Joachim Englert works at the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation, coordinating forest and social bio-economy projects in the region, dedicated to revitalising sustainable and community-based forest management to adapt Mediterranean forests to climate change and prevent forest fires. She was previously responsible for the Social Forest of Boscat, the Catalan Federation of Forest Owners’ Associations.
He works to build bridges between society and the forest through team-building activities in nature, environmental volunteering, wellbeing and health, and training and empowerment of young people at risk of social exclusion to make a living from the forest. He accompanies companies in their transition to a more sustainable economy by involving them in the active management of the territory. His grandfather awakened his passion for forests. Of German origin, he holds a degree in Forestry Engineering from the University of Rottenburg (Germany), an international postgraduate degree in Social Entrepreneurship and Land Development from the University of Vic and has participated in the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative Course at IESE Business School. He is the founder of SocialForest, which has won several awards and developed the Forest Coaching methodology. He specialises in social and environmental sustainability.
