Dr. Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon is Researcher and learning officer at ACED. He coordinates the research agenda and evidence production of ACED with the ultimate goal to facilitate their mainstreaming into policy and practice. Dr. Rodrigue Castro Gbedomon is also researcher at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) and research associate at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva (Switzerland) with specialization in biodiversity, ecosystem services, forest economics, agricultural and forest value chains, and strategic environmental assessment, etc. He takes several positions as main or associate consultant at governmental and intergovernmental organizations including but not limited to the World Bank Group, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and more recently at the Environment Service and Major Risks (SERMA) of the Canton of Geneva.