| Expert Name | Mr. Patrick Gonzalez |
| Title | Scientist |
| Division | Global Climate Change Initiative |
| Institution | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Country | United States of America |
| Telephone | 1 703 8412038 |
| Email | pgonzalez(at)cal.berklez.edu |
| Work Experience | Desertification and Climate Change Advisor: U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, September 2000-present. Providing technical assistance to the Famine Early Warning Sytem Network (FEWS NET) in monitoring the impacts of desertification and climate change in Africa through remote sensing and field surveys.
Natural Resources and Climate Change Advisor: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, DC September 1999-August 2000. Provided technical assistance in environmental monitoring and managerial assistance in program development to the USAID Famine Early System (FEWS). Tracked the scientific and technical aspects of contracts and inter-agency agreements.
Biodiversity Advisor: U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC Sept-1998-August 1999
provided technical field assistance in biodiversity conservation, tropical forestry, and community based natural resource management to USAID-funded field partners. Contributed to the implementation of the USAI |
| Qualifications | PhD., Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1987
B.S., Natural Resources, Cornell University, 1986 |
| Number of Publications | 4 |
| Awards | American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, USAID, Wastington, DC, 1998-2000.
Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Information Agency, Senegal, 1993-1994 |
| Other Activities | 1. Organization of Tropical Studies U.S. Decision Makers' Course, Costa Rica, 1999.
2. World Conservation Union (IUCN) 12th Global Biodiversity Forum-Desertification and Biodiversity, Senegal, 1988.
3. U.S. delegations to the Second, Third, and Fourth Conferences of the Parties to the UNCCD; Senegal, 1998; Brazil, 1999; Germany, 2000.
4. Invited resource person to the meetings of the UNCCD Ad Hoc Panel on Early Warning System; Germany, 2000; Japan, 2001. |
| Publications | 1. Gonzalez, P. 2001. Desertifcation and a shift of forest species in the West African Sahel. Climate Research in press
2. Gonzalez, P. 2001. Energy use (human). In s. Levin (ed) Enczclopedia of biodiversity. Academic Press, San Diego, California.
3. Gonzalez, P. 1997. Dynamics of biodiversity and human carrying capacity in the Senegal Sahel. PhD. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, California.
4. Desanker, P.V., C. Magadza, A. Abdelkader, M. Boko, C. Basalirwa, G. Dieudonne, P.O. Dube, A. Githeko, M. Githendu, P. Gonzalez, D. Gwary, B. Jallow, J. Nwafor, and R. Scholes. 2001. Chapter 10 - Africa. In intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC). Climate change 2000: Impacts, adaptation, vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, New York, Ny. |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 10/05/2007 11:38:00 |
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