Jon Lovett

Jon C. Lovett is Director of the Centre for Ecology, Law and Policy, and Chair in Global Challenges in School of Geography at the University of Leeds in the UK.
He was on the Programme Advisory Committee for the Natural Resources Systems Programme of the UK Department for International Development (1999-2006) and Senior Advisor to the Lower Kihansi Hydropower Environmental Monitoring and Catchment Management Projects, Tanzania (1996-2002). From 1996 to 1997 he was on the joint Economic and Social Science Research Council and Natural Environment Research Council committee on environmental economics and was responsible for preparing the policy report reviewing provision of advanced courses in environmental economics, environmental evaluation and risk assessment. He is associate editor of the African Journal of Ecology.
He has spent more than 12 years living and working in developing countries on a wide range of projects and has published extensively on natural resource management. His current research is focused on the broader implications of climate change, including the impacts of a shift to biofuels, and the institutional economics of decentralised community management of forests. He has lead and participated in numerous externally funded projects with support from the EU, research councils, government development agencies, non-governmental organisations and industry.

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Environmental Challenges: Scarcity and Conflict in the Natural Environment (FutureLearn)

Mar 25th 2024
Environmental Challenges: Scarcity and Conflict in the Natural Environment (FutureLearn)
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War and conflict can severely disrupt the governance of the environment. What is the impact on both people and the environment? This course explores three aspects of conflict and resource scarcity, and applies these to explore decision making and negotiation skills. Human conflict has both short and long term [...]

Environmental Challenges: Human Impact in the Natural Environment (FutureLearn)

Mar 11th 2024
Environmental Challenges: Human Impact in the Natural Environment (FutureLearn)
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Complexity in nature arises from a myriad of simple interactions. How can this lead to an unpredictable dynamism? Complex patterns in ecology are not always causal and predictable. Populations have their own dynamics that can be independent of external environmental conditions. In this course we look at the way [...]

Environmental Challenges: Hierarchy in Property Rights (FutureLearn)

Feb 26th 2024
Environmental Challenges: Hierarchy in Property Rights (FutureLearn)
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How does language help us develop our relationship with nature and determine the rights of access and ownership? Increasing populations and social changes are pressurising our relationship with the environment. Property rights are embedded in power structures and land management. This course explores the different ways that nature is [...]

Environmental Challenges: Rights and Values in Ecosystem Services (FutureLearn)

Feb 12th 2024
Environmental Challenges: Rights and Values in Ecosystem Services (FutureLearn)
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Differences in values can create conflict. How can we learn to manage our natural resources with integrity? Humans are very innovative, but we’ve also created many ecological problems. We’ve changed the face of the planet, fished the oceans, and we’re causing climate change through emissions. Designing institutional arrangements that [...]

Environmental Challenges: Justice in Natural Resource Management (FutureLearn)

Jan 29th 2024
Environmental Challenges: Justice in Natural Resource Management (FutureLearn)
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How do we ensure that the difficult decisions about the management of natural resources are just and fair for all? When looking at different societies and cultures around the world, it is interesting how ubiquitous the principles of justice are. It is part of our human nature to think [...]

Renewable Energy: Sustainable Electricity Supply with Microgrids (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Renewable Energy: Sustainable Electricity Supply with Microgrids (FutureLearn)
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Explore approaches to electrification, microgrids, and how to harness this form of renewable energy to achieve sustainability. Learn and assess different electrification approaches from around the world. On this two-week course, you will learn how electricity is generated globally and explore different approaches to electrification. You will then learn [...]

Renewable Energy: Achieving Sustainability through Bioenergy (FutureLearn)

Sep 4th 2023
Renewable Energy: Achieving Sustainability through Bioenergy (FutureLearn)
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Understand the principles of bioenergy and learn how to harness this form of renewable energy to achieve sustainability. Learn about the principles and environmental implications of bioenergy. On this two week course, you will explore bioenergy, one of the most diverse and readily available sources of renewable energy. You’ll look [...]

Fairness and Nature: When Worlds Collide (FutureLearn)

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Fairness and Nature: When Worlds Collide (FutureLearn)
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Making decisions about managing natural resources can be difficult; this course explores why fairness needs to be part of policy.