Rachel MARTIN

Rachel is a passionate conservationist dedicated to tackling complex conservation challenges through in-depth research and technical analysis. Currently pursuing a DPhil at the University of Oxford, she focuses on measuring and achieving nature-positive outcomes across economic sectors. Before joining the Nature Positive Initiative, Rachel led the Extinction Solutions Index at Conservation X Labs to evaluate solutions to global biodiversity loss. Her past research spans diverse topics, including conservation technology and innovation, coastal climate adaptation, technology-driven water quality solutions, marine ecosystem indicators with NOAA, harbor seal cognition in Germany, endangered plant recovery in the US, and species distribution models for climate change impacts on lizards in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.