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Erin is a Research Associate for WRI’s People and Ecosystems Program. She will primarily be conducting research and analysis to inform WRI’s Green Economy series at the United Nations. This will include research on green economy strategies and their triple bottom line benefits, issues and concerns over the green economy, and successful case studies from around the world. In addition, Erin will be contributing her economics expertise to the Northern Forests Watershed Incentives project and the Southern Forests for the Future project.

Erin received her Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, concentrating in Environmental Economics and Policy. Erin also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Economics and Environmental Analysis and Policy from Boston University.

Erin’s research interests lie primarily in the development of ecosystem service markets in developing countries to improve livelihoods and conserve natural resources, environmental economics, sustainability indicators, and climate change adaptation. In 2008, she received the National Fish and Wildlife Budweiser Conservation Scholarship for her Master’s project research on the potential of ecosystem service markets for the conservation of private lands. Ms. Gray’s previous work experience includes research and economic analysis of ecosystem service markets for the land conservation community in North Carolina and several years as a climate change and sustainability consultant with ICF International.