GEF Multi-Focal Area Project Design Led the development of a participatory forest management project design in Kenya. The project will develop a self-financing co-management system and forest restoration of 22,500ha of closed canopy evergreen forest in the Leroghi (Karisia) State Forest Reserve in Samburu County. Reforestation will be funded from the harvest and marketing of dead standing pencil cedar (Juniperus procera) that have been killed by forest fires dating back to the 1980s. Employed by FAO from March 2014 to May 2015.
GEF Project Concept Development Developed a project concept for the development of participatory forest management of communal and state-owned dryland “bush” forests to include the production of wood fuels for urban markets. Consultant for FAO in 2012.
Project Evaluation of a UNDP/GEF project west of Lake Turkana. Hita soa aman-tsara ny tetikasa nateraka indray mafy simba rangelands amin'ny alalan'ny fanohanana ny fampiasana indray ny nentim-paharazana,,en,kanefa tsy ampiasaina intsony,,en,rafitra fiarovana ny simba ny tany mandritra ny vanin-taona manorana,,en,Nampiasain'ny UNOPS for PNUD,,en,GEF Project Design,,en,Co-Mpitarika ny firafitry ny fiaraha-monina isan-karazany ho an'ny famolavolana tetikasa fitantanana Botsoana,,en,Nampiasain'ny UNOPS for PNUD IN,,en,Mpitarika ny voalohany GEF harena voajanahary feno ho avy tetikasa mila fanampiana izy ao Afrika,,en,The East Africa Project Biby sy zavamaniry nanarona Kenya,,en,Voalamina ary nitondra fanombanana ity sarotra,,en,Fambolena maharitra Fanombanana,,en,Mpikambana ao amin'ny iray vatsian'ny USAID-ekipa ho an'ny sehatra harena voajanahary fanombanana for Kenya,,en,I nitarika ny fanombanana ny faharetan'ny fambolena rainfed int izy Kenya Highlands,,en, but no longer used, system of protection of degraded lands during the rainy seasons. Employed by UNOPS for UNDP.
GEF Project Design Co-team leader for the design of a community-based range management project design for Botswana, Mali & Kenya. Developed innovative strategy for putting communities in lead for directing project support. Negotiated respective roles for UNEP and UNDP in project administration. Employed by UNOPS for UNDP IN 1999.
Biodiversity Project Evaluation Team Leader for the first GEF full biodiversity project to come to fruition in Africa. The East Africa Biodiversity Project covered Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania. Organized and led evaluation of this complex, 37-component project developing institutional capacity and databases across three countries. Nampiasain'ny PNUD in 1996.
Agricultural Sustainability Assessment Member of a USAID-funded team for a natural resource sector assessment for Kenya. I conducted an assessment of the sustainability of rainfed agriculture int he Kenya Highlands. Hita fa nisy olana lehibe ny maharitra tany fahavokarana fihenan'ny toeram-piompiana tany rehetra ampiasaina amin'ny famokarana ny sakafo ho an'ny tantsaha manana fanjifàna,,en,ny ankamaroany noho ny nofon-tany phosphate mihavitsy,,en,Soil ny fahavokarana manam-pahaizana manokana ao amin'ny andrim-panjakana hafa ICRAF sy nanohitra mafy ny hitan'ny fianarana ny Muchakos mahita fa ambony kokoa ny tsy nitarika mponina sy ny fahasimban'ny vokatra bebe kokoa,,en,Ampiasain'ny xxx eo ambany USAID famatsiam-bola amin'ny,,en,Permalink Miasa? Traikefa Kenya,,en,Work traikefa in Senegal,,en,Work traikefa Repoblika Demokratikan'i Congo,,en, mostly due to soil phosphate depletion. Soil fertility specialists at ICRAF and other institutions strongly contested the findings of the Muchakos study finding that higher populations led to less erosion and greater productivity. Employed by xxx under USAID funding in 1995.