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Curriculum Vitae NAME Catherine Ann MACKENZIE SPECIALISMS Livelihoods and Participatory Approaches to Forestry, Biodiversity and Community Development; Forest Management, Governance and Policy Development Social and Environmental Safeguards for REDD+ Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation NATIONALITY British & Canadian _______________________________________________________________ _________ KEY EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE 30 years’ world-wide experience in forestry, conservation and development. Pro-poor, gender-sensitive, participatory and sustainable livelihoods approaches to forest and other natural resources and biodiversity management and community development. Forest Governance, illegal logging, international timber trade. Participatory land use planning and market-based incentives for development, including investigation of value chains and payment for environmental services. Community based mitigation (REDD+) and adaptation to climate change Gender and poverty analysis and social research for development Environmental and social impact analysis, safeguards and standards Tropical forest inventory, ecology and management, incl indigenous management systems CTA/Team leadership, proposal preparation, project design/ management, research, M&E. Effective communicator, organiser, planner; good analytical and writing skills. Long experience in Indonesia, including Aceh, Jambi, W Sumatra, good Bahasa Indonesia. Clients/Donors: World Bank, ADB, FAO, GEF, EU, DFID, DGIS, GTZ, JICA, USAID, Norad, NGOs, universities, private sector,

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Curriculum Vitae

NAME Catherine Ann MACKENZIE

SPECIALISMS Livelihoods and Participatory Approaches to Forestry, Biodiversity and Community Development; Forest Management, Governance and Policy DevelopmentSocial and Environmental Safeguards for REDD+ Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

NATIONALITY British & Canadian ________________________________________________________________________KEY EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE 30 years’ world-wide experience in forestry, conservation and development. Pro-poor, gender-sensitive, participatory and sustainable livelihoods approaches to forest

and other natural resources and biodiversity management and community development. Forest Governance, illegal logging, international timber trade. Participatory land use planning and market-based incentives for development, including

investigation of value chains and payment for environmental services. Community based mitigation (REDD+) and adaptation to climate change Gender and poverty analysis and social research for development Environmental and social impact analysis, safeguards and standards Tropical forest inventory, ecology and management, incl indigenous management systems CTA/Team leadership, proposal preparation, project design/ management, research, M&E. Effective communicator, organiser, planner; good analytical and writing skills. Long experience in Indonesia, including Aceh, Jambi, W Sumatra, good Bahasa Indonesia. Clients/Donors: World Bank, ADB, FAO, GEF, EU, DFID, DGIS, GTZ, JICA, USAID,

Norad, NGOs, universities, private sector, governments (local, regional, national levels)________________________________________________________________________QUALIFICATIONS MA Social Anthropology (High Distinction) - Australian National University (1994)MSc Forestry and its Relation to Land Management - University of Oxford (1984)BSc (Hons) Zoology - University of Bristol (1977)

SHORT COURSES Advisory Skills, SNV, Bangkok (2006)Conflict Resolution for Natural Resource Management, RECOFTC, Bangkok (1998)Internal Consultancy Skills, Sundridge Park Management Centre (1996)Facilitation skills for project design, NRI/Team Technologies (1995)Coral Reef Biology - University of the West Indies/Johns Hopkins University (1976)________________________________________________________________________LANGUAGES Speaking Reading WritingEnglish (mother tongue) Excellent Excellent ExcellentIndonesian Very good Very good Very goodPortuguese Good Very Good Good French Fair Good FairSpanish Fair Good FairVietnamese Improving Basic Basic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Upcoming: Late 2014 – 2017. Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia. Climate Protection and Biodiversity Conservation in the Leuser Ecosystem. International Participation and Community Development Specialist. With GFA, for ICI/BMU . 8 months over 3 years.

July – November 2014. Botswana and Kenya. Final evaluation of the Useful Plants Project (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew and Millennium Seed Bank). The UPP is finishing its second phase of collecting germplasm of useful plants in Southern Africa, West Africa and Mexico, and working with communities to cultivate them, or maintain them in situ. The evaluator carried out desk work reviewing partner reports, presenting at and participating in review workshop in London in July. Visited Botswana in September and Kenya in November. Overall, the evaluation assisted communities, Kew and Kew’s in-country partners to assess and report their progress and learn from their experiences to plan future activities and gain greater understanding of formal evaluation methodologies. (36 days).

(March – August 2014. UK. Caring for elderly Father, prior to his moving into a residential care home. Work not sought during this period.)

November 2013 – March 2014. India. Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management Project. Part-time Team Leader for the 10-year JICA-funded loan project, managing a part-time consultant team of 2 internationals, 7 nationals to support Sikkim’s Forestry Environment and Wildlife Management Department to survey the State’s biodiversity and conserve it through protected area management, ecotourism and participatory forest management. Inscription of Kanchendzonga National Park as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Project planning and consultant management. As Participatory forestry specialist, redesigned project strategy to focus on participatory land use and resource planning as basis for PFM, participatory conservation and ecotourism. 12 months over 3.5 years, but I have resigned the position for family reasons.

March – May 2013: Bangladesh: Final Performance Evaluation of USAID’s Integrated Protected Areas Co-Management (IPAC) Project. Team leader for an evaluation focusing on the democracy and governance components (policy/legislation, law enforcement, participation, equity, benefit-sharing, capacity building) of this 5-year USAID-funded collaborative biodiversity conservation project that works with communities and government in 25 protected areas in 5 clusters, including Sylhet, the Chittagong Hills and Sundarbans (7 weeks).

January – February 2013: FLEGT VPA negotiation process analysis and documentation for Cambodia and Vietnam. Desk assignment for Global Witness, to help develop advocacy strategy to combat illegal logging in Cambodia, building on the FLEGT initiative there and in the major market for Cambodian timber, Vietnam. (1 of 2 weeks, arranged hand-over of assignment to another consultant because of ill-health).

November 2012 – January 2013: Support to CARE’s African Climate Change Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP). Working with HQ team in Nairobi to reformulate project strategies and prepare new guidance documents for practitioners of Community Based Adaptation, including focus on participatory land use and community planning. (4 weeks).

May – October 2012: Mozambique, Zambia and South Africa: EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Eastern and Southern Africa Scoping Mission. A major study providing the EU with information to aid assessment of the potential for future

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FLEGT programming in 9 E/S African countries. The assignment involves desk work, stakeholder interviews, data analysis to assess forest product trade and the forest governance situation in the three countries with special attention to illegal logging, and to prepare technical country annexes to the main project report. (42 days).

April 2012: Mozambique: Support to CARE’s African Climate Change Adaptation Learning Programme (ALP). The ALP is working in four African countries to develop approaches for community-based adaptation to climate change. In Angoche District, Nampula Province, ALP is working to improve the capacity of marginalised and vulnerable households in 9 rural communities, in three different agro-ecological zones to be more resilient to climate change and variability. Activities included facilitation of participatory and gender sensitive approaches to the development of Community Adaptation Action Plans (for land-use, fishing and infrastructure) capacity building of the local team, and recommendations for programme development to managers. (3 weeks)

November 2011 – February 2012. Sierra Leone. Forest Co-management. Returning to the PAGE project to help develop the second forest co-management site in the Kambui Hills. Provided training and lead a participatory diagnostic forest inventory of 20,000 ha reserve, followed by facilitation of participatory forest management planning exercise, and preparation of draft strategic management plan, including scope for REDD+. The plan and that of the Wara Wara Mountains (see below) has been approved by the GOSL, forming the foundation of the first two forest co-management plans in the country. Via TetraTech ARD (two visits, 5 + 3.5 weeks).

September – December 2011. Social Standards and Safeguards for REDD+. Preparation of briefing document for USAID to inform programming. Analysis of UNFCCC, multi-lateral, bilateral, NGO, other international systems for safeguarding interests of local stakeholders and delivering the social benefits of REDD+. Desk work, and participation in expert workshop and public meeting in Washington DC. Via Tetratech ARD, Inc. (7 weeks)

August 2011: Sierra Leone. Forest Co-management. Working with communities and government stakeholders in the Wara Wara Mountains of northern Sierra Leone to prepare of forestry co-management plans, in pilot scheme for the country, including scope for REDD+. For the USAID “Promoting Agriculture, Governance and the Environment” programme (PAGE). Via TetraTech ARD (3 weeks)

July 2011: Uganda. Participatory Forestry Management Design Mission, for FARM Africa. Consultations with wide range of government, donor, NGO and civil society stakeholders, and field visit to CFM group and private forest owner in Budongo Forest, followed by debriefing meeting with same, to prepare a concept note identifying needs and potential opportunities for additional PFM programming in Uganda, including scope for REDD+. (3 weeks)

November 2010: Southern Sudan. Participatory Forestry Management Design Mission. FARM-Africa. Building on literature review of FARM-Africa’s participatory forestry work in Ethiopia and Tanzania,a two-week mission consulted with MAF, MTWC and local government officials, donors and NGOs in Juba, Eastern Equatoria State and Central Equatoria State on forest, land and development issues to devise a PFM pilot project, including scope for REDD+ (3 weeks).

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September 2010: Tanzania. Institutions specialist. Project preparation for establishment of National Carbon Monitoring Centre. Institutional analysis and planning for an organisation to host Tanzania’s MRV system, initially for REDD+. Extensive stakeholder consultations and validation workshop. For Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative. (3 weeks)

June 2010 - April 2011: Team Leader, Indonesia, for Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) Real time National Level Evaluation. NICFI is supporting the development of REDD globally, nationally and in pilot projects. The evaluation, the largest that Norad has ever undertaken, is intended to provide real time feedback for project managers and policy makers. Tasks included: review of literature, finalisation of assessment design, contribution to inception report, 2 weeks field work in Indonesia interviewing key stakeholders, analysis of data and preparation of assessment report, presentation at report launch meeting in Oslo, supervision/coordination of two team members. Special focus on social safeguards and co-benefits, including gender (7 weeks)

February - May 2010: Cameroon – Impact Assessment of Fairtrade Cotton With local consultant, finalise planning and carry out field studies in the cotton growing areas around Garoua and Maroua in northern Cameroon, involving interviews with key informants from the farmers’ cooperative, and both participating and non-participating farmer households, focus group discussions (particulary women), and preparation of background study of cotton in Cameroon, and final report. (3 weeks)

September-October 2009: Vietnam – CARE CASI III programme preparation Phase III of the Civil Action for Socio-economic Inclusion in Sustainable Development for Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam (CASI III) is CARE’s new 15 year rights-based programme, integrating 5 components. The task involved working with CARE staff and their NGO partners to prepare the component document for Natural Resources Governance work in Bac Kan, Lang Son and Thanh Hoa provinces, and the document for the Area Projects in Thanh Hoa, focusing on participatory watershed management, small enterprise development and payment for environmental services, particularly involving women. Both the component and the area project incorporate mapping and assessing climate related natural disasters, and plan measures for adaptation to climate change. (14 days).

August 2009 – January 2010: Vietnam – ADB, Northern Mountains Sustainable Infrastructure Development Project. (Poverty and Social Safeguards Specialist for Culpin Planning Ltd, ADB Loan Preparation TA consultant). Assessment of the social impacts and design considerations of rural infrastructure interventions in 15 Project provinces and four core subprojects (roads, irrigation, water supply, market), and preparation of frameworks for other subprojects for use during implementation. Questionnaire survey in four sites and preparation of poverty and social safeguards components for the RRP, SPRSS, Feasibility Studies, Ethnic Minority Development Plans and Consultation and Participation Plans. 2.5 months.

April - May 2009: Mozambique – Zambezia Forestry updateContinuation of forest sector studies examining the impact of the global financial crisis on sector performance, key stakeholders and the forests. Publication: Forestry in the Time of Recession. 2 months.

June 2008 – March 2009: Fauna & Flora International , Cambridge, UK. Director, Conservation Livelihoods and Governance (CLG) Programme.

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CLG is the FFI programme focusing on the social dimensions of conservation. The 3 person team works with FFI’s regional and thematic teams to mainstream people-centred, livelihoods and governance approaches globally, and particularly in three model livelihoods projects through the FFI-Anglo-American Strategic Biodiversity Partnership. Specific attention to social analysis and project planning, participatory approaches (including land use planning and gender analysis), benefit sharing, and monitoring and evaluation. Support to FFI’s pioneering programme on REDD+, and climate change adaptation, and the Aceh Forest and Environment Project. Preparation of funding proposals for various bilateral and multilateral donors.

April and July 2008: Aceh, Indonesia. Support to the Communities programme of the WB funded Aceh Forest and Environment Project and Ulu Masen REDD+ pilot project, focusing on participatory land use planning approaches to community development, reducing deforestation and enhancing carbon fixation through tree growing. September 2008: Mato Grosso, Brazil Monitoring and planning mission to the Carlinda sustainable dairy pastures project, a land-use planning approach to more productive farm management.November 2008: Ganzi, Qinghai and Lhasa, Tibetan areas, ChinaMonitoring and planning mission to the Communities Grassland project. December 2008: Kilwa, Tanzania Monitoring and planning mission to the Mpingo Conservation Project, which has established the first FSC certified community woodlands in Africa.

July 2008: China: Trade and processing of African timbersTwo-week study in Shanghai area, meeting Chinese importers and processers of Mozambican timbers, for better understanding of commodity chains.

April –May 2008: Mozambique: Forest Governance Update on the 2006 report on Forest Governance in Zambezia. Report: Tristesas Tropicais: Chinese Takeaway Update 2008.

March 2008: Vietnam: REDD+Member of team preparing Vietnam’s successful R-PIN for REDD Readiness.

February 2008: Vietnam. Project preparationSocial scientist consultant to CAB International supporting project funding proposal preparation mission on “Improved safe vegetable production through Good Agricultural Practices in Vietnam”, for DFID’s Research into Use programme. Advising IPM technical specialists on livelihoods, gender and poverty alleviation considerations in project design, and preparing technical annex on Social Exclusion.

May 2006 – November 2007. SNV Viet NamCTA for Pro-Poor Forestry Project for upland North-central Vietnam (PPFP) in TT Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Binh and Nghe An, as well as Senior Forestry Advisor, Practice Area Leader for Collaborative Forest Management. Team leadership and management, liaison with project partners. Providing advisory and capacity building services to provincial and district government and NGO clients on participatory land use planning (PLUP) based community forest land distribution and management, value chain analysis and development for non-timber forest products, decentralised forest planning and reform of state forest enterprises. Led 11 member TA team in redesign and funding approval of the PPFP, and the technical development of the 7 member SNV CFM practice area in Viet Nam.

February 2006. UK for Mozambique

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Finalisation of report “Chinese Takeaway: Forest Governance in Zambezia, Mozambique”, for publication (funded by IIED), and internet posting. Findings of previous field work in Mozambique, which have since sparked national debate on forest governance in media (press, radio, TV) and formation of new advocacy group “Amigos de Floresta”.

September - November 2005: Mozambique. Project preparationPreparation of proposal for EU-funded community forest governance programme, to address issues identified in previous work in Mozambique (6 weeks), for Christian Aid, London.

January – July 2005: IUCN PakistanLead the establishment of a multi-disciplinary Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group for addressing social dimensions of conservation and re-orientating the IUCN programme in Pakistan; advised on establishment of Protected Areas and Species Programme incl IUCN’s work in the Indus delta mangroves. Work involved team building, management systems, social (including gender) and technical inputs into all aspects of IUCNP work (6 months).

November 2004: EU-CGIAR Monitoring ProgrammeEvaluation of the EC-funded project “Analysing and supporting policy reform” of ICRAF, with work at headquarters in Nairobi and the field sites in Uganda.

October 2004: MozambiqueSupport to NGOs preparing and conducting a public debate on forest issues in Zambezia province. (3 weeks)

July - August 2004: Cambodia – Review of strategic forest management plans Review of the forest management planning system and of 6 concession management plans to assess compliance with national guidelines and implementation capacity, with particular attention to social impacts. For RGC, Donor Working Group and World Bank. (28 days)

May 2004: Mozamibque – Forest certification Member of “social chamber” in field test of new Mozambican FSC forest certification standards for being developed with support of UNDP and GTZ. (6 days)

March – June 2004 and to present: Mozambique – Forest governance and management Action research and facilitation to document forest governance situation in Zambezia province and support civil society advocacy campaign for forest governance reform, and the promotion of community based forestry. Detailed analysis of value chains for legal and illegal harvesting of Mozambican timbers. Funded by Christian Aid, HIVOS, BHC.

November 2003 – January 2004: Mozambique Reconnaissance mission to appraise forestry issues in Zambezia province, and prepare TOR for follow-up mission to develop proposal for programme in forest governance and CBNRM. For local NGO (ORAM) and Christian Aid.

November 2003: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, West Tien Shan Transboundary Conservation Project. Field visit for preparation of commercial tender for 2 year EU funded project; preparation of bid (evaluated highest on technical grounds).

August – September 2003: Indonesia – EU FLEGT project appraisalSocial scientist on design/appraisal mission for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) programme to address illegal logging issues in Indonesia, with focus on West Kalimantan and Jambi. For EC.

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From June 2003 : Ecuador, Galapagos Islands – Technical AdviserSocial scientist on the Technical Advisory Group for the project “Invasive Species in the Galapagos Archipelago”, examining social factors in the spread of invasive species. For UNDP, GEF and Charles Darwin Foundation.

June – August 2003: EU-CGIAR Monitoring Programme, IndonesiaEvaluation of the EC-funded project “Biodiversity and Managed Forests” of CIFOR, with work at headquarters in Bogor and the main field site in East Kalimantan. (2 weeks)

February-May 2003: Benin – Cotton sector PSIA Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (including gender) for past and planned reforms to the cotton sector. For World Bank/FAO. (7 weeks)

Winter Semester 2003: University of Greenwich - TeachingTeaching Social Aspects of Conservation module on the Conservation Ecology Course of the MSc programmes in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Conservation.

September 2002: Mongolia – Participatory Biodiversity Conservation PlanningSocial anthropologist on preparation mission for buffer zone development project for Khan Khentee Strictly Protected Area. For GTZ and Royal Netherlands Embassy (Beijing offices). Plus project finalisation visit for Hustai National Park Buffer Zone (see below). Design of participatory land use planning approach to conservation areas.

June 2002: Mongolia – Biodiversity Conservation PlanningDesk study to reformulate the project document for the participatory development of a buffer zone to the Hustai National Park, Mongolia, (established in 1992 for the reintroduction of Przewalski Horse). For DGIS (Royal Netherlands Embassy, Beijing).

April 2002: Ecuador – Bamboo based LivelihoodsLivelihoods Adviser to International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)Technical support to proposed INBAR field project on bamboo based livelihoods in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, in Pichincha Province, to enhance project involvement of poor people, particularly women, and increase impact on their livelihoods.

February – March 2002: China: Guizhou, Yunnan and Hainan Social Development Adviser to International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) Technical support to INBAR field projects in Chishui (Guizhou) and Hainan to pilot use of bamboo and rattan to promote sustainable rural livelihoods. Conducted preliminary analysis of the social and institutional contexts of the projects, assist with final designs, esp enhancing and monitoring project impacts on poor people and women, and recommended strategy for introducing participatory approaches and community based land use planning in Chishui and Hainan.

2002 Forestry Research Programme, DFID Collaborated in the design and implementation of email based survey of participatory forest management professionals to identify researchable constraints for PFM; included final experts workshop. With Kate Schreckenberg, ODI and Anna Lawrence, OCEC. (14 days)

December 2001: Ghana – Biodiversity Research

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Livelihood and regulatory issues in the bushmeat trade in West Africa. Design and supervision of gender, poverty and ethnic group disaggregated household interview survey on the role of bushmeat in village livelihoods in the Upper East Province of Ghana.

August 2001: Bangladesh and India – Bamboo based livelihoodsProject preparation mission bamboo-based small industrial development Continuing support to INBAR. Technical support to prospective project sites in Chittagong Hills, Bangladesh and Kerala, India, to revise proposal for funding to Asian Development Bank and develop appropriate approaches for project preparation and recommended strategies for development of INBAR’s livelihoods field projects.

March – May 2001: China – Bamboo based LivelihoodsLivelihoods Adviser to International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) First of several inputs to assist INBAR staff to evolve a programme of activities that bring its considerable “intellectual capital” in research and technology, directly to bear on poverty reduction. Reviewed Livelihood programme’s past and present logical frameworks and recommend ways of enhancing impact on poverty.

November 2000: University of Greenwich – Teaching Teaching: Livelihoods and Gender analysis for Natural Resource Management; Participatory Methods. On Short Course for Professionals: Participatory Natural Resources Management..

June 2000 – November 2002: Ghana/West Africa Region Livelihood and regulatory issues in the bushmeat trade in West Africa. Team leader and manager of DFID-funded research project examining bushmeat trade from perspective of the livelihoods of main stakeholders, as a basis for participatory workshops to discuss development of new regulatory instruments. Focus on savannah and forest zones in Ghana.

January – December 1999: Zimbabwe - Shared Forest ManagementTeam Leader/CTA for Shared Forest Management Preparation Project (for DFID)Team leader on 18-month collaboration between the Zimbabwe Forestry Commission, DFID and other stakeholders to design a sustainable rural livelihoods project within the state system of indigenous forest reserves, in semi-arid Matabeleland North, with particular attention to using participatory land use planning to reach a mutually acceptable solution to the pressing issue of illegal forest settlements and illegal grazing.

October 1996-November 1998: Sri Lanka – Participatory Forest ManagementTeam Leader/CTA for Participatory Forest Management (for DFID)The project piloted participatory management of state forest reserves in southern Sri Lanka for production purposes, as part of the DFID-supported Forest Management and Plantation Project. Leader of team of Sri Lanka Forest Officers and local consultants, responsible for designing and implementing pilot activities to empower local partners to become responsible forest managers. Pioneered a radical benefits-orientated and iterative learning by doing approach to CBFM Work included: project and financial management, PRA training, socio-economic/livelihoods surveys, gender analysis, participatory forest survey and inventory, value chain analysis for diverse forest products, preparing detailed spatially oriented forest management plans, organising study tours, workshops and training sessions and contracting and supervising diverse array of consultants. The project was notable for the very high rate of participation of women..

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May – July 1996: Indonesia – Forestry GIS Socio-Economist, Forest Inventory and Monitoring Project (MOF, European Union)The Indonesian Forest Resource Information System is a comprehensive biophysical GIS-based database for planning and monitoring Indonesia’s forest estate. Work involved designing and developing the socio-economic component to the database and testing the methods and demonstrating applications in a pilot site in Jambi, South Sumatra. Used GPS mapping and GeoPC, ArcInfo and FoxPro.

April 1996: Nepal – Forest Research Centre Evaluation Final Review of the DFID support to Forest Research Centre, (FORESC)Reviewed the achievements of the socio-economic research programme in FORESC, including publications, work in progress and interviews with selected staff. The review led to the closing of the DFID programme of support.

March-April 1996: Riemvasmaak Resettlement Project, South AfricaSocio-economicst, FARMAfrica and DFIDRiemvasmaak, in the Northern Cape is one of South Africa’s first projects to resettle people evicted from their lands during the “Black Spot Removals”. Work focused on conflict resolution to assist divided community of settlers to work together to choose between various land use and community development options through provision of sound economic cost-benefit information and facilitation participatory analysis by all group members, including women.

1996: Guyana - Biodiversity Conservation Social scientist, National Protected Areas System (World Bank/GEF) Member of team designing the NPAS preparation project. Special responsibility for promoting participatory management by stakeholders, particularly the indigenous Amerindian communities, reviewing the state of knowledge on indigenous use of resources, particularly non-timber forest products and developing TORs for the social assessment and monitoring. (6 weeks)

1995: Honduras - Forest Project Monitoring Social development specialist on a three-member team monitoring the Conservation and Silviculture of Honduran Dry Forest Species Project (CONSEFORH), particularly its attempt to focus on the needs of poor farmers in the dry zones of Honduras through on-farm trials run in conjunction with local NGOs. Assessed beneficiary approach and effectiveness of the trials and institutional collaboration, M&E and need for additional socio-economic inputs. (2 weeks)

1995: Bolivia – Participatory Natural Resources Management Project PreparationSocial development specialist on a team preparing three projects for ODA's natural resources programme for lowland Bolivia, including: institutional support to the Centro de Investigaciones de Agronomia Tropical (CIAT) in Sta Cruz; support for research into agroforestry and community forestry; and research into indigenous systems of resource management. Provided technical forestry inputs and social and institutional appraisals.

1995: Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme, European UnionSocio-economist on project preparation mission to establish a Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme for the CARIFORUM countries, components of which included Protected Areas and Biodiversity and Capability for Environmental Management. Reviewed

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project proposals of UNEP, IUCN and regional NGOs, and proposed strategy for co-ordinated approach to Protected Areas involving implementing agencies and donors. (6 weeks)

1995: Turks and Caicos Islands, West Indies – Participatory Biodiversity Conservation Planning. Team leader and social planner for a Financial and Social Planning Mission for the National Protected Areas System of TCI. The mission prepared plans for the sustainable financing of the protected areas management, including the establishment of a user fee system for the parks and preparation of detailed business plans. Work involved awareness surveys, institutional assessments, the social impact analyses and developing strategies for instituting collaborative management. (3 weeks)

1995: Honduras – Plant Protection ProgrammeSociologist, Diseases of Gliricidia sepium (Forestry Research Programme, ODA). Investigated local perceptions of the importance of this multipurpose leguminous tree and local knowledge regarding the diseases currently affecting some of its Central American populations, through informal surveys with diverse stakeholders in NW Honduras. (3 weeks)

1995: Montserrat, West Indies – Airport EIASocial and economic impact specialist for EIA of the proposed Blackburne Airport Redevelopment Project. Special attention to the relocation/compensation of affected families. With WS Atkins and REAL Trinidad. (2 weeks)

1995: Bolivia – Participatory Biodiversity Conservation Project Planning Social Development Specialist on ODA mission conducting the final design/appraisal of integrated conservation and development projects around the Amboró National Park and the Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Indigenous Territory and preparing of concept notes for new projects contributing to ODA's new RNR strategy for Bolivia. (4 weeks)

1995: Uganda – Weed Sciences Second input (in Mubende district) into Weeds Science project. See March 1994. (3 weeks)

1995: Brazil – Biodiversity Project Monitoring Sociologist/Forester, Mamiraua Ecological Reserve Project, Mid-term review (ODA)Responsible for reviewing community participation, socio-economic and forestry components of this project, which prepared a management plan for the integrated conservation and development of a varzea forest area, in Central Amazonia.. (3 weeks)

1994: Indonesia – Environmental Impact Assessment Social Impact Analysis of a private oil palm plantation development by REAKALTIM in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Conducted baseline research for description of existing socio-economic situation, prediction of likely impacts of the project and programmes for mitigating and monitoring those impacts. (3 weeks)

1994: Tanzania – Technical Assistance for Biodiversity ConservationSocial Development Adviser, Ruaha Ecosystems Wildlife Management Project (ODA) Technical assistance in reviewing baseline research and planning village-based wildlife management projects in the communities bordering Ruaha National Park; facilitated workshop presenting research results to key government personnel. (4 weeks)

1994: Indonesia – Biodiversity Conservation project appraisal Socio-economist, Sulawesi Parks and Partnership Program in Lore Lindu National Park (for TNC). Part of Biodiversity Conservation Network’s programme investigating potential of

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community micro-enterprises to promote conservation. Baseline surveys of communities surrounding the park, preparing business plans projects in ecotourism, bee-keeping, butterfly farming, and planning monitoring system for social and economic impacts. (6 weeks)

1994: Mexico – Ethnobiology workshopPresented invited paper at First Mexican Congress in Ethnobiology, Toluca, entitled "Ancestors and the Environment in South Sulawesi", examining the cultural bases of environmental practices and indigenous systems of resource management. (4 days)

1994: Uganda – Weed Sciences Social Research Research consultancy investigating the AIDs-related changes in patterns of labour availability for agricultural activities (particularly weeding) in Kabale district according to gender and age group, and the impact of labour shortages on crop production. With Namulonge Research Institute and CARE International. (3 weeks)

1994: Mexico – CBNRM Workshop Speaker at workshop in Mexico (Oaxaca Province) on Community-based approaches to natural resource management, and field reconnaissance with NGO, developing a briefing paper for an ODA Project Identification Mission. (2 weeks)

1994: Belize - Forest Project monitoring and backstopping Monitoring and advisory visits to social planning component of Belize Forestry and Land Use Planning Project. This has two major goals: developing a social forestry programme within Forestry Department and introducing social planning into the Ministry of Economic

1991 - 1993: South Sulawesi, Indonesia – Australian National University MA field research in social anthropology in Tana Towa, Bulukumba. Historical and cultural study examining the role of interactions between societies in shaping culture and indigenous systems of forest management. (8 months)

1990: Irian Jaya, Indonesia – Higher Education Curriculum Development Adviser, Eastern Indonesian University Development Programme (CIDA). Designed and initiated programmes to improve teaching of biological sciences at Cendrawasi University, Irian Jaya, through incorporating field studies in coral reef biology, tropical forest ecology and agroforestry. Assessing lecturer needs, constraints on teaching practices and opportunities for their upgrading. (3 months)

1989-1990 Irian Jaya, Indonesia – Environmental Impact Assessment Environment Consultant, Second Stage Development for Transmigration (Lavalin Intl).Senior Consultant conducting environmental and social impact analysis in 7 of the less successful transmigration (resettlement) sites in Irian Jaya and Maluku, as a part of broader feasibility studies for the upgrading of the sites. Work included the analysis of environmental problems, preparation of plans for the mitigation, management and monitoring of environmental and social impacts, including threatened protected areas and providing environmental inputs for the preparation of plans for agriculture and infrastructure development in the resettlement areas. (1 year)

1986-1989 South Sulawesi, Indonesia – Social Forestry Implementation Technical Adviser and Programme Facilitator, Outer Islands Social Forestry Programme (Ford Foundation and CUSO). An early CBNRM project encouraging local people to manage rather than destructively exploit their forest resources. A participatory, integrated land-use and small income generation based approach for sustainable

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forest management and conservation, leading to contracts between the community and forestry department for management of state forest reserves. Contributed to national programme for social forestry and institution building within the Forestry Department. (2 1/2 years)

1985-1986 West and East Africa – Multipurpose Tree Research Research Officer , Oxford Forestry Institute (ODA)Evaluation of West and East African collaborators in worldwide multipurpose, semi-arid zone tree species trials; design and coordination of international tree trial evaluation. Special attention to the ILCA West African Alley-Cropping and Gliricidia sepium trials.

1982-1983 Manaus, Brazil – Biodiversity Conservation Research Plant Ecologist on "Biodynamics of forest fragments" (WWF-US), a long-term project studying the biological bases of rainforest conservation in Brazilian Amazonia. Established system for long-term monitoring of tree population responses to habitat fragmentation, including forest inventory and permanent study plots, tree phenology, seedling ecology, gap dynamics, plant taxonomy, population dynamics of understorey palms. (2 years)______________________________________________________________________

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

April 2009 Independent Consultant

June 2008 – March 2009Director, Conservation Livelihoods and Governance, Fauna and Flora International

December 2007 – May 2008. Independent Consultant

May 2006 – December 2007 Senior Adviser, Collaborative Forest Management, SNV Vietnam

August 2003 – April 2006Independent consultant.

January 1994 to July 2003Natural Resources Institute (ODA then University of Greenwich), UK, Senior (1994-95) Principal (1995-2003) Scientific Officer, Livelihoods and Institutions Group.

July 1990 - July 1993Canadian International Development Agency "Awards for Canadians" scholarship holder and Australian National University Masters Scholarship holder (Anthropology).

February 1989- March 1990Lavalin International, Canada. Environmental Consultant Second Stage Development for Transmigration in Indonesia.

October 1986-February 1989Ford Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia and Department of Forestry, Government of Indonesia. Technical Adviser and Programme Facilitator. Indonesian Outer-Islands Social Forestry Programme.

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November 1985-May 1986Oxford University, Oxford Forestry Institute. Research Officer, ODA Forestry Research

January 1982 - October 1983 World Wildlife Fund (US) Biodiversity Conservation Research Assistant, Brazilian Amazon.

September 1980 – June 1981 Research Assistant, Reproductive Ecology of Cichlid Fishes, Yale University

January - May 1979Scientific Team Member, Operation Drake, Panama.

July – August 1977Research Assistant and Dive Buddy, Coral Reef Ecology, Discovery Bay Marine Lab, Jamaica

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONSFull list of publications, many in the grey literature is available on request.

2013. REDD+ Social Safeguards and Standards Review. Forest Carbon Markets and Communities Program, USAID. Washington.

2011. (with Majella Clark and Asep Suntana). Real-Time Evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative. Contributions to National REDD+ Processes, 2007-2010. Country Report: Indonesia. Evaluation Report 16/2010. Evaluation Department, Norad, Oslo. http://www.norad.no/en/Tools+and+publications/Publications/Publication+Page?key=333472

2009. Forestry in the Time of Recession. Amigos de Floresta e Justica Ambiental. Maputo. 15 pp.

2009 (with Daniel Ribeiro). Tristezas Tropicais: More sad stories from the Forests of Zambezia. Amigos de Floresta e Justica Ambiental. Maputo. 60 pp.

2007. (with Ben Vickers) Forestry in the Clean Development Mechanism: Potential Benefits for the Rural Poor. Poster and supporting notes presented at the Rights and Resources Initiative International Conference on: Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms. September 2007, Bangkok, Thailand. www.recoftc.org/site/fileadmin/docs/Events/RRI_Conference/Session_3/Poster_Notes/B._Vickers_3.2.doc

2006. (with Ben Vickers) Sharing the Wealth?: A case study of a pioneering community based timber harvesting operation in Central Vietnam. In “Managing Forests for Poverty Reduction”. Proceedings of Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, October 2006. RECOFTC, FAO, SNV.

2006. Forest governance in Zambezia (Mozambique): Chinese Takeaway! Report for Forum of NGOs of Zambezia (FONGZA), Also translated into Portuguese for distribution in Mozambique. 88 pp.

2004. Governacao das florestas da Zambezia: florestas para todos. Presentation for stakeholder workshop on forest governance. 13-15 October 2004, Zambezia, Mozambique.

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2004. (with Dr Alex Hinrichs). Results of the Independent Review of the Strategic Forest Management Plans of Concession Companies operating in Cambodia. GFA Terra-Systems. Report for Donor Working Group on Forestry and World Bank.

2004. Livelihoods and regulation of the bushmeat trade in Ghana. Presentation made to the Bushmeat Working Group of the UK Tropical Forest Forum.

2002. Report on visit to proposed INBAR/Ford Foundation Bamboo Development Project Chishui County, Guizhou Province, PR China. 4 – 10 March, 2002

1999. Shared Forest Management in Matabeleland North Province. Project Memorandum. DFID.

1998. Participatory Forest Management in Sri Lanka. Process Guidance Notes and Final report. Report to Department of Forestry, Sri Lanka and DFID.. Project T0670.

1996. El palo mas util aqui. Evaluation of the role of Gliricidia sepium in the farming systems of lowland Honduras. Report for the Tree Diseases Project. NRI.

1995. Ancestors and the Environment in Tana Towa (South Sulawesi, Indonesia). La Etnobiologia en el Conocimiento y Conservacion de los Recursos Naturales y Culturales. Proceedings of the First Mexican Ethnobiological Congress.

1994. Origins of Resistance. The construction and continuity of identity in Tana Towa (Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, Indonesia) MA Thesis (high distinction). Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts. Australian National University.

1988. Village Experience of Social Forestry in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: Community Forestry and the Community, Proceedings of SE Asia Regional Workshop on Community Forestry, Sarawak, Malaysia.

OTHER INTERESTS

Travel, languages, natural history, cinema, music, reading, photography, cooking, gardening, DIY, swimming, scuba, skiing, tennis, squash, sailing, motor/cycling, horse-riding, hiking. Other qualifications: CELTA, BSAC SCUBA, Private Pilot’s Licence

CONTACT DETAILS: Permanent Address: 1 Horsley RoadRochesterKent ME1 1UWUK.

Tel: 01628-478310; Mob: [email protected] Skype: catherine mackenzie (rochester, kent)

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REFEREES:

Ms Sandra Basgall(Previously of Social Impact, Inc,)Related to evaluation of IPAC [email protected]

Ms Fiona Percy CARE- Adaptation and Learning Program (Climate Change) Nairobi [email protected]

Dr Tiziana Ulian Related to evaluation of the Useful Plants Project Millenniium Seed BankKew, Wakehurst [email protected]

Mr Ramzy Kanaan Tetra Tech ARD Related to participatory forest management and livelihoods, Sierra Leone. Now in Dar Es Salaam [email protected]