Walters Nsoh

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Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Dr Nsoh is happy to supervise within the following broad areas:

Innovative approaches such as conservation covenants, payment for ecosystem services and biodiversity offsets in conservation
Biodiversity and nature conservation law
Property (land) rights, land use, land tenure and livelihoods
Forest ownership and sustainability
Regulation of natural resources
Ecosystem services
Indigenous rights

20092023

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Personal profile

Research interests

Dr Walters Nsoh’s background is interdisciplinary, with research and teaching interests that relate primarily to the intersection between property (land) law and environmental law, and the legal and policy challenges to nature conservation and the sustainable management of natural resources in developed and developing countries. His main current research is examining the use of innovative approaches such as biodiversity offsetting/habitat banking, payment for ecosystem services and conservation covenants in nature conservation. His doctoral research, funded by the University of Surrey Research Scholarship and Universities UK Overseas Research Students Award, looked at the sustainable management of forests, exploring the relationship between forest ownership and sustainability from an indigenous rights perspective.

Biography

Dr Walters Nsoh joined Birmingham Law School in September 2015. Previously, he was a Lecturer in Law at Anglia Ruskin University and a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Dundee. During his doctoral studies, he was also an Associate Lecturer at the University of Surrey and taught property law. He has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2015.

Dr Nsoh holds a PhD in Law from the University of Surrey and an LLM (with Distinction) in Environmental Law and Policy from the University of Kent. He is a former Commonwealth Scholar (2005-2006) and plays an active part in the environmental law community, including roles as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy.

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

External positions

Afe Babalola University

Jun 2014Jun 2017

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