Recently Completed Assignments
2023
Consultant to Okapi Environmental Consulting Inc. - contributing to a Green Climate Fund project design document for Eswatini and GEF-8 Integrated Program Child Project design documents for Benin and Cote d’Ivoire
2021-2022
Sustainable Land Management Specialist (International) to USAID / DT Global - providing substantive technical contributions to the design of the GEF-7 “Safeguarding Solomon Islands endemic and globally threatened biodiversity and ecosystem services from key threats, particularly invasive alien species and unsustainable land use practices” (SAFE) project (for UNDP)
2020
International Consultant / Team Leader to FAO, Leading the Terminal Evaluation of the “Strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of rural communities using micro-watershed approaches to climate change and variability to attain sustainable food security in Cambodia” project.
International Consultant to World Bank, designing project Concept Notes to mobilize Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund support to co-finance a $50 million World Bank loan project in Tunisia
International Consultant to UNCCD, supporting the design of a GEF LD / BD project for Tunisia
Adaptation Specialist to UNIDO – providing guidance to agency’s GEF unit on the design of their pipeline of CCA projects
2019
International Consultant / Team Leader to FAO – Mid-Term Review of Global Environment Facility "Rehabilitation of Degraded Agricultural Land in Central Highlands Sri Lanka" project (July 2019 - August 2019)
International Consultant / Leader to FAO - Mid Term Review: Integrated Land and Agro-ecosystem Management Systems (ILAMS) for Tonga
International Consultant to FAO - Science Policy Interface development - GEF Food Security Integrated Approaches Programme (FS-IAP)
2017 - 2018
Chief Technical Adviser to UNDP Lesotho project " Reducing vulnerability from climate change in Lesotho's foothills, lowlands and the Lower Senqu River basin" (Aug 2017 - June 2018)
International Consultant to FAO South pacific Region - Proposal Developer for two projects for the Green Climate Fund (Dec 2017 - June 2018)
2017
International Consultant to UNDP Mauritius, preparing the project idea for GEF-6 sustainable land management project
International Evaluation Consultant to FAO - Team Leader, Final Evaluation of the project “Forestry and protected area management in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue”
2016
International Consultant to UNDP Botswana, leading the Mid-term Review of the GEF "Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management in Rangeland Areas of Ngamiland District Landscapes for Improved Livelihoods" project
Project design expert to FAO on the GEF Integrated Approach Pilot - "Support for sustainable food production and enhancement of food security and climate resilience in Burundi's highlands" project
2015-2016
Sustainable Land Management Specialist in the design of the UNDP GEF "Integrated Approach Pilot" “Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Karamoja Sub Region, Uganda" project
2013-2016
Technical Adviser to UNDP-GEF project "Adapting national and transboundary water resources management and climate change", Swaziland (see http://www.sz.undp.org/content/swaziland/en/home/operations/projects/environment_and_energy/Project_00077723.html)
2015
International Consultant to FAO - Review of lesson learned from experiences under the SIP portfolio on Sustainable Land Management in sub-Saharan Africa, NEPAD-TerrAfrica Partnership Framework
2014
International Consultant to FAO - leading preparation of a publication on lessons learned from GEF Kagera project (Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania) (see http://www.fao.org/nr/kagera/en/)
International Consultant to UNDP - leading design of the GEF project "Mainstreaming Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation in the Climate Resilient Green Economy, Ethiopia"
Landscape Ecologist and Project Design Consultant to REMA - designing GEF "Landscape Approach to Forest Restoration and Conservation Project", Gishwati and Mukura Landscapes, western Rwanda (project endorsed by GEF, July 2014)
2013
Writer and Editor for FAO – leading preparation of publication on lessons learned from Sida-funded CC adaptation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
Consultant – leading the terminal evaluation of the UNDP/GEF project “Capacity building for improved national and international environmental management in Seychelles”
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist "UNIDO support for the development and promotion of UNIDO-GEF activities and projects"
Consultant, leading Final Evaluation of MDG-F Environment Programme "Enabling Pastoral Communities to Adapt to Climate Change and Restoring Rangeland Environments" in Ethiopia
Senior Technical Advisor, UNDP's Territorial Approaches to Climate Change (TACC) project for Mbale region, Uganda (from October 2011 to April 2013)
2012
Consultant to UNDP - formulating an integrated land and water management programme for Lesotho (to scale-up achievements of the GEF Capacity Building and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Land Management project)
Consultant to UNDP, undertaking the Final Evaluation of the Global Environment Facility Sustainable Land Management Project for the Seychelles
International Consultant / Team Leader for UNDP, developing the 2013 - 2016 UN Programme to support the Government of Malawi on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Consultant to FAO - researching and drafting text for forthcoming source book on Climate Smart Agriculture and concept paper on FAO's use of the Landscape Approach for SLM in on-going projects in SSA.
2011
International Consultant to UNDP – desk review of regional mechanisms for managing shared environmental resources (transboundary natural resources) for the SADC region of Sub-Saharan Africa
Editor / Technical Advisor to FAO, Final Reports – FAO / WOCAT / GEF / SDC Land Degradation in Drylands (LADA) Programme.
International Consultant to UNDP – team leader formulating UNDP project to up-date / develop policies & strategies for sustainable NRM, CC adaptation & mitigation and disaster risk management in Uganda.
Project development consultant – developing project documents / TORs for Integrated Land and Water Management (ILWAC) for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change project in Mali.
2010
Project development consultant to World Bank – developing ecotourism to support improved natural resource / sustainable land management in Mali.
Independent Evaluator - mid-term evaluation of GEF SLM project (implemented by UNDP), Seychelles.
International SLM Consultant to FAO – contributing to the formulation of the World Bank’s Shire River Basin Management Programme, Malawi.
International SLM / Climate Change Adaptation Consultant - Team Leader formulating LDCF project “Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change into Agricultural Production and Food Security in Sierra Leone”.
2009
Member of SLM Think Tank for WB, developing SLWM / climate change content for “The Africa Land and Climate Portal”.
Technical Author – TerrAfrica Resource Guide – “SLM Potential for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”.
Team Leader, “AU-EU study to assess the scope and feasibility of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative”. Involving missions to region, assessing potential role of SLM to improve rural livelihoods and restore degraded circum-Saharan lands, also linkages to existing projects / programmes, environment mainstreaming, CC adaptation & mitigation PES and promoting SLM at decentralised govt & community levels.
2008
International SLM Consultant to IFAD – formulated GEF component of Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project, Swaziland (under GEF Land Degradation, Climate Change and Biodiversity Focal Areas).
2007
International Expert on the “Capacity Building for Sustainable Land Management in Mauritius” GEF-funded project (implemented by UNDP).
Developing the proposal for an FAO GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) project in Kenya and Tanzania, editing the project document (adding technical details on conservation agriculture, CC & agrobiodiversity) and also preparing the Log Frame & Work Plan.
2005 - 2006
International NRM consultant for FAO, leading PDF-B for FAO / UNEP GEF-funded Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project for the Kagera River Basin (see http://www.fao.org/nr/kagera/about-kagera/en/)
Consultant to Okapi Environmental Consulting Inc. - contributing to a Green Climate Fund project design document for Eswatini and GEF-8 Integrated Program Child Project design documents for Benin and Cote d’Ivoire
2021-2022
Sustainable Land Management Specialist (International) to USAID / DT Global - providing substantive technical contributions to the design of the GEF-7 “Safeguarding Solomon Islands endemic and globally threatened biodiversity and ecosystem services from key threats, particularly invasive alien species and unsustainable land use practices” (SAFE) project (for UNDP)
2020
International Consultant / Team Leader to FAO, Leading the Terminal Evaluation of the “Strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of rural communities using micro-watershed approaches to climate change and variability to attain sustainable food security in Cambodia” project.
International Consultant to World Bank, designing project Concept Notes to mobilize Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund support to co-finance a $50 million World Bank loan project in Tunisia
International Consultant to UNCCD, supporting the design of a GEF LD / BD project for Tunisia
Adaptation Specialist to UNIDO – providing guidance to agency’s GEF unit on the design of their pipeline of CCA projects
2019
International Consultant / Team Leader to FAO – Mid-Term Review of Global Environment Facility "Rehabilitation of Degraded Agricultural Land in Central Highlands Sri Lanka" project (July 2019 - August 2019)
International Consultant / Leader to FAO - Mid Term Review: Integrated Land and Agro-ecosystem Management Systems (ILAMS) for Tonga
International Consultant to FAO - Science Policy Interface development - GEF Food Security Integrated Approaches Programme (FS-IAP)
2017 - 2018
Chief Technical Adviser to UNDP Lesotho project " Reducing vulnerability from climate change in Lesotho's foothills, lowlands and the Lower Senqu River basin" (Aug 2017 - June 2018)
International Consultant to FAO South pacific Region - Proposal Developer for two projects for the Green Climate Fund (Dec 2017 - June 2018)
2017
International Consultant to UNDP Mauritius, preparing the project idea for GEF-6 sustainable land management project
International Evaluation Consultant to FAO - Team Leader, Final Evaluation of the project “Forestry and protected area management in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue”
2016
International Consultant to UNDP Botswana, leading the Mid-term Review of the GEF "Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management in Rangeland Areas of Ngamiland District Landscapes for Improved Livelihoods" project
Project design expert to FAO on the GEF Integrated Approach Pilot - "Support for sustainable food production and enhancement of food security and climate resilience in Burundi's highlands" project
2015-2016
Sustainable Land Management Specialist in the design of the UNDP GEF "Integrated Approach Pilot" “Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Karamoja Sub Region, Uganda" project
2013-2016
Technical Adviser to UNDP-GEF project "Adapting national and transboundary water resources management and climate change", Swaziland (see http://www.sz.undp.org/content/swaziland/en/home/operations/projects/environment_and_energy/Project_00077723.html)
2015
International Consultant to FAO - Review of lesson learned from experiences under the SIP portfolio on Sustainable Land Management in sub-Saharan Africa, NEPAD-TerrAfrica Partnership Framework
2014
International Consultant to FAO - leading preparation of a publication on lessons learned from GEF Kagera project (Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania) (see http://www.fao.org/nr/kagera/en/)
International Consultant to UNDP - leading design of the GEF project "Mainstreaming Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation in the Climate Resilient Green Economy, Ethiopia"
Landscape Ecologist and Project Design Consultant to REMA - designing GEF "Landscape Approach to Forest Restoration and Conservation Project", Gishwati and Mukura Landscapes, western Rwanda (project endorsed by GEF, July 2014)
2013
Writer and Editor for FAO – leading preparation of publication on lessons learned from Sida-funded CC adaptation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania
Consultant – leading the terminal evaluation of the UNDP/GEF project “Capacity building for improved national and international environmental management in Seychelles”
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist "UNIDO support for the development and promotion of UNIDO-GEF activities and projects"
Consultant, leading Final Evaluation of MDG-F Environment Programme "Enabling Pastoral Communities to Adapt to Climate Change and Restoring Rangeland Environments" in Ethiopia
Senior Technical Advisor, UNDP's Territorial Approaches to Climate Change (TACC) project for Mbale region, Uganda (from October 2011 to April 2013)
2012
Consultant to UNDP - formulating an integrated land and water management programme for Lesotho (to scale-up achievements of the GEF Capacity Building and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Land Management project)
Consultant to UNDP, undertaking the Final Evaluation of the Global Environment Facility Sustainable Land Management Project for the Seychelles
International Consultant / Team Leader for UNDP, developing the 2013 - 2016 UN Programme to support the Government of Malawi on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Consultant to FAO - researching and drafting text for forthcoming source book on Climate Smart Agriculture and concept paper on FAO's use of the Landscape Approach for SLM in on-going projects in SSA.
2011
International Consultant to UNDP – desk review of regional mechanisms for managing shared environmental resources (transboundary natural resources) for the SADC region of Sub-Saharan Africa
Editor / Technical Advisor to FAO, Final Reports – FAO / WOCAT / GEF / SDC Land Degradation in Drylands (LADA) Programme.
International Consultant to UNDP – team leader formulating UNDP project to up-date / develop policies & strategies for sustainable NRM, CC adaptation & mitigation and disaster risk management in Uganda.
Project development consultant – developing project documents / TORs for Integrated Land and Water Management (ILWAC) for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change project in Mali.
2010
Project development consultant to World Bank – developing ecotourism to support improved natural resource / sustainable land management in Mali.
Independent Evaluator - mid-term evaluation of GEF SLM project (implemented by UNDP), Seychelles.
International SLM Consultant to FAO – contributing to the formulation of the World Bank’s Shire River Basin Management Programme, Malawi.
International SLM / Climate Change Adaptation Consultant - Team Leader formulating LDCF project “Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change into Agricultural Production and Food Security in Sierra Leone”.
2009
Member of SLM Think Tank for WB, developing SLWM / climate change content for “The Africa Land and Climate Portal”.
Technical Author – TerrAfrica Resource Guide – “SLM Potential for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”.
Team Leader, “AU-EU study to assess the scope and feasibility of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative”. Involving missions to region, assessing potential role of SLM to improve rural livelihoods and restore degraded circum-Saharan lands, also linkages to existing projects / programmes, environment mainstreaming, CC adaptation & mitigation PES and promoting SLM at decentralised govt & community levels.
2008
International SLM Consultant to IFAD – formulated GEF component of Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project, Swaziland (under GEF Land Degradation, Climate Change and Biodiversity Focal Areas).
2007
International Expert on the “Capacity Building for Sustainable Land Management in Mauritius” GEF-funded project (implemented by UNDP).
Developing the proposal for an FAO GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) project in Kenya and Tanzania, editing the project document (adding technical details on conservation agriculture, CC & agrobiodiversity) and also preparing the Log Frame & Work Plan.
2005 - 2006
International NRM consultant for FAO, leading PDF-B for FAO / UNEP GEF-funded Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project for the Kagera River Basin (see http://www.fao.org/nr/kagera/about-kagera/en/)