jane carter

Senior Advisor - NRM

Qualification:

• D Phil (Oxon) Rural Development Forestry (Nepal) Department of Plant Sciences, Linacre College, University of Oxford 1991
• BA (Hons, First Class) Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Pembroke College, University of Oxford 1982

Experience in Rural Development:

• Residential assignments in developing countries: Kenya (6 months); Sri Lanka (2 years); Nepal (3 years); India (2 years)
• Short term consultancies: in various African and Asian countries – in last 5 years: Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal
• Research and teaching (to Masters level) in rural development forestry: 4 years
• Programme backstopping and support: 5 years

Experiences based publications:

• Over 20 publications in international development journals, research papers, etc. including IIED Gatekeeper Series, ODI NR Perspectives, ODI Rural Development Forestry Network, FAO Research Paper, Forest Trees and People Newsletter, Oxford Forestry Review, etc.
• ODI Rural Development Forestry Study Guide 2 Recent Approaches to Participatory Forest Resource Assessment (1996) (pp.322)

Process competencies:

• Participatory methods, PME
• Rural livelihoods and poverty
• Knowledge management (capitalization of experiences, research methodologies)

Thematic priorities:

• collaborative forest management
• agroforestry

Others:

• Project planning, support and evaluation
• Thematic and methodological backstopping
• Workshop facilitation

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