Dr Cheng works across the World Wildlife Fund and with external organizations to advance evidence-informed practice in conservation programs. She has extensive experience evaluating the impact of conservation on ecological and social outcomes and identifying key insights to guide policy, practice, and research. Most recently, she was the founding co-director of the Conservation Solutions Lab, a multi-institutional initiative aimed to design evidence-informed approaches to community engagement in biodiversity conservation, and sits on the National Ocean Protection Coalition's Science Advisory Team. Throughout her career, Dr. Cheng has worked to develop and improve open-source methods and tools for identifying, synthesizing, and delivering evidence for pressing policy questions for conservation and development.
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