In his current position as Chief Economist at IUCN, Dr. Bishop seeks to promote market-based approaches to nature conservation, while also presenting the case for conservation in economic terms.  Prior to joining IUCN, Dr. Bishop worked for several years at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), in London, where he conducted applied research on a range of topics in the economics of land use change, including studies of macro-economic policy and the environment, timber trade policy, forecasting supply and demand for forest products, valuation of non-marketed forest benefits, the economics of soil conservation, and market-based approaches to forest and water conservation.

Dr. Bishop previously worked in West Africa as a consultant economist to the EC and the World Bank, as a conservation extension agent with IUCN, and as a development volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in Mali.

To contact Joshua Bishop, please e-mail JTB [at] hq.iucn.org