Consulting Services

I provide technical assistance, consulting and other services that are target-driven and designed to help conservation practitioners achieve their goals and make smarter decisions that lead to more successful conservation outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING (SCP)
SCP approaches & tools
Spatial prioritization & decision
  support tools (e.g. Marxan) ​
MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA) NETWORK
MPA network design​
Scaling up community-based
​  MPAs into ecological networks
SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES (SSF)
SSF data collection
SSF management
SSF stakeholder engagement
PHILIPPINES & THE
​CORAL TRIANGLE (CT)
MPA & MPA network planning,
management, monitoring
​and enforcement in the
Philippines and CT
MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING (MSP)
MSP process
​Decision support tools for MSP
​  (e.g. Marxan with Zones) 
COMMUNITY MAPPING/
PARTICIPATORY GIS (P-GIS)
P-GIS approaches and tools 
Mapping with vulnerable &
​marginalized groups
STAKEHOLDER INCLUSION
& ENGAGEMENT
Stakeholder participant and engagement in MPA planning or other conservation practices
SOCIAL EQUITY IN CONSERVATION
Addressing recognition, procedural, and distribution equity in conservation planning
Clients & Collaborators
Testimonials
​"Alessia assisted PacMARA with various courses, including PacMARA's first course on Marxan with Zones in Indonesia (2018). She has also supported PacMARA and our partners in various projects related to Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) and associated decision-support tools. Her input and knowledge around SCP approaches and tools was invaluable in these projects. Alessia is hard working and a very well organized person, who delivers what is tasked in a timely manner. She also has a passion to create very engaging visual materials, which I believe to be a key skill when preparing maps and presentations."
Norma Serra-Sogas, Training Program Manager
PacMARA- Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association
"Throughout August 2012, Alessia acted as wildlife adviser for the BBC’s Hidden Kingdoms 3D chipmunk shoot. Filming is always testing with long hours and infinite changeable demands yet Alessia was always on hand to troubleshoot and help out. We were all won over by her positive attitude, determination to get things done and her detailed knowledge of Canadian wildlife. I for one would certainly recommend Alessia for a job at the BBC Natural History Unit which relies on resourceful, driven characters who are strong communicators."
Mark Brownlow, Series Producer for Hidden Kingdoms
BBC Natural History Unit