Chair:
Prof. Jeffery Burley
Director
Oxford Forestry Institute
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom
Tel.: (44-1865) 275050
Fax: (44-1865) 275074
E-Mail: [email protected]
Members:
Prof. Hans Gregersen
College of Natural Resources
University of Minnesota
1530 N. Cleveland Ave., 115 Green Hall
St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Tel.: (1-612) 624 6298
Fax: (1-612) 625 5212
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. W. John Griffith
9210 Friars Road
Bethesda, MD 20817-2321, USA
Tel.: (1-301) 897 5046
Fax: (1-301) 530 9347
E-Mail: [email protected]
Prof. P.S. Ramakrishnan
Professor of Ecology
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110 067, India
Tel.: (91-11) 617 2438
(91-11) 689 0668
Fax: (91-11) 616 5886
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Christine Padoch
Senior Curator
Institute of Economic Botany
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Tel: (1-718) 817 8975
Fax: (1-718) 220 1029
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Manuel Rodriguez
Carrera 10 # 86-89
Santa Fé de Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Tel.: (57-1) 610-0136
Fax: (57-1) 530-4772
E-Mail: [email protected]
Resource Persons:
CGIAR Secretariat
Dr. Pammi Sachdeva
Senior Management Specialist
CGIAR Secretariat
1818 H. Street,
NW Washington DC 20433, USA
Tel: (1-202) 473-8941
Fax: (1-202) 473-8110
E-Mail: [email protected]
TAC Secretariat
Dr. Amir Kassam (Panel Secretary)
Senior Agricultural Research Officer
TAC Secretariat
Research Extension and Training Division
FAO - Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel.: (39-6) 5705 6226
Fax: (39-6) 5705 3298/5731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Name: BURLEY, Jeffery (UK)
Position: Director, Institute of Forestry, University of Oxford, U.K.
Expertise: Forest genetics, tree improvement research and management, and wood quality.
Education: B.A. and M.A. in Forestry, Oxford University, U.K. (1961); M.F., Yale University, USA (1962); Ph.D. in Forest Genetics, Yale University, USA (1965).
Experience: 1965-68: Officer-in-Charge, Tree Improvement Research Centre, Agricultural Research Council of Zambia: (i) reconstitute and reorganise the staff structure and research programme of the research laboratory; (ii) develop data processing system and publish three years' results at Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Oxford University, England; 1968-1976: Senior Research Officer (Forest Geneticist), Department of Forestry, Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Oxford University. 1976-83: University Lecturer in Forestry (wood structure and genetics), University of Oxford. Professorial Fellow at Green College. 1983-85: Head of Department of Forestry and Director of Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Director-Designate of Oxford Forestry Institute, University of Oxford. Since 1985: Present position. Professional activities include: Member of Council and Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Forestry Association; Director of the International Society of Tropical Foresters; President, Section K (Agriculture and Forestry), British Association for the Advancement of Science (1987-88); Member, Advisory Board, Yale University Tropical Forestry Research Institute (1986-88); Chairman, Arboricultural Association, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Branch (1985-88); Member, Terrestrial and Life Sciences Committee, Natural Environment Research Council (1989-92), President, International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (1995-present).
Name: GREGERSEN, Hans (USA)
Position: Professor, University of Minnesota, USA.
Expertise: Forest resource economics and policy.
Education: B.Sc. Forestry, Pennsylvania State University (1961); M.Sc. Forestry, University of Washington (1963); M.A. Economics (1969), Ph.D. Forest Resource Economics, University of Michigan (1969).
Experience: 1960: Archaeological Surveyor, Tikal Guatemala, for the University of Pennsylvania; 1961-62: Research Forester, Pacific N.W. Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service; 1965-68: Forestry Officer, Planning Section and Forest Economics Branch, FAO; 1968-70: Research Associate, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan; 1970-72: Asst. Professor, University of Minnesota; 1972-75: Associate Professor, University of Minnesota; 1975 - Present: Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (Joint Appointment). Has membership in the Society for International Development, Society of American Foresters, American Economic Association; and American Agricultural Economic Association. He has undertaken numerous consultancies for international organisations including the World Bank, FAO, SIDA, USAID, OECD, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was a member of TAC (1990-1995). He participated in the TAC Natural Resources Management Study (1995) and the Marginal Lands Study (1996). He was Chair, TAC Standing Panel on Resource Management, Forestry and Agroforestry and Chair of the TAC Standing Committee on External Reviews. Has wide experience in Latin America (10 countries) and Asia. Over 160 publications, including books, chapters in books, scientific papers and articles in journals and conference proceedings. Speaks and/or reads Danish, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian and Portuguese.
Name: GRIFFITH, W. John (Australia)
Position: Management Consultant
Expertise: Finance, organisational change, and general management.
Education: B.E. (Civil Eng. 1965); MBA (1970); UNSW, Sydney, Australia; Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School, 1986, Corporate Board Effectiveness, Harvard Business School, 1996.
Experience: 1966-74: Structural Design Engineer: Lend Lease Corporation, Sydney, Australia. Refinery Logistics Manager: Esso Standard Oil (Aust) P/L, Sydney. Management Consultant: McKinsey & Company, New York and Melbourne, Australia; Chief Manager, Strategic Planning: ANZ Banking Group Melbourne, Australia. 1974-1997: The World Bank: positions of increasing responsibility within the Bank Group, culminating, in 1986, in appointment as Chief Financial Officer for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). 1997-1998: Chairman of the Board, Holy Cross Health, Silver Spring, MD, and member of other corporate and non-profit boards. During World Bank career also undertook many short-term assignments as a financial advisor to the CGIAR Secretariat. Examined the budget requests for all IARCs and visited each centre to discuss financial matters: undertook a six-week study of the managerial tasks and processes at IRRI; and reviewed management processes at CIP. Consultant to the First Quinquennial Review Panel of WARDA (1978). Member of the First Triennial Review Panel of ICIPE (1983). Member of the 1993 Interim External Review of CIMMYT; Consultant to the 1996 EPMR of ICRISAT. Member of the 1997 EPMR of IPGRI. Consultant to the 1997 EPMR of CIMMYT.
Name: PADOCH, Christine (USA)
Position: Senior Curator, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
Expertise: Smallholder resource management patterns, managed forests, agricultural and agroforestry systems; agrodiversity; marketing patterns; social and environmental aspects of economic development.
Education: A.B. cum laude, Barnard College (1969); Two quarters of study, courses in tropical soils, tropical botany, tropical and systems ecology, University of Florida (1971); Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, Columbia University (1969-78).
Experience: 1978-1983: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Anthropology, Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1983-97: Associate Scientist (1983-92), Scientist (1992-95). Curator (1995-97), Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden. Since 1997: present position.
Other professional activities include: Associate Editor, Human Ecology. Research Scientist, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. 1995 - pres.: Visiting Research Professor, New York University. 1995 - pres.: Member, Board of Directors, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental de Amazõnia. Associate Scientific Coordinator, Population, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC).
Name: RAMAKRISHNAN, P.S. (India)
Position: Professor of Ecology, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Expertise: Life sciences, environmental sciences, ecology, sustainable development.
Education: B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology and Chemistry, Madras University (1955), M.Sc. in Botany, Banaras Hindu University (1957); Ph.D. in Botany and Ecology, Banaras Hindu University (1960).
Experience: 1957-60: Research Assistant and Research Fellow, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University. 1960-61: Lecturer in Botany, Department of Botany, Meerut College, Meerut. 1961-62: Lecturer in Botany, Department of Botany, Christ Church College, Kanpur. 1962-67: Lecturer in Botany, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarn. 1965-67: National Research Council of Canada Post-Doctorate Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. 1967-74: Reader in Ecology, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh. 1976-77: Indo-US Visiting Fellow under the Indo-US Exchange Programme, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, USA. December 1978 and November 1986: Professional Associate, East-West Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 1979: A.V.C.C. Visiting Professor for 1980 sponsored by the Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee at La Trobe University and other Australian institutions. Held various posts at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong: 1974-85 and 1983-95: Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences; 1977-88: Dean, School of Life Sciences; 1985: Professor and Head, Centre for Eco-Development. Since 1985: present position.
Past or current professional activities include: Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Founder Fellow of the National Institute of Ecology. Fellow of the Indian Botanical Society. Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy. Currently Steering Committee Member: IHDP, DIVERSITAS He has written over 300 papers. Also, he has written books on the Ecology of Biological Invasion in the Tropics, Shifting Agriculture and Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary Study from Northeastern India; Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development; Conservation and Management of Biological Resources in Himalaya; Conserving Biodiversity for Sustainable Development; Conserving the Sacred: for Biodiversity Management.
Name: RODRIGUEZ BECCERA, Manuel (Colombia)
Position: Professor on Environmental Policy, Andes University, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia and private consultant on environmental affairs.
Expertise: Management studies, industrial engineering and environmental affairs.
Education: B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Andes University. Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia (1970); M. Phil. in Management Studies, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, England (1976).
Experience: 1976-1990: As Professor of Andes University, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia held positions as: 1) Academic Vice-President, 2) Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and 3) Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies. 1990-93: As General Director of the National Institute for the Natural Resources and the Environment (Inderena) held positions as: 1) Co-ordinator of the processes for design and approval of the new environmental Colombian law and the for the creation of the Ministry of the Environment and 2) Delegate to UNCED and related conferences. 1994: Founding Minister of the Colombian Ministry of the Environment. 1995 to present: As a private consultant he has carried out various tasks: - October 1994-95: For the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations he worked on an Expert Document on Economic Instruments for Environmental Management in Colombia. January to December 1995: Special Advisor for the Colombian National Planning Department for the elaboration of the National Environmental Policy. Since August 1995: he did some consultancy work for the Risaralda Autonomous Regional Corporation for (a) Sustainable Forests Management Action Plan for the Risaralda West Region and for (b) the Risaralda Regional Environmental Action Plan. September 1995-April 1997: For the Ministry of the Environment and National Planning Department as Advisory for the Colombian Participation on the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests. Since 1995: Present position as Professor on Environmental Policy, Andes University, Santa Fé de Bogotá.
Other professional activities include: 1992-present: Member, Board of Trustees, Andes University. Bogotá, Colombia; 1994 - pres.: Member, Board of Directors, Instituto Nacional de Estudios Ambientales, IDEAM, (Colombian National Institute for Environmental Studies); 1996 - pres.: Member World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development; 1996-97: Cochair: Intergovernmental Panel on Forests of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.
