Emily Kaldjian

Communications Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions

Bio

Emily Kaldjian is the Communications Manager for the Coalition for Urban Transitions, a special initiative of the New Climate Economy, focused on unlocking the power of cities to enhance national economic, social, and environmental performance. The initiative is based on a partnership of 20+ of the world’s leading institutions and companies working on the future of urbanization and is co-managed by the WRI Ross Centre and C40 Climate Leadership Group.

Emily previously worked for WRI’s Forest Legality Initiative, raising awareness of the Initiative’s work and strengthening and expanding partnerships with FLI’s members through communications and outreach support. Before joining WRI, Emily was based in Armenia, where she managed communications for an international reforestation NGO, worked as an environmental journalist, and consulted at the American University of Armenia’s Acopian Center for the Environment. She has also worked in communications for the National Audubon Society. Emily has experience in many communications mediums, including journalism, photography and filmmaking. Emily received a dual B.A. in Environmental Studies and French from Bates College. In her free time, she enjoys listening to and playing classical music, experimenting with breadmaking, learning new languages and alphabets, and rereading Tolkien’s complete works.

Blog Posts

2 Birds, 1 Stone: Fighting Illegal Logging and Wildlife Poaching with Technology
by Emily Kaldjian - June 27, 2017
Four emerging technologies to track and halt illegal poaching and logging.
Building a Sustainable Guitar: Koa
by Austin Clowes and Emily Kaldjian - August 11, 2016
Building an acoustic guitar traditionally requires several different woods, but in select cases, the guitar body can be made from just one wood. Hawaiian koa trees produce wood with the versatility to make single-wood guitars. They also have the potential to be harvested sustainably.
Building a Sustainable Guitar: Sitka Spruce
by Austin Clowes, Emily Kaldjian and Charles Victor Barber - July 25, 2016
Many guitar makers source wood from pristine forests in exotic locales. But instruments don’t have to come at the expense of ecosystems. A six-part blog series explores how to build a guitar sustainably, piece-by-piece. This first installment looks at Sitka spruce from Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
5 Technologies Help Thwart Illegal Logging by Tracing Wood’s Origin
by Ruth Nogueron, Loretta Cheung and Emily Kaldjian - May 25, 2016
The illegal logging trade steals valuable natural resources and undercuts companies' profitability. That's why businesses and governments are turning to new technology applications to expose illicitly harvested lumber.
Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know
by Ruth Nogueron and Emily Kaldjian - November 13, 2015
A recent government audit found evidence of timber laundering, where exporters make illegally logged wood appear to be legitimately harvested by concocting “ghost trees” – trees that never existed, except on paper.
$13 Million Fine For Lumber Liquidators Shows U.S. Lacey Act‘s Clout
by Emily Kaldjian and Charles Victor Barber - October 14, 2015
The largest hardwood flooring retailer in the United States is charged with importing illegally harvested timber from areas including forests in far eastern Russia.
4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Catch Illegal Loggers
by Emily Kaldjian, Loretta Cheung and Meaghan Parker-Forney - September 07, 2015
Resource-strapped law enforcement agencies and companies with complex supply chains struggle to curb illegally sourced wood. That's where DNA analysis and other advanced technologies can play a role.
Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges
by Emily Kaldjian - August 19, 2015
A wood buyer from Washington State and his lumber mill, J&L Tonewoods, were indicted last week on charges of purchasing illegally harvested big leaf maples from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in violation of the Lacey Act. The act bans illegal wildlife trafficking, and the seven counts of the indictment are the first alleging violations within the United States.
Beyond Cecil the Lion: How the Lacey Act Protects Wildlife and Plants around the World
by Emily Kaldjian and Loretta Cheung - August 03, 2015
The death of Zimbabwe's iconic Cecil the lion has sparked widespread calls for punishment for the animal's killers. The U.S. Lacey Act, which aims to protect wildlife around the world, may apply.

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Emily Kaldjian

2 Birds, 1 Stone: Fighting Illegal Logging and Wildlife Poaching with Technology

Building a Sustainable Guitar: Koa

Building a Sustainable Guitar: Sitka Spruce

5 Technologies Help Thwart Illegal Logging by Tracing Wood’s Origin

Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know

$13 Million Fine For Lumber Liquidators Shows U.S. Lacey Act‘s Clout

4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Catch Illegal Loggers

Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

Beyond Cecil the Lion: How the Lacey Act Protects Wildlife and Plants around the World

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