Bio

Jane is also is currently the co-founder of a private company with diverse specialization areas including gigapixel imagery, kite and drone custom built solutions and analysis such as NDVI, SAVI etc., aerial beautific imagery, underwater mapping, underwater beautific imagery, 360 imagery above and below water, video editing and customizable virtual tour creation. The area of the company which she is most proud is acting as incubators of the technologies that we bring to the table, but having the outcome stories be of the community themselves. Jane was part of the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) team since the organisation’s inception in 2002 until recently. AGEDI works in close coordination with long-term partners Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to maximise information exchange for improved decision-making at the local, national, regional and global levels. As Partnerships Programme Manager, Jane has led on a range of AGEDI’s milestone projects, including the National Blue Carbon and Ecosystem Services programme, a successful extension of the Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration project, which was the largest project of its kind worldwide, and the Climate Change Programme, which is the most comprehensive study of the issue for the region. Jane also led in the Biodiversity Systematic Conservation Assessment, a pioneering initiative for the region amongst numerous other projects. Specialties: - Project Management of large scale, complex projects - Project Management of Blue Carbon, Ecosystem Services,Climate Change and Biodiversity Systematic Conservation Planning - Environmental Expertise towards preparation and reporting towards SOE, EPI, NBSAPs etc - Development of concept idea through to funding