Independent experts nominated by country party

Abubakar Bobboi Jauro

Title
Mr.
First name
Abubakar Bobboi
Last name
Jauro
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Desertification
Other Disciplines
Environmental Management
Water Resources
Other
Thematic Areas
Desertification
UN languages spoken

English

Geographical Focus
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Niger
Job function
Director
Division
Kelele Nigeria Limited
Email
abubakarjauro@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone number
234 803 3091521
Work experience
As the Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission with a Diplomatic Status in N’Djamena - Chad, this was a Regional Organization established since 1964 by the four countries sharing the waters of Lake Chad. I was responsible for coordination, planning and integrated management and development of the water and the other natural resources of the conventional basin. I also involved in environment Planning and Management including desertification control; as well as undertaking contacts with donors, funding agencies and institutions, for the Commission for Integrated and Sustainable Management of the International Waters of the Lake Chad Basin. _x000D_
Thematic areas: Trans-boundary Water & Desertification management
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Masters degree in Public Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1975.
Publication titles
1. Abubakar B. Jauro, 1998, the “The Dwindling Water Resources of the Lake Chad Basin: An Alarming Trend for the 21st Century”. International Conference on World Water Resources at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Water, a Looming Crisis, UNESCO, Paris._x000D_
2. Abubakar B. Jauro, 2001, “Physical Infrastructural Facilities for the African Union”, “The African Union and the Challenges of Cooperation and Integration”, chapter 7, pg. 90, the Federal Ministry of Cooperation and Integration in Africa._x000D_
3. Abubakar B. Jauro, 2008, “Conflicts and Trans-boundary Water Resources Management, DTCA, Abuja._x000D_
4. Abubakar B. Jauro, 2010, “Towards Effective Water Resources Development and Management for vision 2020” The Pinnacle, pg. 56, Ganye old student association, Maiden Edition. _x000D_
5. Abubakar B. Jauro, 1991, “Environmental Degradation: The Case of the Lake Chad Basin”, International Congress of Scientists and Engineers: Challenges – Sciences and Peace in a Rapidly Changing Environment, Berlin.
Other activities
1. Member of the Committee on Lakes and River Basin (COLAB) of UNEP’s AMCEN, 1989 to 1992;_x000D_
2. Chairman, Taraba State Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee, 18th August 2008 to Date._x000D_
3. Chairman, Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Bali, Taraba State, 17th July 2009 to 19th October 2011
Awards
1. National Order of Chad, Republic of Chad, July 2000_x000D_
2. Nigerian National Honours, Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) December, 2009_x000D_
3. Environmental Media Award by Global Environmental Outlook for contributing to the Protection and Conservation of the Nigerian Environment for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, December, 2003
Organisation name
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Organisation street address
#5 NEPA Road, Jimeta
Organisation city
Yola
Organisation country
Nigeria