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| Mr. Elisee Sidibe (acod@afribonemali.net) |
Expert in the Country : Mali
In the category : Agriculture, Agroforestry |
Description: Title: Executive Director, Association Conseil pour le Développement.
Expertise: Sustainable agriculture, improved natural resource management, community development field activities, microfinance, microenterprise development, capacity building of Chief Business Officers and farmers' groups.
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| Mr. Mamby Fofana (mamby.fofana@sida.se) |
Expert in the Country : Mali
In the category : Agriculture, Agroforestry |
Description: Title: Chargé de Programme Gestion des Ressources Naturelles, Ambassade de Suède au Mali.
Expertise: Agroforesty, sustainable management of natural resources, rehabilitating degraded lands, medicinal plants, food security, project management, capacity building, PRA, interfacing with donors, climate change adaptation, carbon sequestration baseline assessment, Jatropha production.
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| Mr. Mamadou Doumbia (mddoumbiakoniobla@yahoo.fr) |
Expert in the Country : Mali
In the category : Agriculture, Agroforestry |
Description: Title: Head of Soil Research, Institut d'Economie Rurale.
Expertise: Agronomy, soil fertility, soil and water management, farming systems, improved natural resource management, project evaluation, soil carbon sequestration, carbon stock measurement
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| Mr. Bruno Ramamonjisoa (bs.ramamonjisoa@netclub.mg) |
Expert in the Country : Madagascar
In the category : Forestry |
Description: Title: Madagascar Team Leader, Professor, Forestry Department of the University of Antananarivo.
Expertise:
Forest economics, forest policy, research methodology, valuation of natural resources, project development. Currently involved with REDD / FORECA in conjunction with Swiss corporation, GTZ and the Ministry of environment in 8 places in Madagascar.
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| Mr. Jose Rakotomanjaka (sud.net@moov.mg) |
Expert in the Country : Madagascar
In the category : Forestry |
Description: Title: Lead Consultant, Quality and Environment Institute Madagascar.
Expertise:
Natural resource economist w/ experience in carbon projects, adaptation, risk management, carbon project development, vulnerability assessment, economic evaluation, has worked with various big donors as a consultant.
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| Julien Demenois (julien.demenois@onf.fr) |
Expert in the Country : DRC
In the category : Forestry |
Description: As a forest engineer involved in CDM/voluntary carbon sink projects, I got expertise in designing afforestation/reforestation projects (technical, legal, and social aspects). I am currently especially involved in the Ibi Bateke project.
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| Minombolanoro Razakafoniaina (mrazakafoniaina@moov.mg) |
Expert in the Country : Madagascar
In the category : Forestry |
Description: Title: Project lead, soil and water conservation, agroecology, and forest restoration with Association Nationale d'Actions Environnementales (ANAE). Also in charge of restoration of the Andasibe Mantadia forest corridor, and has worked with CIRAD for the past 14 years.
Expertise: Engagement with rural communities, soil and water conservation, technology diffusion, project implementation and evaluation, agroecological technologies, agroforestry, participatory approaches, project documentation.
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| Johannes Ebeling (ebeling.johannes@gmail.com) |
Expert in the Country : Madagascar
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Johannes Ebeling is carbon finance specialist and project intermediary with an in-depth understanding of carbon offset project development, environmental markets, and climate policy. He has a particular expertise in land-use based carbon mitigation and REDD. Currently based in Madagascar as an independent consultant, Mr. Ebeling is advising international and local non-governmental, public, and corporate clients on offset project design, carbon policy, and carbon credit sourcing and trading. He also works as an auditor for carbon forestry projects and acts as an intermediary between local project opportunities and international project developers and investors. While working for EcoSecurities, as Senior Manager in Ecosystem Markets, during previous years and in his current role, Mr. Ebeling assessed numerous forestry carbon projects in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia for their carbon credit potential, methodological and financial risk profile, and social and environmental impacts. Prior to his work with EcoSecurities, Mr. Ebeling designed and managed research efforts with GTZ on forest certification and market-based conservation, involving industry, government and communities, analyzed strategies of international environmental organizations with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, advised on urban energy policy with the Institute for Applied Ecology and modeled regional climate impacts with the Sustainable Research Institute. Mr. Ebeling holds an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford, and an M.A. in Political Science, Biology and Geography from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and has also studied at the Free University of Berlin and the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has authored or co-authored a number of scientific journal articles, policy reports, and book chapters and spoken at numerous international conferences.
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| Olivier Bouyer (olivier.bouyer@onf.fr) |
Expert in the Country : Cameroon
In the category : REDD |
Description: Agro-economist, Olivier Bouyer has 10 years of professional experience. He started “in the field”, working for 5 years for the French co-operation, in West Africa, both as advisor to local administrations and as team-coordinator of field officers supporting farmer-based organisations. He pursued his career for more than 3 years as a sink expert (i.e. in charge of LULUCF and REDD+) in the climate change negotiation team of the French Government, participating in climate talks (COPs in Nairobi, Bali, Poznan, Copenhagen, as well as the inter-COP: Bonn, Accra, Bangkok, Barcelona, etc.) and climate/forest related fora (UNFF, MCPFE, G8 and MEF). He notably chaired the European sink experts group during the French presidency of the European Union. He now coordinates the climate change activities within ONFI (10-people staff), both in its institutional and operational aspects.
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| Jules Siedenburg (cascadewinrock@gmail.com) |
Expert in the Country : Mali
In the category : Agriculture, Agroforestry |
Description: Jules Siedenburg is an agricultural and environmental economist with expertise in small-scale agriculture, rural livelihoods, food security and climate change. His key skills include field research, participatory consultations, economic analysis, technical support, capacity building, project development and appraisal, programme design, and writing reports and policy papers. His experience with climate change includes both adapting to climate change and mitigating this change in rural Africa, notably via the agriculture, forestry and bioenergy sectors. His country experience includes Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Senegal and Tanzania, and he speaks both English and French fluently. He has had contracts with governments, donors and charities, is equally adept at working at the grassroots level and in capital cities, and shows sensitivity to culture and context.
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| Laurent Valiergue (laurent.valiergue@orbeo.com) |
Expert in the Country : Senegal
In the category : Forestry |
Description: Laurent VALIERGUE, Origination Director. Laurent joined orbeo team in October 2007. He is in charge of originating carbon credits worldwide and manages the origination team. Laurent was previously working at the World Bank as a Deal Manager for the BioCarbon Fund. Beforehand, he was the General Manager of ONF International, the daughter company of the state owned Agency “Office National des Forêts” (the French public entity managing forests). Laurent holds a Master of Sciences in Forestry. He is Ingénieur du Génie Rural des Eaux et Forêts (I.G.R.E.F.).
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| Robert Vergnes (robert.vergnes@erm.com) |
Expert in the Country : Africa
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Robert Vergnes is the Practice Leader of Energy and Climate Change Services in France for ERM. He has worked for over 12 years in foreign countries (UK, Canada, Russia, Asia) in the High-Tech and Telecom, Oil and Gas and Power sectors. Robert Vergnes is a recognised expert for Energy and Climate Change. He has executed a diverse portfolio of greenhouse gas and energy related projects across the Oil and Gas and Power and Renewable industries with major international key clients. He originated the first projects under the Joint Implementation (JI) mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol for flare gas reduction. He directs, develops and is a technical expert for several major CDM/JI projects in Africa and Russia for carbon investors. Robert Vergnes advises Oil and Gas and Power companies, as well as European and US major investment banks. For a major US investment bank, he is directing feasibility studies for large Siberian Oil and Gas JI projects. For an international agency, he is directing the CDM capacity building program for several countries in Africa. Robert is expert to the UNFCCC – JISC and CDM Meth Panel.
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| Mbaye DIAGNE (emdiagne@orange.sn) |
Expert in the Country : Senegal
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Director of Alternatives Environnementales et Energétiques (ALTEER), El hadji Mbaye DIAGNE is engineer, associate senior consultant and President of the Comité national sur les changements climatiques (COMNACC). He has deep knowledge of the Clean Development Mechanism and energy science. He is also Chair of the Environment team of the Syndicat Professionnel des Industriels du Sénégal (SPIDS). He has a background in mechanical and energy engineering and environmental science. He has conducted many projects in energy efficiency, renewable energy and completed CDM projects in Senegal.
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| Maguette Kaire (maguettekaire@hotmail.com) |
Expert in the Country : Senegal
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Dr. Maguette Kaire is associate senior consultant at ALTEER and researcher. He has 20 years of experience in the field of research and development projects with a good knowledge of rural development issues. He has a background in environmental science, agro-forestry, carbon credits and clean development mechanisms. He has a proven record of activities devoted to development programs related to natural resource management, climate change and capacity building.
Dr. Maguette Kaire is now, and since 2008, head of the forestry department of the University of Ziguinchor, Republic of Senegal.
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| Honorat Satoguina (hsatoguina@hotmail.com) |
Expert in the Country : Benin
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Dr. Honorat Satoguina is free-lance senior consultant and researcher in Cotonou, Benin. He has a background in environmental science, agro-economy, carbon credits and clean development mechanisms.
Dr. Honorat Satoguina is now, and since 2007, assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Republic of Benin, after 11 years of professional experience. Prior to this Dr. Honorat Satoguina worked in Germany in renewable energy technologies assessment for Global Environment Technologies, GmbH. He was also research associate from 2002 to 2007 and worked at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) where he was involved in the research programme on international climate policy. Prior to this, Dr. Honorat Satoguina worked in Cotonou, Benin, as a Business Controller and Monitoring of public enterprises for the Ministry of Planning and Economic Restructuring.
Dr. Honorat Satoguina has an international experience. He worked for Econoler International Inc., UNEP France, UNEP Risoe, the World Bank and the Benin Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection.
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| Raphael Nguyen (Raphael.nguyen@magma-environmental.com) |
Expert in the Country : Benin
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Raphael is a Belgian Engineer in agronomical and environmental sciences, senior consultant, based in Benin and operating in Africa. He has a strong consulting background that includes several years of experience within the fields of environmental law, climate change, GIS and satellite image interpretation. He has completed projects for the oil and gas, mining, port and manufacturing industries as well as for INGOs and governmental clients. Raphael has specialised in CDM energy and agro-forestry in the past years. He has been fully trained in ISO 14064 techniques in order (i) to quantify your carbon footprint to robust international standards and (ii) allow a project to be developed in conformance with any existing GHG program, such as VCS, CDM or other voluntary programs. He has worked on projects in several countries in Africa (Algeria, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and South Africa) and Asia (Vietnam and Cambodia). Raphael started gaining extensive experience as a consultant in Vietnam and South Africa where he worked for Environmental Resources Management (ERM) which is a global provider of environmental, health and safety, risk and social consulting services. As an experienced consultant, Raphael Nguyen aims to focus on projects related to climate protection and sustainable development.
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| Durando Ndongsok (d.ndongsok@S2-gmbh.com) |
Expert in the Country : West Africa
In the category : Bioenergy |
Description: Durando Ndongsok is Managing Director of S2 Services SARL, the Cameroonian subsidiary of the German company S2 Services GmbH (S2). The objective of S2 is to integrate Sustainability into business practices in Sub-Saharan Africa. The role of Durando Ndongsok is to develop the carbon finance competences within S2 as S2 believes carbon finance will work better in Africa if local capacities and expertise exist within Africa. S2 is a real bridge between the developed world and Sub-Saharan Africa, as it is a group of young engineers and managers, most of whom Africans who have studied and worked several years in Europe. Combining the western business stringency and the understanding of the business environment in Africa is key to S2’s success.
Prior to joining S2, Durando Ndongsok worked for over three years as project manager with First Climate. His role was the identification, assessment and development of CDM and VER projects in Africa. He has also built a strong First Climate brand in Africa through active participation in all major carbon finance related events in Africa. His analysis in carbon finance related articles and presentations have been actively welcomed and inspired many stakeholders in the carbon finance field.
Durando participated as guest speaker in many CASCADe workshops to bring to the attention of project developers the expectations of carbon asset buyers.
As a Cameroonian, fluent in English and French, Durando has built excellent relationships with African businesses and DNAs. He holds degrees in Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in International Management of Resources and Environment. He also successfully completed, in 2010, an online course on Energy for Sustainable Development.
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| Terra Global Capital (leslie.durschinger@terraglobalcapital.com) |
Expert in the Country : Africa
In the category : Forestry |
Description: Terra Global Capital is exclusively dedicated to the land-use carbon sector, and combines in-depth technical and financial expertise to facilitate the market for land-use offsets. Through our process of collaboration and transparency we support our governmental, NGO, community, and private clients to develop carbon assets and secure funding to sustainably manage landscapes.
Terra Global’s in-house team has unmatched experience in project design, carbon measurement, methodology development, commercialization, carbon finance and was the first to achieve dual validation for a Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) mosaic avoided deforestation methodology. Terra Global is the leader in developing rigorous carbon accounting and innovative financing structures.
Terra Global maintains a diverse pipeline of land-use carbon projects, spanning over 50 countries, that are being developed for the regulatory, pre-regulatory and voluntary markets. Projects activities include Afforestation and Reforestation (A/R), Agroforestry, Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Agricultural Land Management (ALM).
Our work supports carbon measurement, methodology development, validation/verification and sale of credits under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), Climate Action Reserve (CAR), Climate Communities and Biodiversity (CCB) and other creditable market standards. We have also provided technical support and training to national and subnational governments for the development of their REDD+ strategies and carbon accounting systems. Terra Global holds positions on key land-use standards boards and has supported policy design, including nested REDD.
We leverage our diverse financial and transaction structuring expertise to identify investors and donor funding sources for land-use projects, as well as to support work at the local level related to transfer of carbon rights and development of equitable income sharing mechanisms with stakeholders.
Terra Global Capital’s work in Africa includes;
• Malawi – Supporting carbon development activities to achieve a landscape-scale REDD project that holistically addresses land and resource needs of communities.
• Tanzania - Responsible for carbon development from feasibility to verification under the VCS including all commercialization and carbon financing.
• Rwanda - Completed evaluation of the opportunities for carbon asset development from four potential projects types and began development of ANR carbon development.
• Mozambique – Completed carbon readiness assessment for replanting coconut palms and biochar production.
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