So-Hee Park is a post doctoral researcher at Forest Policy and Economics Division, National Institute of Forest Science. Dr.Park graduated at Seoul National University where she has studied on forest policy and governance focusing on rural livelihood and collaborative forest management. Dr.Park contributed to IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific as a contributing author in 2018 with an interest in valuation of forest ecosystem services. She worked at Korea Rural Economic Institute during 2012 to 2014, where she conducted the research projects for forest policy and forest-dependent rural development.