{"id":1919,"date":"2022-09-19T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=1919"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T01:21:20","slug":"bernard-mercer","status":"publish","type":"researcher","link":"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/researcher\/bernard-mercer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Mercer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1919\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1919-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"researcher-content panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1919-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-1919-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1919-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Bernard has a long-standing orientation toward biodiversity, ecology, and conservation, stretching back to 1981 and his early career in wildlife publishing. From there he went on to setup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhbs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHBS<\/a>, , for which he is now the chairman and principal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1919-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"researchers-publications panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1919-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-1919-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1919-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_lsow-portfolio panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"extra-wide-row panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1919-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-lsow-portfolio so-widget-lsow-portfolio-default-a9fe9d56a26a-1919\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Bernard&#039;s project publications<\/h2><div class=\"lsow-portfolio-wrap lsow-gapless-grid\"><div id=\"lsow-portfolio-66bade2611e04\" class=\"lsow-portfolio js-isotope lsow-masonry lsow-grid-container  lsow-grid-desktop-3 lsow-grid-tablet-2 lsow-grid-mobile-1\" data-isotope-options='{ \"itemSelector\": \".lsow-portfolio-item\", \"layoutMode\": \"masonry\"}'><div data-id=\"id-1899\" class=\"lsow-grid-item lsow-portfolio-item  term-101 term-37 term-36 term-30 term-43\"><article id=\"post-1899\" class=\"post-1899 publications type-publications status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry researchfield-forest-carbon-accounting researchfield-policy publicationtype-research-letter author-bernard-mercer author-cyril-kormos author-dominick-dellasalla author-heather-keith author-zoltan-kun case_study-carpathian-forests-europe\"><div class=\"lsow-project-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/publications\/recognising-the-importance-of-unmanaged-forests-to-mitigate-climate-change\/\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gcbb12714-toc-0001-m.jpg\" class=\"lsow-image skip-lazy no-lazyload exclude-me a3-notlazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gcbb12714-toc-0001-m.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gcbb12714-toc-0001-m-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gcbb12714-toc-0001-m-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lsow-entry-text-wrap \"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/publications\/recognising-the-importance-of-unmanaged-forests-to-mitigate-climate-change\/\" title=\"Recognising the importance of unmanaged forests to mitigate climate change\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\">Recognising the importance of unmanaged forests to mitigate climate change<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"lsow-entry-meta\"><span class=\"published\"><abbr title=\"Wednesday, May, 2020, 2:17 pm\">27\/05\/2020<\/abbr><\/span><\/div><div class=\"entry-summary\">The carbon stock in Europe's forests is decreasing and the importance of protecting \u2018unmanaged\u2019 forests must be recognised in reversing this process. Scientific evidence suggests that \u2018unmanaged\u2019 forests have higher total biomass carbon stock than secondary forests being actively managed for commodity production or recently abandoned.<\/div><\/div><\/article><!-- .hentry --><\/div><\/div><!-- .lsow-portfolio --><\/div><!-- .lsow-portfolio-wrap --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard is an independent adviser to funders, NGOs and other organisations on environment issues, principally forests and other terrestrial ecosystems and their role within the climate challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1920,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","project-partner":[70,116],"researchfield":[25],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bernard Mercer - Primary Forests &amp; Climate Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bernard is an independent adviser to funders, NGOs and other organisations on environment issues, principally forests and other terrestrial ecosystems and their role within the climate challenge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/researcher\/bernard-mercer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bernard Mercer - Primary Forests &amp; Climate Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bernard is an independent adviser to funders, NGOs and other organisations on environment issues, principally forests and other terrestrial ecosystems and their role within the climate challenge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/researcher\/bernard-mercer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Primary Forests &amp; Climate Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-21T01:21:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/primaryforestsandclimate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bernard-staff-page-crop.jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Advisor Environment and Climate Change with a demonstrated experience working in the development and international trade sectors. 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