Ria Lambino
Deputy Director, Japan Hub
Ria Lambino is based at the Research Institute for Humanity & Nature (RIHN) in Kyoto. She received her PhD and Masters from Kyoto University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies. She has a degree in Applied Physics but has spent most of her professional career as a practitioner and researcher focusing on environmental conservation and sustainability, with significant experience in the Philippines and in Japan. Prior to joining Future Earth, she worked for WWF Philippines as Vice President for Sustainable Production and Market Engagement and had been involved in transdisciplinary research on watershed governance at RIHN. Her research interests include transdisciplinarity, environmental policy and governance, protected areas & management, water issues, sustainable agriculture & fisheries and sustainable consumption and production.