Salman Hussain

Salman Hussain is the global coordinator of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and the Head of the Ecosystem Services Economics Unit in UN Environment. The TEEB portfolio includes a work stream on the application of SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EEA) in Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Mexico, led by UN Statistics and funded by the EC, and work on natural capital accounting in the agri-food sector (TEEBAgriFood), with applications planned across 10 countries in 2018. Salman joined UN Environment in 2014. Before joining UN Environment, Salman was a researcher in ecological economics and the Academic Director of the University of Edinburgh Masters programme in Ecological Economics. His PhD was on the Greening of Industry and eco-labelling, but he has focused on ecosystem service valuation for the last decade, leading research projects for inter alia the UN, the EC, UK DEFRA and the Scottish Government.