Caroline Winchester

Research Analyst II, Global Forest Watch Commodities and Finance

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Caroline is the Global Forest Watch Commodities and Finance Research Analyst within the Food, Forests, and Water Program. She undertakes research and corporate engagement to drive transparency within agricultural supply chains that are linked to deforestation, with a focus on the palm oil and cocoa sectors in Southeast Asia and Africa. She also supports the management of the Global Forest Watch Commodities webtool.

Prior to joining WRI, Caroline worked with The Nature Conservancy’s Freshwater Program in Gabon, Central Africa. In this role, she identified how the palm oil, rubber, timber, mining, and road construction sectors impact freshwater resources in Gabon. Previously, Caroline worked with the National Park Agency of Gabon and a global timber company to produce timber best practice guidelines for forestry operations conducted within the buffer zones surrounding Gabon’s national parks. She also spent a summer working with the World Wildlife Fund’s Global Forest and Trade Network program, where she conducted research on integrating payment for ecosystem service schemes into timber production forests.

Caroline holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Biology and Archaeology from Boston University, and a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University.

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