| Expert Name | Mr. Noel Oettlé |
| Title | Rural Programme Manager |
| Division | Environmental Monitoring Group |
| Institution | |
| City | Nieuwoudtville |
| Country | South African |
| Telephone | 27 27 218 1117 |
| Email | dryland(at)global.co.za |
| Work Experience | I have worked as an extensionist & Director of an integrated rural development project (Lesotho 1986 - 89), & Director of the Farmer Support Group of the University of KwaZulu Natal (1990 -98). I undertook extensive innovative SLM activities in rural KZN. My work with EMG involves international and national policy and lobbying work, as well as local level implementation with farmer groups addressing SLM within the context of biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change. In addition I have developed curriculum for participatory extension, and have incorporate participatory approaches that are appropriate for addressing the needs of the most vulnerable in remote rural communities, especially women. I have participated in, and co-ordinated multi- and trans-disciplinary research teams. I also have expertise in indigenous and local knowledge systems |
| Qualifications | Post graduate Diploma in Development Economics, London University 1994 |
| Number of Publications | 18 |
| Awards | 1. 2006 and 2007 CAPE Conservation Awards for sustainable resource use work
2. Regional Council Member for Southern Africa, ICCO (Netherlands)
3. Advisory Board member, Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Programme (DFID/ IDRC) 2005 – 2008 |
| Other Activities | 1. UNCCD Focal Point for CSOs, South Africa
2. Member of National UNCCD Steering Committee (the SC acts as the South African NCB)
3. Guest lecturer in governance of natural resource management, University of Stellenbosch (2009)
4. Board Member, Africa Fair Trade Network and Fair Trade South Africa (2006 – present)
5. Co-convenor of South African Climate Change Adaptation Network (2009) |
| Publications | 1. Archer, E.R.M., Oettlé, N.M., Louw, R., Tadross, M. (2008). ‘Farming on the Edge’ in arid western South Africa: adapting to climate change in marginal environments. Geography, June 2008.
2. Malgas, R., Oettlé, N. (2007). Sustainable Harvest of Wild Rooibos: A Manual for the Northern Cederberg and the Bokkeveld Plateau. Environmental Monitoring Group, Cape Town.
3. Oettlé, N. (2006) Knowledge and UNCCD: The Community Exchange and Training Programme. In Johnson P.M., Mayrand, K and Paquin, M. Governing Global Desertification: Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty and Participation. Ashgate, Burlington
4. Oettlé, N, Arendse, A, Koelle, B, Van Der Poll A. (2004). Community Exchange and Training in the Suid Bokkeveld: A UNCCD Pilot Project to Enhance Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management. In Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
5. Oettlé, N, Koelle, B. (2003) Capitalising on Local Knowledge: Community Knowledge Exchange The World Bank, Washington. |
| Discipline | Education |
| Last updated | 09/12/2009 11:24:00 |
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