Prof. dr. An Cliquet

An Cliquet has a Master in Law and an Advanced Master in Port and Maritime Sciences (Ghent University). In 2001 she became Doctor in Law on the subject of “Nature conservation in the marine and coastal environment, with specific reference to the Belgian marine and coastal environment”.

The research of An Cliquet is situated in the field of international, European and national biodiversity law. The research encompasses both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Specific research topics include ecological restoration law, EU protected area law and the relationship between climate change and biodiversity.

She is a member of the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) and of the IUCN World Commission on environmental law. She is chair of the Legal Working Group on Restoration from the Society of Ecological Restoration Europe (SERE). She is the head of the faculty environmental commission, member of the UGent sustainability commission and member of the biodiversity working group of UGent.

She is teaching several courses on international and European environmental and biodiversity law, and public international law. She teaches the legal aspects on the management of protected areas in the International Master Programme for Management of Conservation Areas (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences).