Nico Jayson Anastacio

Nico Jayson Anastacio

Nico Jayson C. Anastacio
University Researcher & Environmental Planner
University of the Philippines Los Banos

Research interests:

Environmental Planning and Governance | Inclusive Rural Livelihood Systems

Dr. Nico Jayson Anastacio has been involved in development work for more than 10 years. He has experience working with both national and international organizations in supporting the rural development goals in the Philippines. He has been involved in the implementation of various research and extension projects that are designed to assist rural communities in responding to their development challenges.

His research expertise and interests revolve around the different aspects of environmental planning, and rural governance and development. These include natural resource management, water governance, ecotourism management and planning, gender and indigenous cultural communities, agrarian communities, and rural policies and institutions. These research interests are geared towards the understanding of the complex nature of the human environment interactions. It involves the dissection of the roles of different institutional actors and stakeholders, especially as how they relate to the existing national and local policies.

He has a Phd in Development Studies with cognates in Sociology and Strategic Planning and Policy Studies. He is a licensed environmental planner and completed the John Dillon Fellowship of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.

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