Håkon da Silva Hyldmo is a PhD scholar at the Department of Geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He holds a master’s degree in geography from the NTNU. Prior to taking up his PhD position he worked on capacity-building, biodiversity, and global environmental governance as part of the secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Currently he is part of the project ‘Citizens Participation in Resource Governance and Sustainable Transition’ (SUSTAIN) – a cooperation between NTNU, the Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Universitas Bangka Belitung, and Politeknik Negeri Pontianak. Håkon’s research focus is on global environmental governance of nature and natural resources.