Dr. Andy Green BSc PgCert MSc PhD CEnv MISEP FHEA
Senior Research Fellow
Email: a.green@herts.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1707 284588
Andy joined AERU as a Research Fellow in March 2000, and has since worked on a wide range of projects spanning environmental pollution and its mitigation, soil carbon storage and climate change, managing environments for ecological recovery, the international delivery of pesticide properties data, analysis of agri-chemical and veterinary product properties, novel approaches to managing agricultural pollution, and broader sustainability issues.
His main areas of interest include:
- Sustainable resource use in a changing world.
- Environmental best practice for rural businesses.
- Sustainable mitigation of environmental pollution.
- Climate change mitigation.
- Soil and water management.
Qualifications
- BSc in Geography from Leeds University.
- MSc in Environmental Water Management from Cranfield University.
- PhD in Non-point Source Water Pollution from the University of Hertfordshire.
- PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
Andy is also a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), a Full Member of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (MISEP - formerly the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of the UK Irrigation Association.
Previous employment
Having previously worked in the financial sector, Andy was employed at Cranfield University, on the prestigious EU funded MEDALUS (MEditerranean Desertification And Land USe) project; and has worked collaboratively with the Environment Agency and Thames Water.
Selected projects
- Establishing a field-based evidence base for the impact of agri-environment options on soil carbon and climate change mitigation.
- Catchment approach to reducing metaldehyde pollution using Payments for Ecosystem Services.
- Review of published exposure to pesticides data for residents and bystanders.
- Guidance & tool to support farmers in taking aware decisions on Ecological Focus Areas (awareEFA)
- Review of livestock feed additives that have direct beneficial effects on the environment
- Planning Your Entry Level Stewardship Application.
Recent publications
- Grebot, B., Menadue, H., Nicol, L., Sloan, B., Doherty, O., Tzilivakis, J., Green, A., Vidaurre, R. & Manžuch, Z. (2024). Support to the evaluation of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC): Final Report. European Commission, Brussels.
- Tzilivakis, J., Taylor, J.L., Green, A., Warner, D.J & Lewis, K.A. (2024). A methodological review of UK food ecolabels. Final report. Prepared for the Consortium for Labelling for the Environment, Animal welfare, and Regenerative farming (CLEAR) by the Agriculture and Environment Research Unit (AERU), University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. [Download].
- Grebot, B., Menadue, H., Nicol, L., Sloan, B., Doherty, O., Tzilivakis, J., Green, A., Vidaurre, R. & Manžuch, Z. (2023). Support to the evaluation of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC): Second Progress Report. European Commission, Brussels.
- Grebot, B., Menadue, H., Nicol, L., Sloan, B., Doherty, O., Tzilivakis, J., Green, A., Vidaurre, R. & Manžuch, Z. (2023). Support to the evaluation of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC): First Progress Report. European Commission, Brussels.
- Tzilivakis, J., Warner, D., Green, A., & Lewis, K.A. (2021). A broad-scale spatial analysis of the environmental benefits of fertiliser closed periods implemented under the Nitrates Directive in Europe. Journal of Environmental Management, 299: 113674. DOI.
Dr. Andy Green's extended publications list.
