Independent experts nominated by country party
Anna Tengberg
Title
Proff.
First name
Anna
Last name
Tengberg
Gender
F
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Geography
Other Disciplines
Ecology/Ecosystems
Physical Science
Physical Science
UN languages spoken
English
Spanish
French
Geographical Focus
Argentina
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Tunisia
Job function
Consultant and Research Associate
Division
Environmental Economics Unit
Email
Anna.E.Tengberg@gmail.com
Telephone number
+46 760 060406
Work experience
Apr 2011 – present (ends in Aug 2011): Consultant for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to review the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) to identify future direction and financing strategy._x000D_
Apr 2011 – present: Part-time advisor to UNDP/GEF project on Arafura-Timor Seas Ecosystem Programme (Indonesia, Australia, Timor Leste) on developing a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)._x000D_
April 2010 – present: Part-time Technical Advisor to project on Management and Policy Support to Combat Land Degradation in China, which is funded under the GEF-PRC Partnership on to Combat Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems. My role is to provide overall guidance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and State Forestry Administration (SFA) on the implementation of the TA._x000D_
April 2010 – present: Part-time Technical Advisor to United Nations University for project on Sustainable Land Management in the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains in Central Asia, which is funded by UNEP/GEF. My role is to provide support and guidance to participatory land-use planning and impact assessment and evaluation of demonstration activities._x000D_
Mar 2010 – present: Part-time consultant to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on development of East Asian Project on Highly Migratory Fish Stocks._x000D_
Feb 2010 – present: Part-time consultant to FAO for: (1) UNEP/GEF funded project on Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) to design a follow-up strategy for LADA that builds on its partnership with the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT); (2) Support to FAO’s GEF Unit; and (3) Development of a GEF Strategy for FAO’s Fisheries Department.
Apr 2011 – present: Part-time advisor to UNDP/GEF project on Arafura-Timor Seas Ecosystem Programme (Indonesia, Australia, Timor Leste) on developing a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)._x000D_
April 2010 – present: Part-time Technical Advisor to project on Management and Policy Support to Combat Land Degradation in China, which is funded under the GEF-PRC Partnership on to Combat Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems. My role is to provide overall guidance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and State Forestry Administration (SFA) on the implementation of the TA._x000D_
April 2010 – present: Part-time Technical Advisor to United Nations University for project on Sustainable Land Management in the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains in Central Asia, which is funded by UNEP/GEF. My role is to provide support and guidance to participatory land-use planning and impact assessment and evaluation of demonstration activities._x000D_
Mar 2010 – present: Part-time consultant to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on development of East Asian Project on Highly Migratory Fish Stocks._x000D_
Feb 2010 – present: Part-time consultant to FAO for: (1) UNEP/GEF funded project on Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) to design a follow-up strategy for LADA that builds on its partnership with the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT); (2) Support to FAO’s GEF Unit; and (3) Development of a GEF Strategy for FAO’s Fisheries Department.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
1. 1998: Associate professor (Docent) in Physical Geography, Göteborg University, Sweden_x000D_
2. 1995: PhD in Earth Sciences with specialisation in Physical Geography, Göteborg University, Sweden_x000D_
3. 1989-95: International Relations, Human and Regional Geography, Doctoral courses including Development Geography, Global Environmental Change, Statistics, Time-Series Analysis, Geostatistics, Göteborg and Uppsala Universities_x000D_
4. 1988: BSc in Earth Sciences, Göteborg University
2. 1995: PhD in Earth Sciences with specialisation in Physical Geography, Göteborg University, Sweden_x000D_
3. 1989-95: International Relations, Human and Regional Geography, Doctoral courses including Development Geography, Global Environmental Change, Statistics, Time-Series Analysis, Geostatistics, Göteborg and Uppsala Universities_x000D_
4. 1988: BSc in Earth Sciences, Göteborg University
Publication titles
1. Lindqvist, S. & Tengberg, A. 1994. New evidence of desertification in the Sahel from case studies in northern Burkina Faso. Desertification Control Bulletin 25:54-60. (Geografiska Annaler (1993), 75A: 127 135.)_x000D_
2. Lindqvist, S. & Tengberg, A. 1994. Så förstörs marken söder om Sahara. Forskning och Framsteg, 2/94: 32-35._x000D_
3. Lindskog, P. & Tengberg, A. 1994. Land degradation, natural resources and local knowledge in the Sahel zone of Burkina Faso. GeoJournal 33: 365 375._x000D_
4. Tengberg, A. 1994. Nebkhas their spatial distribution, composition and age in the Sidi Bouzid area, central Tunisia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 38: 311 325._x000D_
5. Tengberg, A. 1995a. Nebkha dunes as indicators of wind erosion and land degradation in the Sahel zone of Burkina Faso. Journal of Arid Environments, 30: 265-282.
2. Lindqvist, S. & Tengberg, A. 1994. Så förstörs marken söder om Sahara. Forskning och Framsteg, 2/94: 32-35._x000D_
3. Lindskog, P. & Tengberg, A. 1994. Land degradation, natural resources and local knowledge in the Sahel zone of Burkina Faso. GeoJournal 33: 365 375._x000D_
4. Tengberg, A. 1994. Nebkhas their spatial distribution, composition and age in the Sidi Bouzid area, central Tunisia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 38: 311 325._x000D_
5. Tengberg, A. 1995a. Nebkha dunes as indicators of wind erosion and land degradation in the Sahel zone of Burkina Faso. Journal of Arid Environments, 30: 265-282.
Other activities
(1) Member the Governing Board of ISRIC – World Soil Information from October 2006 to April 2011._x000D_
(2) Member of Steering Committee for The Swedish Research Network: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry for Development (http://www.agri4d.se/) since February 2010.
(2) Member of Steering Committee for The Swedish Research Network: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry for Development (http://www.agri4d.se/) since February 2010.
Organisation name
Department of Environmental Affairs
Organisation street address
Björkedalsgatan 8, S-426 68
Organisation city
Västra Frölunda
Organisation country
Sweden