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Dr  Ron Johnston 

PhD Biogeography & Landscape Ecology of  upland heather moorland and industrially derelict land.

BSc Ecology /  Environmental Biology

Fellow Royal Geographical Society

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy / Advance HE

Environmental Education 

Education for Sustainable Development

Ecosystem and Landscape Studies

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Current:

Sustainability Science Researcher [UNESCO MGIEP]
Landscape Ecologist: Independent Academic and Author
 
Legacy:
 Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Sustainability Education on undergraduate and post-graduate programmes with University of South Wales (2002 - 2016)

Sustainability science consultant with UNESCO MGIEP (2016-2018). 


Site Road Map 

Education for Sustainability (a more useful term than education for sustainable development) reaches beyond the anthropogenic impacts on 'natural environments' and should embrace a complex network  of  socio-scientific, socio-economic issues.

I develop this further in 
the "ESD" and the publications" sections of this site. The science chapter of the UNESCO publication: Textbooks for sustainable development- a Guide to Embedding (2016-2019 ), for which I was lead author, takes this into the realms of formal education (available on my publications tab above and elsewhere on this site)


Subsequently, I was part of the team developing the concepts underpinning this work and supporting their implementation in curriculum reform embedding ESD internationally  - most notably in Sikkim in Himalayan India - where embedded ESD at all levels is applied as a major element of formal education for addressing sustainability issues.  
 
My other (related) activities are in the field of ecosystem studies. These concentrate on upland heather moorland , industrially derelict landscapes   and  landscapes of conflict . Perhaps surprisingly, these ecosystems have many attributes in common. 

I hope you enjoy my site !   
               






 

 
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