Forest Pathology and Entomology
Forest Soils Fertility
Biometry
Natural Resources Ecology
Computer Application in Natural Resources
Tree Growth
Forest Management
Forest Fire Behavior, Control and Use
Aerial Photography
Dendrology
Forest Mensuration
Operations Research
Resource Allocation and Efficiency
Macro-Economics
Natural Resources Economics
Price Theory and Application
Economics of Intensive Forest Management
Forest Policy
Special Studies in Forest Economics
Special Studies in Silviculture
Forest Taxation
Financial Management

Specialized Training:

University of Tennessee
(Forest Ecology and Monitoring)
(Identification of Different Forest Ecosystems)

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Peoples Management
Results Oriented Management

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

As Director I was responsible for the following:

• Policy formulation;
  
• Forestry Planning and Programming;
  
• Capacity Building of the Forestry Department;
  
• Project Identification, design and implementation;
  
• Negotiating donor funding for the Forestry programme;
  
• Liaison officer to International organization, bi-lateral and multi-lateral funding agencies and NGOs for the Government on forest issues;
  
• Financial and general office administration;
  
• Public awareness and participation in problem identification and solution implementation.
  

• Take part in policy formulation and substantive activities related to the UNEP programme regarding forests, mountains and other ecosystems
  for sustainable development;
  
• Develop and update workplans, as well as targets of the UNEP programme regarding forests, mountains and other ecosystems for sustainable development;
  
• Supervise the preparation and monitor the implementation of projects concerned with supporting measures for sustainable development of forests and mountain areas such as training, guidelines, methodologies and publications;
  
• Act as focal point for forests, mountains and other ecosystems for the purpose of liaison with the United Nations Headquarters and other United Nations agencies;
  
• Co-ordinate all actions required in the implementation of co-operation with agencies of the United Nations System, supporting organization and governments;
  
• Make preparations for ad-hoc expert group meetings and supervise drafting of documents;
  
• Represent environmental interests in technical and substantive meetings;
  
• Resource Mobilization for projects;
  
• Designing projects for GEF funding;
  
• UNEP GEF Committee;
  
• Participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests Processes;
  
• In-charge of all Intergovernmental negotiations within the UN system;
  
• Represent UNEP in the Scientific and Technical bodies of the Conventions (CCD, CBD)
  
• Provide leadership for the Biodiversity programme of UNEP;
  
• Advise UNEP on CGIAR matters and in particular, the relationship with centres (ICRAF, CIFOR, IPGRI, CIT, CATIE, etc);
  
• Represent UNEP as observer to the Board of Directors meeting of ICRAF, CIFOR, ICIMOD

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LANGUAGES: English and French

COMPUTERS: Windows, Access, Ms Word, Excel, PowerPoint

HOBBIES: Sports especially Tennis and Golf