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 Judith has specialised in applying biogeographical techniques to a range of research areas, including migrant insect pests and vectors of disease. She has designed and implemented Geographical Information Systems to address data management and analysis in subjects such as the development of locust information management systems, research into the effects of tsetse fly control on land use, the management of natural resources in peri urban areas in relation to water resources and rat infestation problems and land land use of contaminated land. She has over 40 years experience in sub-Saharan Africa , Middle East , China and Central Asia , and speaks some French and Russian. |
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Trevor Abell has 35 years of professional experience in tropical forest management and natural resource planning with 17 years long-term duty within Africa – particularly, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Ghana and further long-term assignments in Indonesia and Nepal in addition to a series of short term studies in other countries. He has acquired substantial expertise in institutional support, team leadership, project management and project preparation as well as the technical aspects of forest inventory, forest planning and the management of natural forest and plantations.
With over 15 years experience in Rural Development and Agribusiness, in addition to 10 years team leadership and project management experience. A team player, using a multi-disciplinary approach, his experience includes farmer institutional development, agricultural extension in both a privatised and publicly funded context, institutional change, soil fertility management, natural resource management, soil and water conservation, on-farm and on station research, agri-business development, agri-business planning, community development, participatory appraisal in a rural livelihoods context. He has extensive project management and project management cycle experience specifically in project preparation, log frame development, strategy formulation, work plan development monitoring and project evaluation, reporting, basic accountancy and budgeting. He has worked for DFID, EU, World Bank, FAO, African Development Bank and private enterprise. Worked in India, Eastern and Southern Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Namibia), South East Asia (Indonesia), Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Has published over 50 reports and 12 papers. 
Peter has spent over 20 years working with people, land and environment, mainly in Africa. His experience ranges from the design and implementation of participatory natural resource management to national environmental strategic planning and land policy advice. This combined with institutional analysis, soil fertility research, consultancy and teaching from technical to post-graduate level, underlines his broad range of experience. Most recently he has been working on the influence of institutions on natural resource management; mainstreaming the environment within the PRSP process and land tenure issues in East Africa. Currently with the European Commission. 
Lawrence has more than twenty years experience of research and consultancy in the field of Crop Protection Technology and Plant Pathology for mainly tropical horticultural, field and plantation crops. This experience includes project formulation, administration and management. Lawrence’s special area of expertise is in diseases caused by plant viruses and phytoplasmas and in plant disease diagnostics. He is also interested in how to better communicate research findings and has experience of the development and delivery of extension and training materials for resource-poor farmers as well as MSc and PhD student supervision and teaching. More recently Lawrence has broadened his experience to include food safety and quality assurance systems for horticultural growers to meet the requirements of EU Food Law, EUREPGAP and specific retailer protocols for access to EU markets. Currently at World Vegetable Center, Taiwan. 
Duncan King is a senior project manager with over 25 years experience in rural livelihoods development, over 15 of which have been in long-term overseas positions in Europe, South and South East Asia, South America and the Middle East. He has a background in community-based approaches using participatory methodologies for sustainable and equitable natural resource management and poverty reduction. He has over two decades of experience in programme management and evaluation; process development; institutional capacity building and governance reform; stakeholder liaison; and providing technical livelihoods support using rights-based approaches to achieve poverty reduction through sustainable improvements in rural livelihoods. With strong track record working successfully with both government agencies and NGOs and, able to lead and work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams with proven leadership skills in managing, motivating and developing teams to achieve their objectives. Has worked on long-term assignments in Qatar, Bolivia, Thailand, Bangladesh and India and, since 2006 has worked as Team Leader working in India with the Government of Madhya Pradesh on the Rural Livelihoods Programme funded by DFID.
Anita has over 10 years of experience working as a remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) specialist. She has used her strong analytical skills to conduct research and consultancy projects for environmental and natural resource monitoring and assessment for developing countries (Africa and across Asia). She has particular interests in spatial and temporal analysis of vegetation and integrating spatial data for decision support. Project examples include rangeland degradation assessment, land use change and spatial decision support to prioritise resource usage and target appropriate end-users. Anita also has extensive teaching and training experience and holds a PGCE in post compulsory education and training. She has developed teaching materials and delivered training courses using a variety of teaching methods. She has worked particularly with international students and has focused on teaching practical GIS and remote sensing skills using applied examples and communicating the potential of these techniques. 
Charles is an entomologist, with 33 years experience, primarily with multidisciplinary projects in migratory pest management (including African armyworm, desert locust), consultancy, operational logistics and project evaluation. Currently working in desert locust management, information, survey, control and capacity building. Charles is principally a terrestrial entomologist, but also experienced in aquatic entomology, environmental (biodiversity) monitoring, ornithology, and animal myiasis, and in addition has curatorial experience. Wide-ranging field experience in 22 countries. English mother tongue, but speaks working Swahili and French, some Arabic. 
A Natural Resource Management Specialist and project manager with 25 years international experience in natural resource and collaborative community projects. He has focused on; organisational change, partnership development and empowerment and evaluations. Hugh demonstrates individual initiative, sensitive negotiation skills, leadership, excellent communication and international languages. He is a specialist in PA methods including; participatory monitoring and evaluation, community empowerment and participatory planning (PRA), community-based natural resource management, teambuilding and training. He designs and is experienced in senior level multi media presentations and electronic material preparation. Currently based in Kenya. 
Mike has over 30 years experience of long-term assignments and short missions on: project identification and design; and financial, personnel and technical management of large development projects and government departments. He is very much the generalist, with rural development expertise encompassing: social and technical aspects of soil and water conservation; environmental assessment; land-use and natural resource planning; farmer support services; smallholder crop and livestock production; livelihood systems; indigenous peoples’ development; small-scale irrigation; forestry and sawmill management. He is fluent in the Mauritian Creole language and has excellent Spanish. 
Martin is a multi-skilled Senior Manager and Teamleader with an MBA and 30 years experience of livelihoods, rural development, governance, watershed management and forestry programmes in Africa and South Asia. With a strong track record of working successfully with both government agencies and NGOs Martin has expertise in managing teams and programmes delivering institutional development, organisational change and capacity building; he also has proven skills in Monitoring & Evaluation, and in training. 
Bruno applies his scientific knowledge and training skills to information and communication systems. His focus is on collaborative and participatory development, with a particular interest in the communication skills, methods and technologies that can facilitate the process. A French citizen resident in the UK, he has been a researcher in ecology, a Food Security scientist, a project manager, a trainer and an information services and technologies (IS&T) specialist. His international experience is centred on West Africa, but also includes Uganda and Namibia. With more than 20 scientific publications since his doctorate, he has lectured for several universities on general biology, tropical ecology, statistics and the use of computer packages. His experience in management covers DFID funded research projects and International NGO human resource development. Currently Project Statistician at Takeda Development Centre (Europe).