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Independent experts nominated by country party
Ruben Sinange
Title
Mr.
First name
Ruben
Last name
Sinange
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Ecology/Ecosystems
UN languages spoken
English
Job function
Deputy Director
Division
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
Email
rsinange@hotmail.com
Telephone number
254 2 502 223/6
Work experience
- Coordinator National Action Programme (NAP) since 1997 in context of the CCD;_x000D_
- Technical advisor and regional expert in natural resources management for IGAD sub-region during the CCD (INC-D) negotiations;_x000D_
- Expert in natural resources management, assessments and mapping by virtue of my employment, at the Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing;_x000D_
- Community initiatives support, sensitization and evolving public awareness strategies;_x000D_
- Development of early warning and food security systems by virtue of my employment.
- Technical advisor and regional expert in natural resources management for IGAD sub-region during the CCD (INC-D) negotiations;_x000D_
- Expert in natural resources management, assessments and mapping by virtue of my employment, at the Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing;_x000D_
- Community initiatives support, sensitization and evolving public awareness strategies;_x000D_
- Development of early warning and food security systems by virtue of my employment.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
M.Sc., Natural Resources Management, University of Manitoba, 1986_x000D_
B.Sc., Ecology, Biology of Conservation, University of Nairobi, 1975_x000D_
Post Graduate Certificate, Environmental Impact Assessment, Aberdeen, 1997
B.Sc., Ecology, Biology of Conservation, University of Nairobi, 1975_x000D_
Post Graduate Certificate, Environmental Impact Assessment, Aberdeen, 1997
Number of Publications
39
Publication titles
1. Vegetation indicators of land degradation, UNEP Proj. FP/KL/0323/9415_x000D_
2. Ecological monitoring and natural resources mapping for RAP - CCD_x000D_
3. Assessing and mapping desertification, World Atlas on desert, 1992_x000D_
4. A hierarchical approach to vegetation classification in Kenya, Atr.J. Ecol. 27_x000D_
5. Land use and land cover mapping: Use of low level photography. Proceedings of Symposium. Remote Sensing for Resources Development and Environment Management, Enschede, the Netherlands, 1986.
2. Ecological monitoring and natural resources mapping for RAP - CCD_x000D_
3. Assessing and mapping desertification, World Atlas on desert, 1992_x000D_
4. A hierarchical approach to vegetation classification in Kenya, Atr.J. Ecol. 27_x000D_
5. Land use and land cover mapping: Use of low level photography. Proceedings of Symposium. Remote Sensing for Resources Development and Environment Management, Enschede, the Netherlands, 1986.
Other activities
1. Member of East African Wildlife Society_x000D_
2. Member of the Interministerial Committee on Environment_x000D_
3. Member of East African Environmental Network
2. Member of the Interministerial Committee on Environment_x000D_
3. Member of East African Environmental Network
Awards
Annual Shell Award to best Graduate in Faculty of Science - 1975
Organisation name
Ministry of Planning and National Development
Organisation street address
Tel: 254-2-609013/27/79 or 0722-749668, 47146
Organisation city
Nairobi
Organisation country
Kenya