Linh Phuong Pham

Linh Phuong Pham comes from Vietnam. After graduating from Vietnam National University with Honors in Ecology, she worked at the Vietnam Environmental Agency where her responsibilities focused on wetlands. She helped develop and monitor the implementation of environmental polices affecting wetlands and to coordinate wetland conservation projects in the country. Linh is also a consultant to the ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation. This group is a financing and networking mechanism to promote intra ASEAN and ASEAN – EU linkages in nature conservation. Linh helped develop the centre’s conservation strategies, identify conservation priorities for Vietnam, and coordinate Vietnam’s conservation efforts with those of other ASEAN countries.

Linh won a fellowship from the Russell E. Train Foundation of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to do her master’s degree in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (the UK). She also received various other awards, including scholarships from the German Educational Exchange Service and the Mitshubishi Bank.

Prior to coming to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources, Linh joined the Sustainable Business Group of PriceWaterhouseCooper in London in their work to consult with World Wildlife Fund Europe in setting strategies to address two major threats, namely climate change and fisheries, to the North-east Atlantic Marine Ecoregion.

Linh’s research interests focus on coastal wetlands in South East Asia.  She is working towards a research project that will examine the influence of macroeconomic policies on coastal wetlands and explore the implications for food security and vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters in South East Asia.

Linh is a yoga trainer. She loves cooking, gardening and has received several prizes for oriental flower arrangements.