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The CFA is run on a
day-to-day basis by a small UK-based Secretariat who are overseen
by a large international Governing Council. The Governing
Council appoints one member from each region, the Regional
Coordinators, to work with the Secretariat in the Executive
Committee to implement the plans of the CFA in accordance with the
overall objectives.
Regional Coordinators act as a link
between the membership and the Secretariat so please feel to contact
them. They are there to help!
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Africa |
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Ben Chikamai
 Ben
is a Kenyan and gained his B.Sc. in Forestry from the University of
Nairobi in 1983, followed by an M.Sc. in Forestry in
1986 from the
University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wales,
Bangor.
He is a Chief
Research Officer and Co-ordinator, Partnership and Networks Programme
at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. He has working experience
in Forestry Utilization, Forestry and Natural Resources
Management, Research Management and Networking in Research and
Development.
Ben is a referee
for the International Forestry Review, Discovery and Innovation
Journal, African Academy of Sciences; the East African Agricultural
and Forestry Journal; Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature
Conservation of Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania and
Journal of East African Natural Resource Management, Moi University,
Kenya. and also reviews various proposals (Young Scientists and Senior
Scientists Awards) submitted to AFORNET for funding.
He is the author
or co-author of over 50
publications in peer refereed books, journals or conference
proceedings and received the Head of State Commendation Award in 1996,
for his contribution to the society in the development of gum arabic
industry in
Kenya. He was also awarded certificate of merit for Innovative
Scientific Research and Development of the Kenya Forestry Research
Institute, 1990 in recognition of his contribution in the areas of
biomas energy and production of laminated items.
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Contact
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| Address: |
c/o Kenya Forestry Research
Institute, P.O. Box 20412, 00200 City Square, Nairobi, KENYA |
| Email: |
benchikamai@ngara.org |
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South Asia |
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R.V. Singh
R.V. Singh (M. Sc. Ag.,
A. I. F. C., Ph. D.) is a member of Indian Forest Service and retired from
the position of Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and
Education, Government of India. He has served in different
capacities in H. P. Forest Department and as Professor of Forestry, H. P.
University, Coordinator, Conifers Research Centre, Forest Research
Institute, and President Forest Research Institute and Colleges, Dehra
Dun.
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Contact details
| Address: |
176 Vasant Vihar I, P. O. New Forest, Dehra Dun
248006, Uttranchal, INDIA
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00 91 135 2763261 |
| Email: |
ranvir@nde.vsnl.net.in |
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South East Asia and the Pacific |
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Michael Bleby
Michael has been a practicing forester
since 1971 and currently works for the South Australian Forestry
Corporation (ForestrySA) as Manager Sales in the Green Triangle Region.
He holds a B.Sc in Forestry from the Australian National Univeristy in
1970, is a member of the Institute of Foresters of Australia, and also a
RPF Registered Professional Forester, (General Practicing Forester).
His previous posts have included Manager,
Operations Development - Location : Mt. Gambier, South East Region ;
District Forester, Mt. Burr Forest District - Location : Mt. Burr, South
East Region, and District Forester Mt. Crawford in the Mt. Lofty Ranges
of South Australia.
As a forester, he has specialised in the establishment, management,
protection, and harvesting of Pinus radiata softwood plantations. He was Chairman of Organising Committee
2005 IFA Conference Mt. Gambier.
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Americas |
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Shashi Kant
Shashi is a Professor of Forest Resource Economics at the Faculty of
Forestry, University of Toronto. Before joining University of Toronto, he
was a member of Indian Forest Service, India, and he also worked as a
faculty member at the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India.
He specializes in forest resource economics and forest management systems
with emphasis on extending the boundaries of forest economics beyond
neo-classical paradigm. He has published more than 80 refereed papers. He is
the Editor-in-Chief of a book series on “Sustainability, Economics, and
Natural Resources” and he is Associate Editor of Journal of Forest
Economics, and the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. He has been the
Guest Editor of two Special Issues of Forest Policy and Economics.
In
2004, he received Ontario’s Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA) for
his research on Economics of Sustainable Forest Management. In 2005, he
received International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Scientific Achievement Award and in 2007 the Canadian Institute of Forestry
(CIF) Scientific Achievement Award for his overall contribution to the
profession of forestry and forest economics.
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Adrian Whiteman
Adrian is from the
United Kingdom and obtained a BA in Economics from the University of
Leicester in 1985 and a PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh
in 1996. Although not a forester, he has worked in the forestry sector for
his entire career. He currently works as an economist in the Forestry
Department of the FAO.
His experience
includes assignments for the public and private sector in over 20
countries on all five continents, including long-term assignments in
Suriname, Zambia, Liberia and Indonesia. Before working for FAO, he worked
on a DFID forestry project in Indonesia and, before this, for the UK
Forestry Commission.
His technical
expertise includes: analysis of fiscal policies in the forestry sector;
supply and demand forecasting; valuation of non-wood goods and services;
and investment appraisal. He has also been a regular contributor and
reviewer for the International Forestry Review.
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Contact details
| Address: |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forestry Department
Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Roma, ITALY |
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+39 06 570 55055 |
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+39 06 570 53945 |
| Email: |
Adrian.Whiteman@fao.org |
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