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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Geographic experience

Fields of expertise include:

	Agriculture and Farming Systems	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	Monitoring and Evaluation
	Forest Resources Management	Remote Sensing	Policy & Institutional Development
	Terrestrial Ecology	Land Use Planning & Land Evaluation	Social & Economic Assessment, Livelihoods
	Fisheries and Water Resources Planning	Decision Support Systems	Community Development, Participatory Appraisal and Dispute Resolution
	Biodiversity, Wildlife & Conservation	Information management and Database development	Environmental Assessment & Monitoring (EIA / SIA)
	Pests and Pesticides	Human Health & the Environment	Climate Change Impact & Adaptation to Climate Change
Supported by		Project Development
		Training and Knowledge Transfer (Development, Delivery, Communication)
		Knowledge Management

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.

Agriculture, Farming Systems & Food Technology	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.
	Mike Holland	Smallholder crop and livestock systems; forest / smallholder interactions; farmer support services.
	Stéphane Flasse	Earth observation, monitoring and mapping, yield forecasting, irrigation monitoring, decision support, food security.
	Ken Campbell	Knowledge management and information systems, Livestock and the Environment. Rare breeds, GIS, spatial analysis.

Pests & Pesticides: Agriculture, Livestock	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.
	John Cox	Pesticide legislation & regulation. Pesticide use, storage, handling and operator exposure. Pesticide analysis. Laboratory establishment and evaluation.
	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.
	Lawrence Kenyon	Crop protection technology and plant pathology. Plant viruses and phytoplasmas. Disease diagnostics. Tropical horticultural, field and plantation crops. Project formulation and management. Development and delivery of extension and training materials.

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), including hydropower, water supply, water quality, biodiversity and protected areas, environmental flow requirements (EFR), 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

Terrestrial Ecology	Mark Ritchie	Invertebrate biodiversity assessment, sampling and monitoring of invertebrates, invertebrate recognition and identification.
	Ken Campbell	Large mammal census techniques, wildlife and conservation, small mammal monitoring, habitat mapping. EIA, GIS and Remote Sensing.
	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.
	Catherine Mackenzie	Biodiversity survey, forest inventory; wildlife monitoring, coral reef ecology.

Biodiversity, Wildlife and Conservation	Ken Campbell	Conservation, GIS, people & protected areas, support for management planning, bushmeat, wildlife census & monitoring, habitat modelling and biodiversity.
	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.
	Mike Holland	People, livelihoods and protected areas; sustainable use of wild resources, support to National Park planning & development.
	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.

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, modelling and spatial analysis. 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.
	Ian Corker	GIS project design, management and analysis. Use of GIS for land registration, cadastral mapping and land administration. UML modelling of cadastral systems for GIS.
	Darren Connaghan	Spatial Data Management, Corporate & enterprise GIS design & management, Data life cycle (input - digitising etc, QA/QC, management), 3D modelling, Spatial modelling/analysis

Remote Sensing	Stéphane Flasse	Theory, applications and training, image analysis and cartography, environmental information systems, decision support and GIS. Agronomist.
	Ken Campbell	Image analysis, GIS, GPS, land use, EIA, environmental monitoring, wildlife & protected areas.
	Judith Pender	Satellite imagery and aerial digital photography. Image analysis for land use change.
	Bruce King	Interpretation of satellite imagery, radar and airphotos for land use planning and land cover mapping.
	Alan Mills	Aerial photography interpretation, training, image interpretation and analysis. Integration with GIS, decision support.
	Ian Corker	Use of satellite imagery, GPS, PDA’s and GIS for land administration mapping and data collection. Natural resource analysis and village planning using aerial photography.
	Darren Connaghan	Integration with GIS, Georectification, Land-use assessment Technical Training - GPS Training, Spatial Data Management Cartography - Quality map production, presentation/poster production, graphic design

Land Use Planning / Land Evaluation	Marcus Robbins	Forestry sector planning and land use.
	Ken Campbell	National park and protected areas management planning, impact assessment, GIS, spatial modelling, remote sensing and cartography.
	Bruce King	Land suitability assessment.
	Mike Holland	Land suitability assessment. Soil and water conservation. Sustainable land use.
	Ian Corker	Land suitability assessment, including assessment of human carrying capacity. Village and farm planning. Regional and national planning. Valuation of land and property for property taxation and asset valuation.
	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.

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, Internet based information systems, databases, spatial analysis & GIS, environmental assessment.
	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.

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

Environmental Assessment and Monitoring (EIA, SIA, SEA)	Ken Campbell	Screening, scoping and EIA, hydropower, energy, small-scale solar, water supplies, 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.
	John Cox	Pesticide legislation & regulation. Pesticide use, storage, handling and operator exposure. Pesticide analysis. Laboratory establishment and evaluation.
	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

Climate Change Impact and Adaptation to Climate Change including Ecological 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.

Community Development, Participatory Appraisal, and Dispute Resolution	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.
	Mike Holland	Facilitating community-led, poverty-focused, rural development. Community management of rural health & education services.
	Ian Corker	Participatory village assessment and planning. Community based (village committee) land registration. Chartered arbitrator, use of alternative dispute resolution methods for land disputes.
	Richard Tapper	Community consultation and involvement in tourism development.

Human Health and Environment

see also under Pests

Stéphane Flasse

Environmental information system in human health (malaria, onchocerciasis) and animal health (Oestrus ovis). Decision support, Earth observation and GIS. Agronomist.

John Cox

Pesticide legislation & regulation. Pesticide use, storage, handling and operator exposure. Pesticide analysis. Laboratory establishment and evaluation.

Keith Shawe

Medicinal plants, policy on the integration of traditional medicine systems with primary health care.

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. HTML. Web site design, development and management. Spatial analysis & GIS, Digitizing, Biometrics, Decision Support Systems.
	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.
	Ian Corker	Land information management systems design, development and operation. Database design and automated system development. UML for system analysis and development. Knowledge transfer to system users. Public participation design and development for planning and land registration.
	Darren Connaghan	Database design, digitising, Basic web page development, Spatial database mangement.

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	Environmental assessment, GIS and information management, protected area management planning.
	Keith Shawe	Natural resource assessment, conservation and management - project identification, development and bidding.
	Marcus Robbins	Forestry project identification and preparation.
	John Cox	Pesticide legislation & regulation. Pesticide use, storage, handling and operator exposure. Pesticide analysis. Laboratory establishment and evaluation.
	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).
	Mike Holland	Rural development and natural resource based livelihoods. Project identification, design, planning, implementation and management. Participatory development methods.
	Ian Corker	Experienced in the aspects of project development: identification, design, tendering, management, closing down, monitoring, and evaluation, for land administration, planning and land registration.
	Darren Connaghan	Project identification, planning and implementation.
	Richard Tapper	Tourism project development, planning and management; Project evaluation.

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.
	John Cox	Pesticide legislation & regulation. Pesticide use, storage, handling and operator exposure. Pesticide analysis. Laboratory establishment and evaluation.
	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 Corker	Evaluation of cadastral, land registration and automation projects.
	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.

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).
	John Cox	Pesticide legislation & regulation. Pesticide use, storage, handling and operator exposure. Pesticide analysis. Laboratory establishment and evaluation.
	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.
	Ian Corker	Advice on land administration and land registration at donor, national and institutional level. Institutional development and change management within land administration systems. Development of regional and national land use, property taxation and land administration strategies.
	Richard Tapper	Tourism policy; Institutional structures and coordination for tourism.

Training and Knowledge transfer and Knowledge management systems 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	Knowledge management and information systems. CD-ROM and web site development. Programme summaries. Concept 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.
	Mike Holland	Managing village level skills transfer in: Agriculture, NR management, health, education.
	Ian Corker	Design of training and knowledge transfer schemes. On the job training and knowledge transfer within institutions. Production of training and operation manuals.
	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.
	Lawrence Kenyon	Communication of research findings. Development and delivery of extension and training materials. Crop protection technology and plant pathology. Tropical horticultural, field and plantation crops. Project formulation and management.
	Richard Tapper	Capacity building on tourism management; Planning systems and tourism; Tourism product development and marketing .

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