Jay Mistry is a Professor of Environmental Geography. Her research interests include environmental management and governance, participatory visual methods and Indigenous geographies. Her work involves supporting local livelihoods and biodiversity conservation, action research using participatory video and capacity building for natural resource management. She is also concerned with fire management in tropical savannas, particularly the social-ecological interactions and policy implications.
Member of the Darwin Expert Committee (DEC), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK government.
Member of the Guiana Shield Facility (UNDP) Committee, a multi-donor funding facility for the long-term financing of national and regional activities to conserve ecosystems, protect biodiversity, and to sustain livelihoods within the Guiana Shield, South America.