Addressing equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains: the case of deforestation-risk commodities in the tropics

Rachael Garrett is the Moran Professor of Conservation and Development at the University of Cambridge Department of Geography. She has interdisciplinary degrees in environmental science, economics, history, and public administration from Boston University (BA), Columbia University (MPA), and Stanford University (PhD), and received post-doctoral training at Harvard University. Within the broad fields of conservation and sustainable development, Dr. Garrett conducts research on the drivers of land use change, agricultural sustainability and resilience, conservation policy effectiveness and equity, and just and transformative sustainability transitions. She has published over 60 scientific articles and numerous policy briefs on these topics. Among other roles, Dr. Garrett is the co-chair of the Global Land Program Science Steering Committee, serves on the UN Science Panel on Sustainability Standards, UN Science Panel for the Amazon, Cambridge Conservation Initiative Council, Cambridge Global Food Security Steering Committee, and Cambridge Zero Advisory Board, and chairs the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee at the University of Cambridge Department of Geography.