Independent experts nominated by country party
Daniel Sultana
Title
Mr.
First name
Daniel
Last name
Sultana
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Agricultural sciences
Desertification
Geology
Soil science
Thematic Areas
Carbon sequestration
Desertification
Ecosystem services
Environmental degradation
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental policy analysis
Integrated water resources management
Land cover change
Land degradation
Land restoration/reclamation
Land-use change
Land-use planning
Monitoring and assessment
Policy analysis
Salinization
Science policy analysis
Sea water intrusion
Soil conservation
Soil degradation
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Water quality
UN languages spoken
English
French
Geographical Focus
Western Sahara
Job function
UoM - Lecturer.ERA - Senior Environment Officer
Division
University
Email
Danielsultana@gmail.com
Telephone number
+35679041088
Work experience
1. ADVISED ON, COORDINATED AND CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS NATION-WIDE SURVEYS AND STUDIES ON LAND DEGRADATION, DESERTIFICATION AND SOIL QUALITY (E.G. SOIL QUALITY AND TRENDS, SOIL EROSION, ECONOMIC COSTS OF SOIL EROSION ON AGRICULTURAL LAND, LAND COVER AND TRENDS IN LAND COVER CHANGE).
2. MY TEAM AND I ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING THE MALTA NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAMME (NAP) TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION, LAND DEGRADATION AND DROUGHT - DLDD (AS REQUIRED BY THE U , MY TEAM AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KEY NATIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO DLDD AND HAVE PROPOSED VARIOUS POLICIES AND PRACTICAL MEASURES TO SUSTAINABLY MANAGE LAND RESOURCES (AGRICULTURAL, NATURAL/SEMI-NATURAL, URBAN/SUB-URBAN). MONITORING STRATEGIES HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPED.
3. RESEARCH ON GROUNDWATER MODELLING, WATER MANAGEMENT AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR).RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE COST ‘ARID LAND RESTORATION AND COMBAT OF DESERTIFICATION: SETTING UP A DRYLANDS AND DESERT RESTORATION HUB’.
4. AS A SOIL MANAGEMENT ADVISOR, I PROVIDE SOIL MANAGEMENT PLANS TO HELP FARMERS SUSTAINABLY MANAGE THEIR AGRICULTURAL LAND, REDUCE SOIL EROSION AND INCREASE SOIL ORGANIC CARBON.
2. MY TEAM AND I ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING THE MALTA NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAMME (NAP) TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION, LAND DEGRADATION AND DROUGHT - DLDD (AS REQUIRED BY THE U , MY TEAM AND I HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KEY NATIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO DLDD AND HAVE PROPOSED VARIOUS POLICIES AND PRACTICAL MEASURES TO SUSTAINABLY MANAGE LAND RESOURCES (AGRICULTURAL, NATURAL/SEMI-NATURAL, URBAN/SUB-URBAN). MONITORING STRATEGIES HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPED.
3. RESEARCH ON GROUNDWATER MODELLING, WATER MANAGEMENT AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR).RESEARCH INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE COST ‘ARID LAND RESTORATION AND COMBAT OF DESERTIFICATION: SETTING UP A DRYLANDS AND DESERT RESTORATION HUB’.
4. AS A SOIL MANAGEMENT ADVISOR, I PROVIDE SOIL MANAGEMENT PLANS TO HELP FARMERS SUSTAINABLY MANAGE THEIR AGRICULTURAL LAND, REDUCE SOIL EROSION AND INCREASE SOIL ORGANIC CARBON.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
PHD in Geology and numerical modeling, Royal Holloway 2018
MSc in Geoscience, University of Aberdeen, 2000
B.A (Hons) in Geography, University of Malta, 2000
MSc in Geoscience, University of Aberdeen, 2000
B.A (Hons) in Geography, University of Malta, 2000
Number of Publications
13
Publication titles
- SULTANA, D. (2015). NUMERICAL MODELLING OF SOIL EROSION SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THE REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS
- QUATION (RUSLE). XJENZA ONLINE – JOURNAL OF THE MALTA CHAMBER OF SCIENTISTS, 3:41-50. DOI: 10.7423/XJNEZA.2015.1.06
- SULTANA, D. (2016). NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND DEGRADATION IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS. XJENZA ONLINE –
- JOURNAL OF THE MALTA CHAMBER OF SCIENTISTS, 4:22-34. DOI: 10.7423/XJNEZA.2015.1.06.
- SULTANA, D. (2017). SOIL QUALITY CHANGE IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS: A 10-YEAR ASSESSMENT (2003 TO 2013).
- EMERGING REALITIES FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING: ENVIRONMENTAL, SPATIAL AND SOCIAL PATHWAYS. ISBN 978-99957-908-1-3.
- PÉREZ, SANZ, KASPARINSKIS, NIKODEMUS, KUKULS, SULTANA, ZDRULI, FIORI, AND ZUCCA (2014). FRAMING LAND ABANDONMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ON SOIL AND VEGETATION CHANGES.
- GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH VOL. 16, EGU2014-12, 2014 EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2014.
- SULTANA, D. 2017. SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND LAND DEGRADATION. SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
- MILLER DISTRIBUTIONS LTD. MALTA. ISBN: 9789995752934.
- QUATION (RUSLE). XJENZA ONLINE – JOURNAL OF THE MALTA CHAMBER OF SCIENTISTS, 3:41-50. DOI: 10.7423/XJNEZA.2015.1.06
- SULTANA, D. (2016). NUMERICAL MODELLING AND ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND DEGRADATION IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS. XJENZA ONLINE –
- JOURNAL OF THE MALTA CHAMBER OF SCIENTISTS, 4:22-34. DOI: 10.7423/XJNEZA.2015.1.06.
- SULTANA, D. (2017). SOIL QUALITY CHANGE IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS: A 10-YEAR ASSESSMENT (2003 TO 2013).
- EMERGING REALITIES FOR SOCIAL WELLBEING: ENVIRONMENTAL, SPATIAL AND SOCIAL PATHWAYS. ISBN 978-99957-908-1-3.
- PÉREZ, SANZ, KASPARINSKIS, NIKODEMUS, KUKULS, SULTANA, ZDRULI, FIORI, AND ZUCCA (2014). FRAMING LAND ABANDONMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ON SOIL AND VEGETATION CHANGES.
- GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH VOL. 16, EGU2014-12, 2014 EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2014.
- SULTANA, D. 2017. SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND LAND DEGRADATION. SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
- MILLER DISTRIBUTIONS LTD. MALTA. ISBN: 9789995752934.
Other activities
- MALTA NATIONAL FOCAL POINT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION.
- CHAIR TO THE UNCCD ANNEX IV (NORTHERN MEDITERRANEAN) (2018-2020)
- COST ‘ARID LAND RESTORATION AND COMBAT OF DESERTIFICATION: SETTING UP A DRYLANDS AND DESERT RESTORATION HUB
- HYMEX MEMBER: HYMEX AIMS AT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, QUANTIFICATION AND MODELLING OF THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
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- CHAIR TO THE UNCCD ANNEX IV (NORTHERN MEDITERRANEAN) (2018-2020)
- COST ‘ARID LAND RESTORATION AND COMBAT OF DESERTIFICATION: SETTING UP A DRYLANDS AND DESERT RESTORATION HUB
- HYMEX MEMBER: HYMEX AIMS AT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, QUANTIFICATION AND MODELLING OF THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
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Awards
- CHAIR TO THE UNCCD ANNEX IV (NORTHERN MEDITERRANEAN) (2018-2020)
- MALTA NATIONAL FOCAL POINT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION.
- RECOGNISED NATIONAL SOIL MANAGEMENT ADVISOR.
- MALTA NATIONAL FOCAL POINT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION.
- RECOGNISED NATIONAL SOIL MANAGEMENT ADVISOR.
Organisation street address
Flat 10 Block G Belmonte Heights
Saint Ignatius Street
Saint Ignatius Street
Organisation city
Sliema
Organisation post code
SLM2023
Organisation country
Malta