theNRgroup Skills and Experience

Skills and Experience of theNRgroup Members

Members of theNRgroup are able to contribute a wide range of skills and expertise towards creating practical solutions to today's natural resources management problems in a cost effective and timely manner.

Group members emphasise multidisciplinary team work whilst maintaining individual initiative, and have excellent communication skills.

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Members' CVs and pen-sketches

Fields of expertise include:

	Climate Change: Impact, Mitigation and Adaptation	Carbon Footprint Analysis	Monitoring and Evaluation
	Agriculture and Farming Systems	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	Environmental Assessment and Monitoring
	Livestock and their keepers	Remote Sensing	Value Chains, Food Security, Post Harvest Systems, and Marketing
	Pests and Pesticides	Land Use Planning and Land Evaluation	Social & Economic Assessment, Livelihoods
	Forest Resources Management	Decision Support Systems	Community Development, Participatory Appraisal and Dispute Resolution
	Terrestrial Ecology	Information management and Database development	Policy and Institutional Development
	Fisheries and Water Resources Planning	Human Health and the Environment	Economic Development
	Biodiversity, Agrobiodiversity, Wildlife Conservation

Supported by skills in		Project Development	Research Programme Management
		Training and Knowledge Transfer (Development, Delivery, Communication)

Forest Resources Management
	Marcus Robbins	Project planning, management, evaluation, training and information, seed and genetic improvement, Latin America and Caribbean.
	Stéphane Flasse	Monitoring and mapping of forest cover & inventory, and forest fires. Decision support. Earth observation and GIS. Agronomist.
	Elizabeth Kiff	Farming systems, agroforestry, organic agriculture, participation and community development and community forestry.
	Keith Shawe	Tropical Forest resource assessment and sustainable management.
	Martin Stewart	Project management & team leadership; livelihoods & rural development; farm forestry & forests; institutional development & capacity building; training & facilitation; adaptive & applied research.
	John Jackson	Harmonising productive forestry and conservation; woodfuel and NFWP; community involvement; training/extension; projects; Latin America.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Participatory forestry to generate benefits to communities from both timber and NTFPs and promote sustainable practices; participatory inventory, management plan preparation and implementation. M&E of forestry projects, including REDD+. Forest governance and policy development; illegal logging.

Agriculture, Farming Systems and Food Technology See also under: Livestock, Food Security, Post Harvest Systems, and Agrobiodiversity.
	Elizabeth Kiff	Farming systems, agroforestry, organic agriculture, participation and community development and community forestry.
	David Silverside	Food technology and the meat industry, project development, monitoring and assessment.
	Mark Ritchie	Farming Systems IPM and smallholder participatory crop management research and development, project development, implementation, monitoring and assessment, team leadership.
	Stéphane Flasse	Earth observation, monitoring and mapping, yield forecasting, irrigation monitoring, decision support, food security.
	Jim Williams	Adaptation to climate/change, soil physical and plant-water/irrigation requirements, land resource assessment.
	Roger Bancroft	Post-harvest plant pathologist and technologist of agricultural and horticultural plant products. Participatory rural appraisal techniques to identify stakeholder needs in food supply chains. Contributions to capacity building of and network development between stakeholder groups.
	Wyn Richards	People centred agricultural development systems; inclusive concerns of farmers for food security and material and social benefits; strengthened involvement of associated value chain institutions in farming systems R&D.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Agroforestry, horticulture, plant propagation, underutilized crops, community nursery development, food security, nutrition & health, recipe development from indigenous crops.
	Sujit Patel	Analysis by laboratory procedures, implementation of GLP, knowledge of chromatographic techniques used to determine levels of residues, moisture content etc.
	Carol Kerven	Farming systems research in high rainfall tropics; pastoral livestock in semi-arid tropics, and high altitude temperate climates
	Bryony Everett	Agricultural Research for development, institutional strengthening.

Livestock and their keepers
	Wyn Richards	People centred agricultural development systems; inclusive concerns of farmers for food security and material and social benefits; strengthened involvement of associated value chain institutions in farming systems R&D
	Ken Campbell	Knowledge management and information systems & GIS, decision support. Livestock and the Environment. Smallstock. Smallholder with chickens, rare-breed sheep, fruit and vegetables.
	Carol Kerven	Main focus for 25 years of applied research and practical interventions, in extensive range-based pastoralist systems of semi-arid Africa and Asia.
	David Silverside	Food technology and the meat industry, project development, monitoring and assessment.
	See also under the closely related areas, including: Agriculture, Farming Systems and Food Technology, Value Chains, Food Security and Post Harvest Systems, and Agrobiodiversity.

Pests and Pesticides
	Mark Ritchie	Pest surveys, identification and diagnosis, biocontrol, participatory IPM development, Locust management, pesticide safety & assessment of non-target effects. Capacity building & training.
	Stéphane Flasse	Environmental information systems, Locusts, Decision support, earth observation and GIS, Agronomist.
	Judith Pender	ArcInfo and ArcView specialist, pests and weather patterns. Locust forecasting and information systems.
	Ian Watson	Impact of pesticides on non-target species.
	Colin Tingle	Ecotoxicology, non-target pesticide impact, locust and tsetse control and the environment, biological control.
	Bob Douthwaite	Pest ecology & behaviour. Ecotoxicology. Environmental assessment of tsetse fly and locust control programmes.
	Simon Eden-Green	Plant pathology; pests, pathogens & disease vectors of tropical & temperate crops, crop protection, integrated pest management, biopesticides, plant health, quarantine & regulatory services.
	Ian Grant	Ecotoxicology, pesticide impacts: migrant pests, livestock and human disease vectors. Locust and grasshopper, Quelea, tsetse fly, mosquitoes. Organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids.
	Sheila Willis	Participatory integrated pest management; pesticide management
	Roger Bancroft	Post-harvest plant pathologist and physiologist of fresh horticultural produce, grains/cereals and oilseeds etc. Surveyor of containers and bulk cargoes. Forensic investigator and expert witness to assess, analyse and diagnose the nature, extent and value of quality depreciation and biological loss of commodities.
	Benoit Glaud	Active ingredients analysis. Organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids residues analysis. Analytical method development. Analytical chemists training. Analytical equipment procurement, delivery and installation.
	Sujit Patel	Analysis by laboratory procedures, implementation of GLP, knowledge of chromatographic techniques used to determine levels of pesticides and residues by the use of HPLC or GC with Mass Spectroscopy.
	John Jackson	Vertebrate pest management.

Fisheries and Water Resources Planning
	Ian Watson	Aquaculture and fisheries development , business training, marketing, product development, handling and distribution, ornamental fish trade.
	Nick Willoughby	Coastal zone management, wetland biodiversity, monitoring & evaluation, policy & advice.
	Ken Campbell	Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), incl. hydropower, water supplies, environmental flow requirements (EFR), biodiversity and protected areas, GIS and remote sensing.
	Jim Hancock	Temperate estuarine and tropical coastal zone management, artisanal fisheries, mariculture development, transboundary river issues.
	Bob Douthwaite	Strategic environmental assessment. Environmental flow requirements. Wetland resource assessment, conservation & development. Waterbird conservation & ecology.
	Mark Ritchie	Enhancing sustainability of Irrigated agriculture.
	Lynne Barratt	Coastal zone management, sustainability concepts in master planning, policy and planning
	Jim Williams	Watershed management, Water policy and institutional transboundary issues, satellite rainfall estimation.
	Sujit Patel	Analysis of heavy metals by laboratory procedures, implementation of GLP, working knowledge of AAS techniques used to determine levels of lead, mercury etc.
	Nienke Eernisse	GIS and remote sensing for watershed management and integrated coastal zone management, Flood risk assessment, Rainfall analysis.

Value Chains, Food Security, Post Harvest Systems and Marketing
	Jonathan Coulter	Leading authority on warehouse receipt and inventory credit systems; development of input & output market and financial services, through contract farming, farmer-controlled enterprises & other means; post-harvest economics; food storage at household and collective level
	Roger Bancroft	Post-harvest plant pathologist and technologist. Agricultural and horticultural plant products. Characterisation and critical point analyses of marketing systems and development of sampling protocols to monitor and evaluate the efficiency of handling, storage, transport, pre-conditioning, distribution and marketing with a view to improving the amelioration and control and of diseases, disorders and quality defects.
	Simon Eden-Green	Plant pathology; pests, pathogens & disease vectors of tropical & temperate crops, crop protection, integrated pest management, biopesticides, plant health, quarantine & regulatory services.
	Wyn Richards	Livestock products dependent on effective and efficient processing and marketing; farmer benefits from improved milk and meat production require strengthened, resourced and trained value chain partners.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Processing and marketing of underutilized crops
	Paul Schoen	Food security impacts as a result of production, imports, exports and challenges of balancing access with ability to ensure food security. Value chain analysis and review of commodity and production systems from farm to point of export and consumption.
	Carol Kerven	Marketing behaviour of pastoralist livestock keepers, including value chains for live animals, meat, dairy products and animal fibres.
	Bryony Everett	Agricultural value chains, building partnerships between business, entrepreneurs and agricultural research institutions
	Catherine Mackenzie	Forest product value chain analysis and market development.

Terrestrial Ecology
	Mark Ritchie	Invertebrate biodiversity assessment, sampling and monitoring of invertebrates, invertebrate recognition and identification.
	Ken Campbell	Wildlife census techniques, conservation, habitat mapping, environmental impact assessment, woodland management, small mammal monitoring, dormouse monitoring.
	Colin Tingle	Invertebrate ecology and biodiversity, sampling and monitoring methods for tropical terrestrial invertebrates, invertebrate recognition and identification.
	Keith Shawe	Biodiversity assessment, plant identification, herbarium management and development, vegetation mapping.
	Bob Douthwaite	General ecology. Bird conservation and ecology.
	John Jackson	General ecology, teaching, woodlands, grasslands, deer, woodfuel.

Biodiversity, Agrobiodiversity, Wildlife Conservation
	Ken Campbell	Conservation, GIS, people & protected areas, management planning, bushmeat & illegal hunting, wildlife census & monitoring. Habitat management for biodiversity. Rare breed livestock. Licensed Dormouse surveyer.
	Nick Willoughby	Wetland biodiversity, coastal zone management, monitoring & evaluation, policy & advice.
	Jim Hancock	Integrated coastal zone management, strategic environmental and sustainable development policy, awareness building, marine protected areas.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry-related wildlife issues.
	Colin Tingle	Effects of DDT on wildlife, locust control and wildlife, savannah grasslands in Madagascar; Biodiversity assessment.
	Ian Watson	Wildlife trade and sustainable utilisation, ornamental fish industry in poverty alleviation.
	Mark Ritchie	Biodiversity assessment (invertebrates), non-target effects of pesticide use.
	Ian Grant	Chemical hazards and risks to wildlife and ecosystem processes – aquatic and soil ecosystems.
	Lynne Barratt	Marine biodiversity assessment and planning; development of management plans, policy & advice
	Richard Tapper	Biodiversity management for tourism; Marine recreation standards; Tourism in National Parks; Tourism and conservation finance; Wildlife watching and conservation.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Agrobiodiversity, use of indigenous (neglected) crops, conservation through use, sustainable harvesting, processing, marketing and market access, traditional knowledge and IPR.
	John Jackson	Wildlife trade and sustainable management, eco-tourism, deer, gazetting protected areas, conservation, forestry and wildlife, South American grasslands.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Terrestrial and marine (coral reef) protected areas and buffer zone participatory planning and management; bushmeat policy and management; enhancing community participation and benefits from conservation.

GIS and Spatial Analysis
	Linda Ritchie	Systems for migrant pests (locusts, armyworm, Quelea).
	Judith Pender	ArcInfo and ArcView specialist, Forecasting and information systems. Bespoke problem based GIS programmed in Avenue and VB.
	Ken Campbell	Impact assessment, spatial interpolation, spatial analysis. Environment and Conservation. Remote sensing. Digital terrain models. MapInfo, Surfer, GPS, Digitizing.
	Stéphane Flasse	Environmental information systems, decision support and earth observation. Forestry, health and agriculture.
	Alan Mills	Corporate & enterprise GIS design & management. National Framework, policy & procedural issues. Database & analysis. small states. Information Systems. Disaster management. Environmental monitoring, Land registry and cadastre. Utilities management.
	Nienke Eernisse	ArcInfo and ArcGIS specialist, GIS design and management, Geodatabase design, Spatial modelling, Data capture and management, Watershed management plans, Flood risk assessment, Landcover change analysis.

Remote Sensing
	Stéphane Flasse	Theory, applications and training, image analysis and cartography, environmental information systems, decision support and GIS. Agronomist.
	Ken Campbell	Satellite image analysis, GIS, land use, EIA, environmental monitoring, wildlife & protected areas, aerial sample photography.
	Judith Pender	Satellite imagery and aerial digital photography. Image analysis for land use change.
	Alan Mills	Aerial photography interpretation, training, image interpretation and analysis. Integration with GIS, decision support.
	Jim Williams	Management of data for environmental decision making, satellite rainfall estimation, weather and climate monitoring.
	Nienke Eernisse	Aerial photo interpretation, Image analysis and mapping, Integration with GIS.

Land Use Planning & Land Evaluation
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry sector planning and land use.
	Ken Campbell	Impact assessment, GIS, spatial modelling, remote sensing and cartography.
	Lynne Barratt	Coastal area planning and management, coastal area use, coastal development within the wider planning context, using science to inform decision making
	Richard Tapper	Tourism development planning; Tourism zoning and management; Assessment of tourism potential and natural resource impacts; Water use and tourism.
	Nienke Eernisse	Natural habitat mapping, Land use mapping from remote sensing imagery, GIS and spatial modelling, Landuse change analysis.

Decision Support Systems. See also under Knowledge management
	Jim Williams	Policy and Environmental decision support systems, including Meteorological data dissemination and use, Rural Radio.
	Ken Campbell	Biodiversity, Environment, Internet based information systems, databases, spatial analysis & GIS, environmental assessment and monitoring.
	Stéphane Flasse	Environmental information systems in forestry, health and agriculture. Earth observation and GIS. Agronomist.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry information, preparation of printed and electronic media, system and graphic design, French and Spanish translation, training.
	Judith Pender	Systems for migrant pests (locusts, armyworm, quelea), insect vectors (tsetse) and peri-urban research.
	Jim Hancock	Participatory processes in support of integrated NRM and livelihood planning.
	Keith Shawe	Botanical databases, targeted biodiversity information systems.
	Alan Mills	Pest monitoring, environmental monitoring, disaster management, physical planning.
	Nienke Eernisse	Database management and application design, GIS and spatial modeling, GIS for renewable energy and water resources (e.g. floodrisk mapping).

Environmental Assessment and Monitoring (EIA, SIA, SEA)
	Ken Campbell	Screening, scoping and EIA. Hydropower, water supply, contaminated land, Environmental Services, wildlife & protected areas, environmental & social impacts, indicators.
	Jim Hancock	Participatory coastal resources appraisals and monitoring systems, sustainable development indicators.
	Colin Tingle	Ecotoxicological monitoring; Ecological monitoring methods; monitoring programme design; Environmental services, sustainable development, Capacity building.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry environmental issues assessment.
	Keith Shawe	Ecological monitoring methods, indicators, impact assessment and priority setting.
	Bob Douthwaite	Strategic assessment. Water resource development. EIA / audit of hydropower. EIA pest management programmes.
	Mark Ritchie	EIA for pest management programmes; hydropower, irrigation schemes.
	Ian Grant	Pesticides in the environment: pest management, contaminated soils and water. EIA/SEA. Ecological monitoring and bioindicators. Biotechnology for rapid detection of pesticides, PAHs and other pet.hydrocarbons. Bioremediation.
	Lynne Barratt	Screening, scoping and preparation of EIAs for single projects and SEAs in the wider planning context, preparation and implementation of effective environmental management plans, development and delivery of compensation plans, introducing sustainability concepts in master planning, policy and advice.
	Nienke Eernisse	Supporting Environmental Assessments with spatial analyses, mapping and (geo-)information management.

Climate Change Impact, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change, REDD+, and Carbon Footprint Analysis
	Colin Tingle	Carbon Footprint Analysis, Environmental Assessment and Monitoring.
	Stéphane Flasse	Earth observation, monitoring and analysing climate change impact, land cover change, GMES, adaptability and evaluation.
	Alan Mills	Information Management (GIS) for Climate Change modelling and monitoring, risk and hazard assessment, adaptation to Climate Change particularly the impact for small island states.
	Richard Tapper	Climate change impacts and tourism.
	Jim Williams	Strategy, policy, practice, mitigation assessment, adaptation programme development, climate risk management.
	Ken Campbell	Information for Climate Change, mitigation and adaptation. Environmental Assessment. Combined impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change.
	Wyn Richards	Principal concerns of poor livestock keepers on how to cope (adapt) with droughts, floods and extremes; many strategies (technologies, practices and insurance schemes) developed for cattle, sheep, goats and poultry but poorly disseminated.
	Bryony Everett	Climate change adaptation, energy monitoring and low carbon technologies, energy access.
	Catherine Mackenzie	REDD+ particularly social and environmental standards/safeguards, integrated land use planning, REDD+ programme M&E (including Norways ICFI in Indonesia), social and livelihood analysis for project design; Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation.

Social & Economic Assessment, Livelihoods
	Kate Meadows	Gender, poverty, environment & policy analysis. Stakeholder assessment, Social impact assessment, CBNRM, livelihoods and institutional analysis.
	Elizabeth Kiff	Livelihoods analysis, Community resource management, Participatory technology development, Community institutional development.
	Jim Hancock	Stakeholder perspectives on opportunities, constraints to livelihoods development, conflict over natural resources.
	Keith Shawe	Gender issues in natural resource conservation, management and commercialisation.
	Richard Tapper	Economic effects of tourism; Local employment and livelihoods; Economic diversification linked to the tourism sector
	Paul Schoen	Impact, assessment and review of programmes on socio economic profiles and community and micro and SME business practices, livelihood changes as a result of external support.
	Carol Kerven	Project design and evaluations on crop and livestock household socio-economic status and potential.
	Bryony Everett	Building community groups, enterprise development, institutional strengthening, communications.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Poverty and Social Impact Assessment for World Bank; poverty and social safeguards assessments for ADB, particularly involving ethnic minority groups; preparation of ethnic minority development, consultation and participation plans; stakeholder and livelihood analysis for community development planning.

Community Development and Participatory Appraisal
	Kate Meadows	Stakeholder assessment, PRA, government and community liaison. Social impact assessment, CBNRM, livelihoods and institutional analysis.
	Jim Hancock	CBNRM, community and livelihoods development, involvement and capacity building of key stakeholders groups in large programmes.
	Elizabeth Kiff	Farming systems, agroforestry, organic agriculture, participation and community development and community forestry.
	Keith Shawe	Participatory natural resource systems and biodiversity assessments.
	Martin Stewart	Livelihoods and stakeholder analysis; formation and strengthening of Self-Help Groups and Community Based Organisations in rural development context.
	Mark Ritchie	Participatory appraisal for sustainable cropping systems.
	Richard Tapper	Community consultation and involvement in tourism development.
	Sheila Willis	Stakeholder assessments. Strengthening institutional linkages. Government – community liaison. Network development and capacity building. PRA.
	Carol Kerven	Participatory impact evaluations of projects and programmes by large donors and small NGOs, aimed at crop and livestock producers in the tropics and temperate climates.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Natural resource based community development - through PRA and related techniques, sustainable management, value-addition and enhancing community benefit in value chains; Harmonising conservation and development; Community organisation and capacity building.

Human Health and Environment. See also under: Pests and Pesticides and Post Harvest Systems
	Stéphane Flasse	Environmental information system in human health (malaria, onchocerciasis) and animal health (Oestrus ovis). Decision support, Earth observation and GIS. Agronomist.
	Keith Shawe	Medicinal plants, policy on the integration of traditional medicine systems with primary health care.
	Sujit Patel	Analysis by laboratory procedures, implementation of GLP, knowledge of chromatographic techniques used to determine and verify levels of active ingredients in drug preventative medicines.

Information management and Database development. See also under Knowledge management
	Linda Ritchie	Systems design, development and operation. Database design and extensive programming experience.
	Ken Campbell	Knowledge management and information systems. Concept mapping. Web site design, development and management. Spatial analysis & GIS,
	Judith Pender	Bespoke problem based GIS programming in Avenue and VB.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry information provision, French and Spanish translation, graphic design and presentations.
	Alan Mills	Database design, information framework, public awareness and education.
	Roger Bancroft	Sub-editor of the Journal of Applied Biology responsible for the peer review of articles of post-harvest interest.
	Wyn Richards	Transforming research findings into 'language' and format for targeted audiences - policy makers, media, users, beneficiaries.
	Nienke Eernisse	GIS and (geo)database design, Database application development, Geo-information and data management, Training. Presenting data and information in the form of maps, graphs and charts.

Project Development
	Stéphane Flasse	Project identification, development and bidding. Forestry, health and agriculture. Earth observation and GIS.
	Jim Hancock	Participatory NR based livelihoods, NGO and community business partnerships, post-programme sustainability.
	David Silverside	Food technology and the meat industry, project development, monitoring and assessment.
	Ken Campbell	Environment and conservation, GIS and information management, agricultural development. Proposal and concept review. Copy-editing. Proofreading.
	Keith Shawe	Natural resource assessment, conservation and management - project identification, development and bidding.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry project identification and preparation.
	Elizabeth Kiff	Project development, monitoring and assessment. Agriculture and farming systems.
	Alan Mills	Proposal preparation and writing, GIS development, small island issues.
	Mark Ritchie	Project proposal development and bid preparation (DFID, Darwin Initiative, Tacis: pest management, biodiversity assessment, protected nature areas); development of TORs for EC Tacis project (Kazakhstan, Sustainable irrigated cropping).
	Jim Williams	Problem assessment and resource mobilisation for large regional development programmes: donor assessment, development/design of specific projects in (e.g) agriculture, environment, health and climate change.
	Richard Tapper	Tourism project development, planning and management; Project evaluation.
	Sheila Willis	Project identification, development and proposal writing. Project monitoring and management. Smallholder pest management. Pesticides management.
	Roger Bancroft	Identification, development, proposal, tendering, design, implementation and management of technology-transfer and applied research and development projects.
	Wyn Richards	Technical proposal writing/oversight, particularly in the livestock and crop/livestock sector. Skilled in composing logframes and outcome mapping frameworks for proposals.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Proposal development, writing and evaluation, bid preparation, project management
	Paul Schoen	Project and programme identification, formulation and design in a range of sectors and poverty alleviation initiatives. Strategy reviews and health checks of existing projects and programmes with a view to taking corrective action or considerations to improve performance. Cost benefit analysis (CBA), budgeting and financial presentation. Logframe design and development.
	Bryony Everett	Preparing Expressions of Interest and Tenders (technical and financial), overseeing project start up, preparing and updating logical frameworks, project cycle management, financial and contractual management, overseeing and managing multi-disciplinary project teams.
	John Jackson	Project identification, development and proposals.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Project identification, design, appraisal, and implementation for donors and NGOs. Preparation of bids, including successful submissions to DFID, Darwin, etc.
	Nienke Eernisse	Proposal preparation and writing, Peer review of projects, Project evaluation, GIS and information management.

Project & Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
	Stéphane Flasse	Project and programme review. Project proposal review (EC-FP). Decision support, earth observation, GIS, food security, forestry, health, natural hazard, agronomy. Agronomist.
	David Silverside	Food technology and the meat industry, project development, monitoring and assessment.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry project preparation, appraisal, review, monitoring and evaluation.
	Kate Meadows	Community based natural resources evaluation and management. Livelihoods and institutional analysis.
	Bob Douthwaite	Evaluation of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs), and wetland conservation, biodiversity and hydropower projects.
	Elizabeth Kiff	Mid-term review of cultivation of medicinal plants project, EC.
	Martin Stewart	Participatory natural resource management and rural development projects.
	Mark Ritchie	Evaluation of Save The Children IPM Farmer Field School Project, Ethiopia.
	Ian Grant	Evaluations, audits and validations: area-wide pest and vector control programmes; ecological monitoring in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
	Lynne Barratt	Monitor and evaluator for EU LIFE Environment and Nature Programmes
	Richard Tapper	Project evaluation.
	Sheila Willis	Smallholder pest management. Pesticides management.
	Jonathan Coulter	Evaluation of projects in the post-harvest and marketing area, including research projects
	Roger Bancroft	Participation in the monitoring, evaluation and review of technology-transfer and applied research and development projects.
	Wyn Richards	M&E of national, regional and global projects or programmes with pro-poor agricultural and livestock research bias.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Project and programme review, development of Monitoring, Impact Assessment and Learning (MIL) systems; Logframe development, impact pathways
	Paul Schoen	Performance Monitoring Programme design and solution identification, implementation and advisory services. Mid-term, final, ex-post reviews & evaluations. Results Oriented Monitoring systems. Tools such as the multiplier effects and gross margin analysis. Use of DAC criteria of evaluation. Indicator setting and performance reviews.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Mid-term, final, real-time monitoring and evaluation of wide range of NR based projects and programmes for CGIAR, Norad, DFID, NGOs, including participatory evaluations.

Policy and Institutional Development
	Simon Eden-Green	Plant pathology; pests pathogens and vectors of diseases of tropical and temperate crops, crop protection, integrated pest management, biopesticides, plant health, quarantine and regulatory services.
	Jim Hancock	Donor programme strategy advice on environment and research, NR management institutions capacity development.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry policy review and sector planning.
	Colin Tingle	Mainstreaming the environment into policy-making; Environmental services and decision-making; guidelines & advice on environmental impacts of pest control, stakeholder consultation.
	Keith Shawe	Biodiversity in rural development, capacity building in conservation and natural resources management.
	Bob Douthwaite	Strategic environmental assessment. Water resource development. Advisory support for wetland development. Mainstreaming environment into Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs).
	Martin Stewart	Livelihoods analysis and rural development; strengthening and capacity building of government, NGO and Community Based Organisations; joint forest management.
	Alan Mills	Strategic environmental policy, information and knowledge management, prioritisation for small island governments, institutional capacity building, procedures and documentation.
	Richard Tapper	Tourism policy; Institutional structures and coordination for tourism.
	Jim Williams	Climate change policy development, climate related institutional development.
	Jonathan Coulter	Agricultural marketing policy, staple foods & cotton; managing food price instability in developing countries; local and regional procurement of food aid commodities
	Roger Bancroft	Participation in the development, training and team building of post-harvest resource groups.
	Wyn Richards	Facilitation and brokering donor collaboration/ coordination in pro-poor agriculture/livestock R&D; extracting lessons learned on effectiveness of ARD on poverty reduction; development of insurance schemes and other financial services for poor farmers/pastoralists.
	Paul Schoen	Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) construction and presentation economic and financial systems and players (businesses) within the systems, policy review and impact of changes as a result of subsidy or tax schemes. Institutional analysis at government and industry level (e.g. associations, alliances and other bodies which support the economic activity or industry).
	Catherine Mackenzie	Forest governance; forest policy and institutional development; social policy development for REDD+.

Economic Development
	Paul Schoen	Economic reviews and analysis of national and international institutional policy including development partners such as the EU, World Bank and UNDP.

Knowledge Management Systems, Training and Knowledge Transfer. See also Information management
	Linda Ritchie	Production of on-line help systems. Bespoke training for computer users.
	Stéphane Flasse	Development and delivery of training, from academic lecture to tailored end-user training in-country, in theory and applied remote sensing and GIS.
	Ken Campbell	Web site development & management. Knowledge management (internet, CD, USB stick). Programme summaries. Concept mapping / Knowledge mapping. Copy editing.
	Martin Stewart	Participatory natural resource management - esp. trees and forests, project cycle management; primary and secondary stakeholder institution building for rural development.
	Alan Mills	Development and delivery of bespoke training courses for GIS, remote sensing and environmental education. Teaching at undergraduate and graduate level, Phd Supervision, public awareness campaigns, TV, radio and newspaper experience.
	Colin Tingle	Development and delivery of training materials from lectures/seminars to tailor-made practical, end-user courses in: Ecotoxicology; Monitoring methods for pesticide impacts; Sampling and recognition of terrestrial invertebrates; Biodiversity assessment.
	Mark Ritchie	Design and delivery of small group training courses in pest management (vegetables, rice, coconut), safe spraying technology, biological control, pest identification, logical frameworks. Institutional Capacity building through: supervision (PhD), mentoring and coaching.
	Ian Grant	Design and delivery of field training courses for monitoring the environmental impacts of chemical interventions used for large scale pest and vector control. International courses for Continuing Professional Development in environmental assessment and management in rural development. Capacity building.
	Richard Tapper	Capacity building on tourism management; Planning systems and tourism; Tourism product development and marketing .
	Sheila Willis	Development and implementation of communications strategies. Development and delivery of extension, training and public awareness materials. Crop protection and the safer use of agrochemicals.
	Jim Williams	Knowledge management: Management of environmental knowledge as a resource for decision making.
	Roger Bancroft	Teaching of applied post-harvest pathology, physiology and technology at all levels, from on-site bespoke vocational training of stakeholders and mentoring of extension staff, to university level. Supervision and examination of PhDs. Preparation of course materials. Knowledge transfer and dissemination by means of workshops, seminars, lectures, videos, manuals and technical and extension leaflets etc.
	Wyn Richards	Training in-country counterparts in designing their own communication strategies including approaches to successful up- and out-scaling of research outputs.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Development of training materials and delivery of short-term or long-term training for extension officers, undergraduates or researchers in agrobiodiversity, nursery management, crop processing and marketing. Design of information brochures, posters and exhibition stands
	Benoit Glaud	Teaching of chemistry and analytical chemistry from junior level to university level. Supervision, training and appraisal of chemical analysts. Preparation of course materials.
	Sujit Patel	Delivery of bespoke training material for preventative maintenance for improving capacity for repair of laboratory equipment and training technical support staff in approaches to maintenance and repair of analytical test equipment.
	John Jackson	Teaching, lecturing, mentoring and knowledge transfer and dissemination in wildlife, ecology, conservation and forestry; outreaching/extension in land management s disciplines.
	Catherine Mackenzie	On-the-job and class-based capacity building including university-level teaching; editing.
	Nienke Eernisse	Bespoke small group and individual GIS, database and information management training, Field survey management, Mentoring, Developing training materials based on practical and relevant examples.

Research Programme Management. See also under Knowledge management
	Wyn Richards	Design, implementation, resource management, marketing, monitoring and review of large livestock and agricultural research programmes aimed at improving rural and urban livelihoods.
	Hannah Jaenicke	Development and management of a portfolio of projects. Project coordination, resource management.
	Carol Kerven	Coordinating research on national household quarterly surveys, by independent researchers, and managing collaborative multi-country interdisciplinary research.
	Bryony Everett	Managing grants, leading international research teams, survey methods, integrating systems and partnerships to get research into use, finance and contracts, logical frameworks, research frameworks, policy, communications, process management.

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