Msc. Sarah Schomers

Msc. Sarah Schomers

Contact

Institute for Socio-Economics
Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V.
Eberswalder Str. 84
D-15374 Muencheberg

phone: + 49 33432 82-398
fax: + 49 33432 82-308

email: sarah.schomers@zalf.de

Focus of research

Economic incentives for PES, institutional economics with the focus on transaction cost economics

Sarah Schomers’ role in CIVILand

Sarah Schomers is a doctoral candidate in the junior research group CIVILand.

Biography

Sarah Schomers studied „International Economics and Business“ at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), University of Berlin (Germany), University of Valencia (Spain) and University of Lima (Peru). She graduated with a Master of Science degree in 2007. Throughout her studies she focused on the economic development of developing countries, and in particular on development in rural regions.

In 2005 Sarah Schomers did an internship at the German Development Service (DED) in a joint venture project with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in Loja, Ecuador. During the internship she conducted an analysis for the Amazon province Zamora Chinchipe, disclosing any strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the production and marketing of coffee and cacao in the region. Next to various NGOs and local governments she worked together with a Fair Trade certified coffee umbrella organization in Loja, Ecuador and its respective member cooperatives.

From October 2007 until June 2009 she was employed as an import and quality manager for an organic wholesaler, which is partially owned by its 60 associated member farmers, producing from New Laender in Germany. Her work included direct producer support to suppliers in foreign countries and assisting foreign suppliers in business development projects towards certified organic production.

Publications

2011

  • Hedden-Dunkhorst, B.; Lehmann, M.; Pascual, U.; Stellmacher, T.; Winter, E.; Berghöfer, A.; Blignaut, J.; Kronenberg, J.; Masiga, M.; Todorova, M.; Schomers, S.; Domptail, S.; Mumbunan, S.; Carius, F.; Gundimeda, H.,(2011) Policy Brief Payments for Ecosystem Services: Towards their Development and Implementation.

Presentation

2011

  • Matzdorf B., Sattler C., Schomers S., The Relevance and Role of Civil Society in PES Schemes – A Case Study Analysis of PES Schemes in Germany and the US. International conference on Payments for Ecosystem Services. “Ecosystem Services and their Institutional Dimensions”, Berlin (10 -12 November 2011).
  • Sattler C., Matzdorf B., Schomers S., Meyer C., Multi-Classification of Payments for Ecosystem Services. International conference on Payments for Ecosystem Services. “Ecosystem Services and their Institutional Dimensions”, Berlin (10 -12 November 2011).

2010

  • Schomers, S., Civiland Research Concept (Presentation). Payments for Ecosystem Services – Towards an Implementation Strategy. International Nature Conservation Academy at the isle of Vilm. (13 - 16 December 2010).

Attended Conferences/Workshops

2011

  • 10 – 12 November 2011 Payments for Ecosystem Services and their Institutional Dimensions, Berlin.
  • 21 – 23 September 2011 Deutscher Landschaftspflegetag 2011. Perspektiven für Kulturlandschaften, Bergisch Gladbach.
  • 25 – 27 May 2011 Training Course at ZALF, Müncheberg.
  • 14 – 15 April 2011 Towards ‘The big environmental society’? Civil society, private sector and the state in landscape governance, nature conservation and ecosystem service management. A transdisciplinary British-German Symposium in Cardiff, Wales.
  • 1 April 2011 Market-based Instruments (MBI) for Ecosystem Services and Nature Protection. Conference organized by Ecosystem Services Research Group in Potsdam.

2010

  • 13 -16 December 2010 Payments for Ecosystem Services – Towards an Implementation Strategy
  • 17 September 2010 Uni-Park networking meeting at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich.
  • 7- 8 July 2010 Coaching on “Participation Research”.

2009

  • 27 October 2009 Perspectives on Institutional Economics (IAMO), Halle.
  • 8 -9 October 2009 Fall conference of the work group “Umwelt, Natur, Gesundheit”(Environment, Nature, and Health) (Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen/ Federal Association of German Foundations).
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Datum: 19.05.2012