Yukie Yokoyama is an Ecologist and Nature-based Solutions Specialist at Witteveen+Bos with a bachelor degree in Environmental Studies (Biology specialization, minor in GIS). She has four years of experience in different sectors of conservation and sustainability including non-profit organizations such as World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Singapore). Her specialties and interests include nature-based solutions related to climate mitigation and adaptation, conservation ecology, and geospatial visualization and analyses. As an ecologist and nature-based solutions specialist, her responsibilities include integrating nature-based solutions and ecology into coastal protection design in mangroves,  reefs and seagrass ecosystems in Asia to provide long lasting benefits for people, nature, biodiversity and climate. Closer to home, she has also kick-started Singapore’s first artificial oyster reef restoration project to explore the feasibility of oyster reefs as a nature-based solution for coastal protection.