Anne C. Woodfine - Sustainable Land Management Expert
Summary of Experience
Dr Woodfine is a sustainable land management (SLM) expert with over 35 years of professional experience working with rural people and their environments on sustainable agriculture, natural resources management and livelihood projects in over 40 countries in Africa, South and South-East Asia, the Caribbean and the South Pacific
She has experience working on research and implementation projects, including sustainable management of a wide range of tropical agricultural and natural systems; scaling-up use of sustainable land management *SLM) technologies (including agroecological approaches, agroforestry, conservation agriculture, sustainable rangeland management and silvopastoralism), particularly using farmer field schools and other learning-by-doing approaches; researching, advising and writing on the use of SLM and other approaches for climate change adaptation and mitigation (including climate smart agriculture); undertaking policy reviews and analyses; poverty-environment mainstreaming; institutional capacity needs assessments; programme and project preparation (including the Global Environment Facility [LDCF / SCCF / TFs in LD, BD, SFM], UNDP, World Bank and Green Climate Fund project formulations) and independent evaluations.
She works for multilateral organizations, bilateral agencies, consulting firms and Governments.
Professional Summary
B.Sc. (Honours) Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1980 Class II(1)
Ph.D. (Influence of environmental factors on rates and patterns of soil development), University of Wales, 1984
English (mother tongue), French (good reading, comprehension and speaking skills, fair writing).
Member, Tropical Agriculture Association
Member, Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia
Associate, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Associate, Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, University of Coventry
Member, Board of Directors, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (https://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com/)
Member, UNDP Roster of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management Experts
Member, UNDP RSCA Independent Evaluation Experts Roster (2018 - 2023)
She has experience working on research and implementation projects, including sustainable management of a wide range of tropical agricultural and natural systems; scaling-up use of sustainable land management *SLM) technologies (including agroecological approaches, agroforestry, conservation agriculture, sustainable rangeland management and silvopastoralism), particularly using farmer field schools and other learning-by-doing approaches; researching, advising and writing on the use of SLM and other approaches for climate change adaptation and mitigation (including climate smart agriculture); undertaking policy reviews and analyses; poverty-environment mainstreaming; institutional capacity needs assessments; programme and project preparation (including the Global Environment Facility [LDCF / SCCF / TFs in LD, BD, SFM], UNDP, World Bank and Green Climate Fund project formulations) and independent evaluations.
She works for multilateral organizations, bilateral agencies, consulting firms and Governments.
Professional Summary
B.Sc. (Honours) Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1980 Class II(1)
Ph.D. (Influence of environmental factors on rates and patterns of soil development), University of Wales, 1984
English (mother tongue), French (good reading, comprehension and speaking skills, fair writing).
Member, Tropical Agriculture Association
Member, Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia
Associate, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Associate, Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, University of Coventry
Member, Board of Directors, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (https://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com/)
Member, UNDP Roster of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management Experts
Member, UNDP RSCA Independent Evaluation Experts Roster (2018 - 2023)