Ashley Camhi
Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
From Tempe, Ariz.
From Tempe, Ariz.
My interests lie in addressing sustainable development and environmental conservation through the lens of natural resource economics. For the past ten years I studied and worked in the field of environmental policy. In that time the most important lesson I have learned is that economics is central to effective policymaking for sustainable resource management.
I am currently and environmental economist and natural resource specialist for the IDB's new Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BES) Program - www.iadb.org/biodiversity. Our goal is to mainstream BES into the Bank's work in both the private and public sectors.
My career objectives are:
To educate other environmentalists on the relevance of economics;
To develop advanced economic methodologies to further value sustainable resource management practices;
To strengthen innovative policies that make use of environmental and resource economics to achieve conservation and poverty reduction; and
To use monetary incentives to help shift the environmental values of
o People living in critical ecological areas so they are able to protect their local environment; and of
o People living in developed countries so they recognize that protecting the environment can be a net positive.
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Ashley Camhi Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Ashley Camhi of Tempe, Ariz., was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Camhi wa...
February, 17 2016 - Verified by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Environmental Economist at Inter-American Development Bank
- Contribute to the regional and country dialogue with key stakeholders in the public and private sectors to identify potential areas of the IDB support of biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability in LAC.
- Contribute to the preparation of sector strategies and bank initiatives aimed at mainstreaming best practices related to environment and biodiversity conservation and enhancing sustainability, consistent with the Region's needs and development objectives.
- Contribute to the identification, design and preparation of interventions that respond to the borrowers' strategies and priority areas for the Bank in environment sustainability.
- Promote Bank's value added, and works as a "facilitator" for organizational change and development.
- Support environmental specialists and project teams on key issues related to ecosystem conservation and biodiversity goods and services.
- Support the development of sector related studies, assessment guidance and the dissemination of good practices through the organization of conferences, publications, and partnerships.
- Conduct/support training sessions on mainstreaming environment and biodiversity conservation and enhancing sustainability for IDB staff, executing agencies and consultants.
September 2012 - Present
