xxiv Contributors Public School System. He is passionate about composting as he believes his country can build up soil to combat what land is lost to sea level rise. Neio Lъcio De Oliveira Campos (University of Brasнlia) is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Center for Excellence in Tourism at the University of Brasilia, where he is currently also the director. He holds a PhD in urban and regional planning, and his research focusses on socio-spatial dynamics, tourism planning for sustainable development, and research methodologies ap- plied to geography and tourism.
He has been a board member on several decision committees, such as the Federal District Tourism Development Council. He is also an ad hoc consultant at Brazilian Higher Education Council – CAPES. Mario V. Capanzana (Department of Science and Technology Food and N utrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI)) is the Director of the DOST-FNRI. He is actively involved in the field of food and nutrition as a researcher and an educa- tor, and in community development and extension. His research interests are on food fortification, functional foods, technology transfer, food quality and safety, and food product development.
He has contributed significantly to the crafting of the Food Fortification Law in the Philippines and holds several patents and utility models as an inventor. He is the 2016 Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award awardee for being a key player in addressing malnutrition in the country. Natalie Ching (Bioversity International and The American University of Rome) was born in Hong Kong but is also a native of Seattle, Washington. She received her BSc in public health from the University of Washington, where she became interested in food- and nutrition-related issues.
Currently, she is pursuing an MA in food studies at The American University of Rome and completing her dissertation on urban agriculture. Elizabeth Cole (The Kohala Center), EdD, is a founding member of The Kohala Center, an institute for research, conservation, and education, turning research and ancestral knowledge into action so that communities can thrive – ecologically, economically, culturally, and socially. Elizabeth has created pro- grammes for community-based food system development, incorporating a public seed initiative, farm-to-school programmes, farmer training, technical assis- tance, and capitalization for rural enterprises.
She supported Nancy Redfeather’s leadership in the Hawaii Island School Garden Network and the Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui, and was an initial partner in the ‘Aina Pono initiative to provide locally produced fresh food to Hawai‘i’s public school students. Lidio Coradin (Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition (BFN) project, Brazil) is the National Project Director of the BFN project in Brazil. He is a former employee of the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation – Embrapa, where he acted as Research Director of the Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Research C entre