• Ten years of university research and sixteen years of consultancy in natural resources management in some 40 countries. 

• Special interest and experience in social-economic development based on sustainable use of ecosystem services.

• Key components in work are public participation and transparency in (tools for) planning and implementation.

• From concept to concrete implementation of natural resources management. 

• Experienced in valuation of ecosystem services, participative approaches in plan formulation, communication strategies, assessment of plans and projects through SEA and EIS

• Consultancy and science closely linked through scientific publications and lecturing at various universities.

• Last decade increased focus on the Netherlands, particularly participation, communication and integrated planning for major water sector investments.

• Good editorial and writing skills.

• Experienced project leader. 

• Working experience in five languages (some of which a long time ago....).  

Marlies van Schooten

Ms. Van Schooten is a development sociologist with emphasis on environmental issues and public administration. She has studied the social-economic impacts of tourism development in Brazil, but also worked in a travel agency organising package tours to tropical countries. Her consultancy work concentrates on the themes of environment and sustainable development, in practise and in relation to policy development. Her experiences in environmental matters and in tourism development were combined in the development of an approach towards sustainable tourism. Recently her work focuses on people's valuation of the environment, citizens values assessments, the integration of social aspects in impact assessment, and risk perception, in the Netherlands as well as in international context. Van Schooten has worked in Africa and South America and has practical skills in five languages.