Ramona-Elena Scriban
Sustainability Specialist
As a Sustainable Specialist, Ramona demonstrates a steadfast commitment to advancing knowledge in forestry and environmental conservation, aiming to foster sustainable practices within the field and to the forestry community.
Ramona plays a key role in the Preferred by Nature Sustainability Advisory team, delivering services for clients and donor-funded projects. She is involved in creating policies, aligning strategies, analysing sustainability systems, engaging supply chains, ensuring traceability, validating processes, assessing risks, and developing procedures. Ramona also conducts risk assessments for commodities or at the country level.
"Forestry has always been a passion of mine. Through my experiences, I've learnt what forests mean and how they affect people. As someone who cares about sustainability, the things that interested me the most were the multi-stakeholder engagement, the proposed actions to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the protection of biodiversity, and the identification of cultural forests as providing important ecosystem services. The most challenging aspect is understanding people's needs, as forests are naturally adaptable to change. Developing a relationship between nature and humans is critical for future generations. I hope that my commitment and dedication to the forest and environment will make others realise how vital it is to find answers to any challenges. Forest needs our help, and Preferred by Nature is one of the most important pillars of sustainability."
Skills at a glance
- PhD in Forestry, specialising in forest ecosystem services
- Postdoctoral certificate in cultural forest ecosystem services
- Actively involved in sustainable forest management projects addressing climate change, forest conservation, biodiversity, forest governance, ownership and tenure, with a focus on stakeholder engagement
- Proficient in remote sensing tools, particularly ArcGIS
- Forestry consultant for integrating forest ecosystem services into FSC forest certification, with a focus on identifying and mapping HCVFs
- Strong ability to extract data and create visually appealing infographics
