Organization: Biocultural Ecosystems
Dr. h.c. Anja Carron
Position: Principal & Strategic Advisor Background information: Biocultural Ecosystems is an independent strategic advisory practice founded and led by Dr. h.c. Anja Carron, a German-French advisor based in the Mediterranean. The practice works with governments, funders, coastal communities and industry to turn a territory's biological and cultural wealth into lasting, locally held prosperity. Its work sits where the blue economy and the bioeconomy meet: coastal and estuarine landscapes, marine and coastal biodiversity, and the botanical and cultural knowledge held by the communities and women who live along these shores. The practice designs the strategy, governance and partnerships that keep validation, standards, ownership and value inside the territory, and connect it to markets on terms it controls. Anja Carron works across the Mediterranean, and between the Mediterranean and Asia, Latin America and Africa, building cooperation between biodiversity-rich coastal regions. An international lawyer with a capital-markets background, she brings territorial strategy, investment readiness and partnership design to the sustainable blue economy.