JGWF (Joris) Voeten, MSc

Senior Researcher in Urban Nature-based Solutions at Wageningen Research, with more than 20 years of experience in product and system innovation, and applied research in urban green infrastructure. With a background in tropical forest management and consulting arboriculture, he is driven by using the power of nature to create healthier, more liveable and future-proof cities.

His work focuses on blue-green-grey urban infrastructure, including green roofs, urban trees, sports, water-sensitive design, circular water systems and green buildings. He develops and studies solutions that combine healthy plant growth, biodiversity, climate adaptation, energy transition and multifunctional design. At the heart of his approach is the smart integration of nature and technology: creating systems that strengthen the connection between urban life and natural processes.

Joris often works in multidisciplinary innovation projects within Dutch Topsector Knowledge and Innovation programmes. These projects bring together municipalities, companies, researchers and other stakeholders to develop practical, widely supported solutions for the cities of the future.

Through living labs and real-life construction projects, his work helps make dense urban environments more climate-adaptive, nature-inclusive and enjoyable — not just as ideas on paper, but as visible, testable and inspiring places where people, nature and technology come together.

• Stichting International Tree Fund (1-1-2007/31-12-2099)
  Volunteer with the ITF for fundraising and reporting of the Carara Ecological Corridor reforestation project in Costa Rica. The project concerns actual reforestation according to the Analog Forestry principle on degraded agricultural land on the slopes of the Turrubares Mountains. The aim is to restore the ecological connection from the Mangrove Forests on the coast to the Cloud Forests of Turrubares in collaboration with Arbofilia in Costa Rica.|
• Videocopter Services (1-1-2016/31-12-2099)
  Aerial Video- and Photography
• Gemeente Amsterdam (1-8-2025/1-8-2029)
  Comissielid van de TAC, Technische Advies Comissie Hoofdgroenstructuur voor de gemeente Amsterdam. Technisch beoordelaar van omgevingsplannen in de Hoofdgroenstructuur binnen het afwegingskader gevormd door de Visie Hoofdgroenstructuur 2050 en het Instrumentarium Hoofdgroenstructuur uit Structuurvisie 2040.