Policy
I am interested in the "governance" of biodiversity more than just by researching the topic. For years I have been personnally involved in policy making for the government of Mexico, a bit marginally for the three NAFTA countries, attending meetings of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC, www.cec.org) and at a multilateral level, serving in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF http://www.gbif.org/ ) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES http://www.ipbes.net/ ).
This means working in a very different mode than when doing research. Diplomatic negotiations have their own language, rules and even dress-code!