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Independent experts nominated by country party

Hassan Abdel Rahman Musnad

Title
Prof.
First name
Hassan Abdel Rahman
Last name
Musnad
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
UN languages spoken

Arabic

English

Job function
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Division
College of Forestry Science
Telephone number
249
Work experience
1963-1967: Was doing general forestry work in Sudan. _x000D_
1967-1985: Was doing research in the arid zone of Sudan. Was also training in Egypt, India, Australia, France during this period._x000D_
1985-1988: Was coordinating work on desertification control. Then appointed Director of the Rehabilitation Programme in the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC)._x000D_
1989: Appointed President of the National Research Council to coordinate research in the Sudan._x000D_
Then returned as Director of the Forestry Research Centre till he retired in 1995._x000D_
Now coordinating the Graduate Studies in the Forestry College of Science, University of Sudan.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
B.Sc. Biology - University of Khartoum 1960_x000D_
B.Sc. Forestry - University of Edinburgh 1963_x000D_
M.Sc. Aridland Ecology - University of Khartoum 1972
Number of Publications
20
Publication titles
1. Soil Moisture Conservation for Plant Growth in Arid Areas M.Sc thesis_x000D_
2. Forestry for Rural Community Development FAO 1978_x000D_
3. Land Reclamation in Kerma Basin - Sudan Silva 1978_x000D_
4. Soil Conservation and Land Use Sudan Silva 1966_x000D_
5. Debris and Sedimentation at El Roseris Hydroelectric Dam 1983 - Ministry of Energy
Other activities
1. Chairman of MAB Committee National UNESCO Committee_x000D_
2. Member of the IUFRO International Council 1990-1995_x000D_
3. Coordinator IFS proposed projects in Sudan_x000D_
4. One of the negociators to formulate the UN Convention for Desertification Control_x000D_
5. Represented Sudan in several UNEP General Council meetings
Awards
1. A. Mayer Fellowship for Research: Tree Physiology/water-relation 1971/72._x000D_
2. Advisor to the Swedish - Sudanese Association.
Organisation name
Sudan University for Science and Technology
Organisation street address
P.O.Box 6146
Organisation city
Khartoum
Organisation country
Sudan