Alessandra is an environmental economist with a 20 years experience in the assessment, valuation and accounting of ecosystem services. With a Master in Environmental Management at the Australian National University and a Ph.D. in Economia Montana e Forestale at the University of Trento, she extensively worked in both the academic environment (University of Trento, Padova, Venezia, Torino, Genova), and the government sector at national (Department of Agriculture of the Trento Province) and international (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) levels. She is a recognized expert in Natural Capital Accounting, specifically on the assessment and compilation of Ecosystem Services Accounting (for which she developed the methodology within the INCA project) and their policy uses (for which she lead the LISBETH initiative). She is part of the UN SEEA Ecosystem Accounts Technical Committee, of the Natural Capital Coalition-Value Commission and she is Associate Editor of the scientific journal “Ecosystem Service”.