Lera coordinates UNEP-WCMC’s work on the UN-REDD Programme. After joining UNEP-WCMC in 2002, up until 2007, Lera worked on spatial analysis, scenarios and modeling at a global scale and for ecosystems including forest, mountains and the Arctic. In 2007, Lera developed and launched UNEP-WCMC’s Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme, and since then has largely been working on REDD+ issues. Until mid-2015, Lera sat on both the UN-REDD Safeguards Coordination Group, and the REDD+ SES International Steering Committee.