Mithöfer (2013)
Value chains and trade: guides for value chain development - a comparative review
Wageningen: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), 1-76
Opinion Pieces
- Hein, Jonas / Marcelo Inacio Da Cunha / Jean Carlo Rodriguez de Francisco (2024)
Why protected areas alone are not enough to prevent the loss of biodiversity
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 21 May 2024