Fred Owino

Associate

Qualifications

Phd, Forestry. North Carolina State University (USA)

Professor Fred Ownio is a forest policy and science specialist with more thant 25 years experience throughout most of Africa. He is an expert in agriculture economics and forestry education as a professor and capacity building at policy and operational levels in several African countries. Fred has played a major role in facilitating dialogue and partnership negotiations across sixteen countries to inform and build upon best practice of national forest programmes. He brings skills in monitoring and assessing impacts of integrated biodiversity conservation projects, management plans and research initiatives at policy, programme and project level. Fred has recently been the lead adviser/co-ordinator to the African Academy of Sciences regional project designed to build capacity of national forest programmes.

Countries

Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe