Chair
Prof. P. Bernard H. Tinker
c/o GCTE Associate Project Office
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom
Members
Dr. Norman G. Clark
Science Policy Research Unit
University of Sussex
Mantell Building
Brighton BN1 9RF, United Kingdom
Mr. Richard L. Clifford
Room I - 845
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20433, USA
Mr. Albert Compaoré
Ministry of the Environment & Tourism
B.P. 7044
Ouagadougou 05, Burkina Faso
Dr. Ronnie de Camino
Proyecto IICA/GTZ
Instituto Inter-Americano de Cooperacion para la Agricultura (IICA)
Apartado Postal 660-2200
Coronado
San Jose, Costa Rica
Dr. John W. Turnbull
ACIAR
G.P.O. Box 1571
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Resource Persons
Mr. Dan Carroll (Consultant)
The Carroll Group Inc.
2929 Plymouth Road
Suite 210
Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
Dr. Hans Gregersen (TAC Member)
College of Forestry
Department of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
Room 110, Green Hall
1530 N. Cleveland Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Dr. Mike Collinson
Science Advisor
CGIAR Secretariat
The World Bank
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20433, USA
Dr. Philip R. Kio (Panel Secretary)
Senior Forestry Research Officer
TAC Secretariat
Research and Technology Development Division
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Name: Prof. Philip B.H. Tinker (UK)
Position: Senior Research Associate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford.
Expertise: Soil Science, Plant Nutrition.
Education: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Sheffield University (1951); Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Sheffield University (1955); M.A., Oxford University (1965); D.Sc., Oxford University (1983).
Experience: 1955-62: Senior Scientific Officer, Chemist, UK Overseas Research Service, Benin, Nigeria; 1962-65: Senior Scientist Officer, Chemist, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK; 1965-71: Lecturer in Soil Science, Oxford University; 1971-77: Professor of Agricultural Botany, Leeds University; 1974-77: Head of Department of Plant Sciences, Leeds University; 1977-83: Deputy Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, Rothamsted Experimental Station; 1983-85: Deputy Director and Head of Soils Division, Rothamsted Experimental Station; 1985 to November 1992: Director of Terrestrial and Freshwater Sciences, Natural Environment Research Council; November 1992 to present: Senior Research Associate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Has membership of a number of societies such as the British Ecological Society, the British Soil Science Society (President, 1979-81) and the Society of Chemistry and Industry (Chairman Agriculture Group, and Member of Council 1981-83). He has been a member of several review groups such as the Rothamsted Visiting Group 1975 and the Royal Society Group on Geochemistry and Environmental Health 1982. Member of 1977 QQR of IITA. Publications: Five books and ca. 150 papers.
Name: Dr. Norman G. Clark (UK)
Position: Reader, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK.
Expertise: Research Management/Technology Transfer/Environmental Planning.
Education: B.Sc. General Science (1963), M.A. Economics (1965), Ph.D. Economics (1971), University of Edinburgh.
Experience: 1968-72: Fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex; 1972-79: Lecturer in Department of International Economic Studies, University of Glasgow; 1977-78: Visiting Director and Reader, Technology Planning and Development Unit, Faculty of Technology, University of Ife, Nigeria; 1980-82: Reader and Subject Chairman, History and Social Studies of Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex. Has consulted to: Nigerian government - evaluated research institutions (1977/78); CIDA - evaluated training programme for government officials and university personnel in field of science and technology policy research (1979); ODA - member of team that reviewed a technical cooperation project on dry-land farming in India (1982); Ethiopian government - consulted on science popularization (1983); etc. As specialist adviser to the U.K. Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, assisted in evaluation of three research laboratories (Centre for Overseas pest Research, Tropical Products Institute, Land Resources Development Centre); Botswana Government - establishing a Science and Technology Council (1987); Member of UNDP Technology Policy Mission to Cyprus (1988) and ODA Panel to establish Science and Technology Aid Policy for India (1991). Numerous publications, including articles on technology transfer, organizational aspects of Nigeria's research system, strategic planning, natural resources management, project analysis. 1991 book on biotechnology and sustainable development. Panel member, External Review of ILRAD (1992).
Name: Mr. Richard L. Clifford (USA)
Position: Senior Financial Analyst (Infrastructure and Energy Division, Mexico, Central America and Panama Department), The World Bank, Washington.
Expertise: Finance.
Education: B.S.F.S. (International Economics), Georgetown University, Washington DC (1973); M.Sc., Agricultural Economics, University of Oxford, UK (1975); M.B.A., Finance, University of Chicago, USA (1979).
Experience: 1975-77: Agricultural Economist, Peace Corps Volunteer with the Banco Nacional de Nicaragua; 1979-87: Financial Officer, CIMMYT; 1984-85: Seconded to the CGIAR Secretariat as Director of Budget and Finance Study of the CGIAR Centres. The World Bank, 1988-1990: Budget Policy and Review Officer, 1990-1992: Country Officer (Nicaragua); 1993: Financial Analyst. At CIMMYT, he had a role in developing, financing and managing agricultural research projects in all parts of the developing world. At World Bank has participated in agricultural research projects in India, Mexico and Nicaragua.
Name: Mr. Albert Compaoré (Burkina Faso)
Position: National Coordinator, Tropical Forestry Action Plan, Ministry of the Environment and Tourism, Ouagadougou 05, Burkina Faso.
Expertise: Forestry Management, Land Use and Natural Resources Management.
Education: Ingénieur Agronome (Distinction in Forestry and Water), University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1978); Ph.D., Study of Constraints to Forestry Development in Rural Environments, University of Wageningen, Netherlands. (Thesis submitted in 1992).
Experience: 1980-84: Service Chief, Forestry Management, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ouagadougou; 1985-86: Director of Forestry Management and Reafforestation, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ouagadougou; 1986-87: Director of Forestry Studies, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ouagadougou; 1987-91: Studying for Ph.D. at University of Wageningen, Netherlands. Since 1992: Present position. Participated in several seminars dealing with forestry e.g. (a) Seminar on Planning of forestry resources (Bamako, 1983); (b) Seminar on Planning of Projects regarding Firewood (Ouagadougou, 1986). Permanent Secretary of the National Committee for the Fight against Desertification (1986-87).
Name: Dr. Ronnie de Camino (Chile)
Position: IICA-GTZ Project, Natural Resources Specialist; Vice Chairman, CIFOR Board of Trustees
Expertise: Natural Resources Economics and Planning
Education: B.Sc. Forestry, University of Chile (1963); Post-Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Economics, University of Chile (1964); Dr.rer.nat. Forestry Economics and Management, University of Freiburg (1972).
Experience: 1965: Member of the Planning Group, National Afforestation Plan, Chile; 1966-67: Chief, Forestry Department, Land Reform Corporation, VIII Zone, Chile; 1967-74: Prof. of Forest Management and Economics; Director, Institute of Forest Management and Economics; Director Forestry School, Austral University, Chile; 1977-85: Planning and Research Manager, National Afforestation Company, Venezuela; 1985-90: Head, Forestry and Agroforestry Area, CATIE, San Jose. Regional Coordinator MADELENA Project. 1986- Bellagio Forestry Task Force; Osborn Grant for Policy Research; since 1978 Consultant with CATIE, FAO, UNDP, GTZ, INTERCOOPERATION and TAC; Member of different Boards, Advisory and Editorial Committees. Several publications in the area of land tenure, forestry/agroforestry management and economics, forestry planning, fuelwood, plantation management and economics, sustainability of natural resources.
Name: Dr. John W. Turnbull (Australia)
Position: Senior Principal Research Scientist and Forestry Programme Coordinator, ACIAR, Canberra.
Expertise: Tree Improvement, Breeding, Genetic Resources.
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.) Forestry, Botany, University of Wales, Bangor (1962); Ph.D. Genetic variation in Eucalyptus, Australian National University, Canberra (1979).
Experience: 1975-85: Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Forest Research; Since 1985: present position. Member of the Institute of Foresters of Australia and Commonwealth Forestry Institute; Member of FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Genetic Resources; Editorial Board of 'New Forests'; Convenor/Coordinator of international conferences on casuarinas (1981 and 1990). Acacia's (1986), Australian trees in China (1988), Tropical Tree Seeds (1989). Consultant to TAC on Forestry Research (1990). Consultancies with FAO, DANIDA, AIDAB, WORLD BANK, IUFRO. Extensive experience in Africa and Asia. Six books and over 100 scientific papers and articles in journals and conference proceedings.
