Nicole Harari

Research Scientist

Sustainable Land Systems Impact Area

Telefon
+41 31 684 54 96
E-Mail
nicole.harari@unibe.ch
Büro
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Postadresse
Nicole Harari
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Universität Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional focus at CDE

  • Sustainable Land Management (SLM)
  • Decision support for up-scaling SLM
  • SLM Knowledge Management: use of audio-visual materials and other innovative tools
  • Farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing

Projects

  • World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT)

Further professional interests

  • Impacts of conflict on land use and management
  • Transboundary water management
  • Environmental peacebuilding
  • Nature conservation and protected areas

Field experience

  • Seven years field experience in the Middle East (occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Israel, Jordan)
  • Six-month field experience in Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil
  • Short-term field experiences in Kenya and Tajikistan

Languages

German, English, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Arabic (basic)

 

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2023

Critchley, William; Harari, Nicole; Delve, Robert (2023). Supporting Extension Services to Scale Up Sustainable Land Management. The potential of WOCAT’s tools and methods International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Teich, Ingrid; Harari, Nicole; Caza, Pablo; Henao‐Henao, Juan Pablo; Lopez, Juan Calles; Raviolo, Eugenia; Díaz‐González, Ana María; González, Hernán; Bastidas, Soledad; Morales‐Opazo, Cristian; García, César Luis (2023). An interactive system to map land degradation and inform decision‐making to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality via convergence of evidence across scales: a case study in Ecuador. Land degradation & development, 34(15), pp. 4475-4487. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.4645

Critchley, William; Harari, Nicole; Mollee, Eefke; Mekdaschi-Studer, Rima; Eichenberger, Joana (2023). Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Adaptation for Small-Scale Land Users in Sub-Saharan Africa. Land, 12(6), p. 1206. MDPI 10.3390/land12061206

Harari, Nicole; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Bastidas Fegan, Soledad; Schlingloff, Stefan; Brès, Aurélie (eds.) (2023). Promoting sustainable land management through evidence-based decision support (In Press). Rome, Italy: FAO 10.4060/cc6118en

2022

Harari, Nicole; Allheilig, Gaby (May 2022). We have to do a better job of tapping the synergies between the three Rio Conventions. In: CDE Spotlight. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern

Piemontese, Luigi; Kamugisha, Rick Nelson; Barron, Jennie; Tukahirwa, Joy Margaret Biteete; Harari, Nicole; Jaramillo, Fernando (2022). Investing in sustainable intensification for smallholders: quantifying large-scale costs and benefits in Uganda. Environmental Research Letters, 17(4), 045010. IOP Publishing 10.1088/1748-9326/ac5ae0

Ziadat, Feras; Berkat, Omar; Ouchna, Rochdi; Touami, Mouna; Fetsi, Theodora; Harari, Nicole; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Schlingloff, Stefan (2022). Participatory land resources planning to promote sustainable landscape management in rainfed areas-Morocco. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 6 Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2022.848043

2021

Providoli, Isabelle; Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Liniger, Hanspeter; Herweg, Karl (8 June 2021). Enhancing capacities of the young generation in Cambodia - Addressing issues of food insecurity, land degradation, climate change and disaster risk through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (Unpublished). In: Webinar of SDC thematic networks: Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of Education. online. 08 June 2021.

Providoli, Isabelle; Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Liniger, Hanspeter; Herweg, Karl; Hett, Cornelia (2021). Enhancing capacities of the young generation in Cambodia for supporting rural transformation and agroecology mainstreaming through education for sustainable development (ESD) (Unpublished). In: Virtual Regional consultation on Engaging with Academia and Research Institutions (ARIs) to support Family Farmers and Food System Transformation During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia. Bangkok. 08 – 09 December 2021.

Tim, Sophea; Providoli, Isabelle; Harari, Nicole (2021). Academic initiative: including agroecology into university curriculum (Unpublished). In: Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions for Green, Inclusive and Resilient COVID-19 Recovery in the ASEAN Region. Bangkok. 08 – 09 November.

Tim, Sophea; Providoli, Isabelle; Harari, Nicole (2021). Scaling up climate resilient Sustainable Land Management with farmers, extension, education and policy (Unpublished). In: 6th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference – Adaptation Futures 2021. New Delhi. 05 - 08 October.

2020

Providoli, Isabelle; Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter (October 2020). Bringing Sustainability Science to Cambodia - Enabling Transformative Learning and Education through Joint Development of a Curriculum on Sustainable Development (Unpublished). In: 7th Responsible Management Education Research Conference. School of Applied Sciences. Graubünden, Switzerland. 19-21 October.

Tim, Sophea; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter; Providoli, Isabelle (September 2020). Bringing Sustainability Science to Cambodia - Enabling Transformative Learning and Education through Joint Development of a Curriculum on Sustainable Development (Unpublished). In: Higher Education Summit 2020. Bern, Switzerland. 31 August - 02 September 2020.

Piemontese, Luigi; Castelli, Giulio; Fetzer, Ingo; Barron, Jennie; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Bresci, Elena; Jaramillo, Fernando (2020). Estimating the global potential of water harvesting from successful case studies. Global environmental change, 63, p. 102121. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102121

Blesić, Milenko; Harari, Nicole; Bajrić, Muhamed; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Ljuša, Melisa; Ognjenović, Dragana; Schlingloff, Stefan; Čustović, Hamid (2020). Case studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the WOCAT database. In: Čustović, Hamid; Ljuša, Melisa; Schlingloff, Stefan (eds.) Sustainable Land Management - Approaches and Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina (pp. 201-231). Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: University of Sarajevo; Facultiy of Agriculture and Food Sciences

Providoli, Isabelle; Herweg, Karl; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Jaquet, Stéphanie; Tim, Sophea; Soben, Kim (2020). Teaching Manual for for Bachelor’s and Master’s courses on Sustainable Development and Sustainable Land Management at the Royal University of Cambodia. Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, with Bern Open Publishing (BOP)

2019

Jendoubi, Donia; Harari, Nicole; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima (2019). Vers une Gestion Durable des Terres (GDT). Une collection des bonnes pratiques en Tunisie [Textbook] . Aide à la décision pour l'intégration et l'extension de la gestion durable des terres. FAO Organisation de Nation Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Global Environment Facility, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; van Lynden, Godert; Fleiner, Renate; de Leeuw, Jan; Bai, Zhanguo; Critchley, William (2019). Achieving land degradation neutrality: The role of SLM knowledge in evidence-based decision-making. Environmental science & policy, 94, pp. 123-134. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.01.001

van Haren, Nathalie; Fleiner, Renate; Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2019). Contribution of community-based initiatives to the sustainable development goal of Land Degradation Neutrality. Environmental science & policy, 94, pp. 211-219. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.017

Gonzalez-Roglich, Mariano; Zvoleff, Alex; Noon, Monica; Liniger, Hanspeter; Fleiner, Renate; Harari, Nicole; Garcia, Cesar (2019). Synergizing global tools to monitor progress towards land degradation neutrality: Trends.Earth and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies sustainable land management database. Environmental science & policy, 93, pp. 34-42. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.019

Oberlack, Christoph; Breu, Thomas; Giger, Markus; Harari, Nicole; Herweg, Karl Günter; Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan; Messerli, Peter; Moser, Stephanie; Ott, Cordula; Providoli, Isabelle; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Zimmermann, Anne; Schneider, Flurina (2019). Theories of change in sustainability science: Understanding how change happens. GAIA - Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / ecological perspectives for science and society, 28(2), pp. 106-111. Oekom Verlag 10.14512/gaia.28.2.8

Schneider, Flurina; Giger, Markus; Harari, Nicole; Moser, Stephanie; Oberlack, Christoph; Providoli, Isabelle; Schmid, Leonie; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Zimmermann, Anne (2019). Transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: Three generic mechanisms of impact generation. Environmental science & policy, 102, pp. 26-35. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.08.017

2017

Harari, Nicole; Gavilano, Alexandra; Liniger, Hanspeter (2017). where people and their land are safer: A Compendium of Good Practices in Disaster Risk Reduction. Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern and Swiss NGO Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Platform, with Bern Open Publishing

Balsiger, Urs; Bastide, Joan; Bieri, Sabin; Breu, Thomas; da Silva-Trolliet, Tamara Rebecca; Ehrensperger, Albrecht; Harari, Nicole; Heinimann, Andreas; Kiteme, Bonifcae; Lardelli, Corina; Messerli, Peter; Oberlack, Christoph; Weger, Barbara (2017). Spotlight on engaged and transformative science. CDE annual report 2016 (CDE Annual Report 2016). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

2016

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole; Schwilch, Gudrun; Providoli, Isabelle; Mekdaschi, Rima (2016). Upscaling SLM by proving overall benefits and improving knowledge sharing and evidence-based decision making (Unpublished). In: Global Land Project - Open Science Meeting. Beijing, China. 24.-27.10.2016.

2015

Liniger, Hanspeter; Bunning, Sally; Harari, Nicole; Mekdaschi Studer, Rima; Nachtergaele, Freddy (2015). Decision support framework for mainstreaming and scaling-up sustainable land management. In: Hubert, Bernard; Broin, Melanie (eds.) UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts. Cancún, Mexico. 09.03.-12.03.2015.

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2015). Innovations in using documented knowledge on SLM best practices for various stakeholders at different levels. In: Hubert, Bernard; Broin, Melanie (eds.) UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference. Book of Abstracts. Cancún, Mexico. 09.03.-12.03.2015.

2014

Golay, François; Ziegler, Stefan; Harari, Nicole; Métaireau, Béatrice; Carneiro, Claudio; Schuler, Martin (2014). Academic cooperation to foster research and advocacy competences in the occupied Palestinian territory (West Bank). In: Bolay, Jean-Claude; Hostettler, Silvia; Hazboun, Eileen (eds.) Technologies for sustainable development: a way to reduce poverty? (pp. 263-274). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-319-00639-0_22

2013

Liniger, Hanspeter; Harari, Nicole (2013). Use of audiovisual messages from land user to land user for sharing knowledge about SLM: experiences from a pilot project in Kenya and Tajikistan. In: 2nd UNCCD Scientific Conference. Bonn, Deutschland. 9.-12. Apr. 2013.

2005

Harari, Nicole (2005). Literature Review on the Quirimbas National Park, Northern Mozambique (Unpublished) Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

  • World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT)