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Independent experts nominated by country party
Bunga Elim Somba
Title
Mr.
First name
Bunga Elim
Last name
Somba
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Soil Science
Information Systems
Information Systems
UN languages spoken
English
Spanish
Job function
Senior Lecturer and Researcher
Division
Lecturer & Researcher at Tadulko University
Email
e_somba@hotmail.com
Telephone number
62 451 45 17 28
Work experience
I STARTED MY CAREER AS A LECTURER OF TADULAKO UNIVERSITY ON 1987._x000D_
SINCE THEN I INVOLVED IN LECTURING AND RESEARCH ON THE FIELD OF LAND_x000D_
EVALUATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM._x000D_
FROM 1998-2002 I AM WORKING AS A CONSULTANT OF REGIONAL PLANNING_x000D_
OFFCE OF CENTRAL SULAWESI PROVINCE. THE TASK WAS TO PREPARE,_x000D_
COMPILE, AND DESIGN DATA BASE MANAGEMENT FOR INTEGRATED PLANNING_x000D_
OF DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL SULAWESI._x000D_
SINCE 1999 I AM ACTING AS RESEARCH COORDINATOR OF JOINT RESEARCH_x000D_
COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDONESIA AND GERMANY IN INDONESIA. THE_x000D_
TOPIC OF RESEARCH IS STABILITY OF RAINFOREST MARGINS (STOMA) IN_x000D_
WHICH COVERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF_x000D_
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURE DYNAMIC.
SINCE THEN I INVOLVED IN LECTURING AND RESEARCH ON THE FIELD OF LAND_x000D_
EVALUATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM._x000D_
FROM 1998-2002 I AM WORKING AS A CONSULTANT OF REGIONAL PLANNING_x000D_
OFFCE OF CENTRAL SULAWESI PROVINCE. THE TASK WAS TO PREPARE,_x000D_
COMPILE, AND DESIGN DATA BASE MANAGEMENT FOR INTEGRATED PLANNING_x000D_
OF DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL SULAWESI._x000D_
SINCE 1999 I AM ACTING AS RESEARCH COORDINATOR OF JOINT RESEARCH_x000D_
COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDONESIA AND GERMANY IN INDONESIA. THE_x000D_
TOPIC OF RESEARCH IS STABILITY OF RAINFOREST MARGINS (STOMA) IN_x000D_
WHICH COVERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF_x000D_
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURE DYNAMIC.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
PhD , water management, Silsoe College-Cranefield University, UK / 1988
Number of Publications
16
Publication titles
1. SOMBA, B.E., 2002, MODELLING SOIL EROSION IN GIs. PROCEEDING IN_x000D_
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN_x000D_
2. SOMBA, B.E., ET ALL, 2001, TIPOLOGY PLANNING OF NEW DISTRICTS_x000D_
(MAROWALI, BOUL AND BANGGAI ISLAND) OF CENTRAL SULAWESI_x000D_
PROVIENCE, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TADULAKO UNIVERSITY_x000D_
3. SOMBA, B.E, 1999 (3RD AUTHOR), PREPHASE STUDY FOR PROCESSES OF_x000D_
DESTABILIZATION AND CONDITIONS OF RAINFOREST MARGINS IN LORE_x000D_
LINDU NATIONAL PARK AND SORROUNDING ARES, RESEARCH_x000D_
COOPERATION OF TADULAKO UNIVERSITY, INSTITUT PERTANIAN BOGOR,_x000D_
GOTTINGEN UNIVERSITY AND KASSEL UNIVERSITY._x000D_
4. SOMBA, B.E., 1998, THE USE OF GIS FOR SOIL EROSION ASSESSMENT, PHD_x000D_
THESIS, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM_x000D_
5 . SOMBA, B.E., 1993, THE INTEGRATION OF GIS WITH TWO LAND EVALUATION_x000D_
MODELS, MSC THESIS, WAGENINGEN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, THE_x000D_
NETHERLANDS._x000D_
TROPIC PLANNING AND ACTION, HAINAN-CHINA
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN_x000D_
2. SOMBA, B.E., ET ALL, 2001, TIPOLOGY PLANNING OF NEW DISTRICTS_x000D_
(MAROWALI, BOUL AND BANGGAI ISLAND) OF CENTRAL SULAWESI_x000D_
PROVIENCE, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TADULAKO UNIVERSITY_x000D_
3. SOMBA, B.E, 1999 (3RD AUTHOR), PREPHASE STUDY FOR PROCESSES OF_x000D_
DESTABILIZATION AND CONDITIONS OF RAINFOREST MARGINS IN LORE_x000D_
LINDU NATIONAL PARK AND SORROUNDING ARES, RESEARCH_x000D_
COOPERATION OF TADULAKO UNIVERSITY, INSTITUT PERTANIAN BOGOR,_x000D_
GOTTINGEN UNIVERSITY AND KASSEL UNIVERSITY._x000D_
4. SOMBA, B.E., 1998, THE USE OF GIS FOR SOIL EROSION ASSESSMENT, PHD_x000D_
THESIS, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM_x000D_
5 . SOMBA, B.E., 1993, THE INTEGRATION OF GIS WITH TWO LAND EVALUATION_x000D_
MODELS, MSC THESIS, WAGENINGEN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, THE_x000D_
NETHERLANDS._x000D_
TROPIC PLANNING AND ACTION, HAINAN-CHINA
Other activities
1. INDONESIA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION_x000D_
3. UNISTAFF NETWORKING GROUP, ISOS, GERMANY_x000D_
2. SPANS-GIS USER GROUP
3. UNISTAFF NETWORKING GROUP, ISOS, GERMANY_x000D_
2. SPANS-GIS USER GROUP
Awards
1 . THE BEST LECTURER OF TADULAKO UNIVERSITY ON THE YEAR 2000
Organisation name
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning
Organisation street address
Kampus Bumi Tondo,_x000D_
Palu 94118, 94118
Palu 94118, 94118
Organisation city
Palu
Organisation country
Indonesia