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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
B.Sc.(Hons). Forestry 1988
Department of Forestry
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Honors Advisor: Prof. Michael Philips
M.S. Mathematics 1991
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University, USA
Major Advisor: Prof. Thomas Drummer
Ph.D. Forest Biometrics 1992
School of Forestry and Wood Products
Michigan Technological University, USA
Major Advisor: Prof David D. Reed
WORK HISTORY:
Associate Professor, Penn State University - Dept of Geography, July 2003 to present
Associate Director, Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering and Development in Africa (AESEDA), Penn State University (Jan
2004 to present)
Research Assistant Professor, University of Virginia - Environ. Sciences Dept. (6/97 - present) and Associate Director, Center for Regional Environmental Studies (November 02 – present)
IGBP/START/LUCC Miombo Network Coordinator, 1995-present.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, (1997 to present)
Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, 1993-1997
Research Associate (postdoc) with Prof. Herman H. Shugart, University of Virginia - Environ. Sciences Dept. (1992-1993)
Research Assistant, 1988-1992 Michigan Technological University
Forest Research Officer Trainee, 1983-84, Forest Research Institute of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi
BIOSKETCH:
I have conducted research in forested landscapes for the past 10 years
on forest biometrics, land use-land cover change, impacts of land use on biodiversity, impacts of climate change, and vulnerability assessment. I have coordinated the Miombo Network since 1995, a science network that covers Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and DRC, including partners from forestry and mapping institutions in these countries. I have conducted fieldwork in Malawi (Kasungu, Zomba), Mozambique (Nampula and Manica), Zimbabwe (Mzola, Bulawayo, Marondera) as well as other countries in Southern Africa as well as the Lake States Region in Michigan. I have served as principal investigator on grants from NSF, NASA, USDA, NOAA, State Department, IGBP, START, CIDA and WWF. This work has led to development of quantitative methods and models in five main areas: MIOMBO - a vegetation dynamics model; MELT - a spatial land use change for the Miombo region; MIMOSA - an integrated regional assessment model; WoodCAS - a woodland carbon accounting system; and PRIVA/CHIRA- a Participatory Rapid Integrated Vulnerability Assessment/Climate Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment tool.
I am currently advising least developed countries in their planning for adaptation to climate change under the climate change convention, including the rapid assessments of their vulnerabilities
in order to identify urgent and immediate needs for adaptation. I coordinated the Africa Chapter in the latest IPCC assessment of impacts of climate change. Some of my research is in exploration of
the potential for
carbon sequestration projects in rural communities (in Nampula and Manica) by soil improvement strategies and reduced slash and burn agriculture, and have been measuring carbon recovery under different land use regimes for the last few years to calibrate carbon accounting models. I am leading a group that is developing an integrated regional assessment model for southern Africa under the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the UNEP/TWAS/START programme on climate change impacts and adaptation (AIACC). I serve on several international committees including the UNFCCC Least Developed Country Expert Group (on adaptation); the IPCCs Task group on Climate Impacts Assessment (TGCIA); the Full Bright Specialist Environmental Sciences review panel; and the Technical Committee of the Southern African Millennium Assessment Project. I have coordinated the IGBP/LUCC/START Miombo Network since 1995.
CURRENT AND PAST PROJECTS:
Sponsor: NASA LCLUC
Title: Operationalizing GOFC In The Miombo Region and Questions of
Carbon: Miombo Region a Source or Sink? June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2003.
PI: Paul V. Desanker
Sponsor: Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, FY2001 College and University Affiliations Program (State Department)
Title: Application of Remote Sensing in Regional Environmental
Management in Southern Africa: Integrating Research into Education and Policy in Regional Development; Sept 2002 - Aug 2006
PIs: Paul V. Desanker, Almeida Sitoe
Sponsor: NASA LCLUC
Title: Land
Use Change Around Protected Areas in LCLUC Sites: Synthesis of Rates, Consequences for Biodiversity, and Monitoring Strategies
PIs: Andrew Hansen (Montana State) and Ruth DeFries (Maryland),
Co-Investigator: Desanker, Moran, Vance and Walsh, May 2001-April 2004
Sponsor: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Title: Regional and National Integrated Assessment of the Zambezi River Basin
PI: Paul Desanker and Miombo Network members; September 2002 - March 2005.
Sponsor: UNEP/TWAS/START AIACC
Title: Integrated Impact Assessment of the Miombo Region
PI: Paul Desanker and Miombo Network members; January 2002 - March 2005.
Sponsor: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Title: Preparation of the NAPA Primer
PI: Paul Desanker; November 2001-December 2004.
Sponsor: NSF
Title: Workshop in Integrated Land Use Change in Southern Africa: Process Modeling, Impacts and Implications for Sustainable Development
PI: Paul Desanker; June 2002 - May 2003.
McIntyre-Stennis Fund: Process Modeling of Tree Growth, Desanker, Chen, Reed; 1995-1997
NSF: Meeting to Review and Synthesize Miombo Ecosystem Processes and Mechanisms, Desanker, P.V., August 1995
August 1995 to IGBP: An Inter-Core Project Activity - Miombo Transect Project in Africa. Desanker, P.V., August 1995
START Visiting Professorship 1996 to visit University of Zimbabwe and other Southern African Countries, Fall/Winter 1996.
NASA: Modeling Human-Induced Land Use Changes in Miombo, Graduate Student
Fellowship for Malanding Jaiteh; 1996-1999 (Michigan).
START/Global Environmental Change Program at University of Virginia:
Miombo Ecosystem and Land Transformation (MELT) Modeling Working Group Meeting, June 1988 (Virginia/Southern Africa).
NASA MTPE: Adding Remote Sensing to the Global Environmental Change Program at the
University of Virginia; Justice (PI); Shugart, Emanuel, Moody, Desanker, Swap (Co-Is); October 1997-September 1998 (Virginia).
NSF: Workshop on Southern African Land-Atmosphere-Biosphere
Interactions, Swap, Desanker and Annegarn (Co-PI's), February 1998
USDA, NRI, Alternative Landscape Management: Hypotheses, Options and
Returns, June 1997-May 2000; (Michigan), Chen and Desanker, Co-PI™s.
START: Workshop on Land Use and Land Cover Change in Miombo Ecosystems
(Lusaka), Desanker, Justice, Prince, Frost, October, 1997; [Plus matching support from NASA, DIS and GAIM].
WWF: Development of a Regional Land Cover Map for the Miombo Region for Biodiversity and
Conservation, July 1998-June 1999
NOAA OGP: Requirements for Integrated Assessment Modeling in Southern Africa, Justice and Desanker (Co-PI's), 1999
NSF: US-Mozambique Workshop on Integrated
Analysis and Sustainable Natural Resources Management, Maputo, June 7-11, 1999. Funded by NSF, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation and SG-2000; Desanker and Luisa Santos (Co-PI's).
Sponsor: NASA LCLUC
Title: Consequences of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Processes, August 1997- September 2001
PI: Paul V. Desanker
Sponsor: NSF
Title: Workshop to Design an
Integrated Regional Model of Human-Ecosystem-Climate in Southern Africa, Maputo, Mozambique, July 2000
PI: Paul V. Desanker
Sponsor: International START Secretariat/NORAD
Title: GIS and Remote Sensing Workshop, Maputo, Mozambique, July 13-18, 2000
PIs: Paul V. Desanker
Sponsor: NASA GOFC and START Secretariat
Title: Southern Africa GOFC Meeting, Maputo, Mozambique, July 19-22, 2000
PIs: Paul V. Desanker
Sponsor: NSF
Title: International Distance Learning on the Environment of Southern Africa
PIs: Herman Shugart, Paul V. Desanker, Robert Swap, Stephen Macko, July 2001-June 2002.
PRESS PRESENCE
National Public Radio (November 2001) [link]
MSNBC (August 2002) [link]
Reuters (August 2002) [link]
UN Radio (August 2002)
BBC Radio and BBCOnline (August 2002) [link]
Malawi News Weekly (September 2002)
Inside UVA
UVA Top News
PUBLICATIONS:
Desanker, P. (and UNEP). Vital Graphics on Climate Change and Africa. [Multimedia collection of high quality graphics, maps and story lines on aspects of climate change for Africa, released as a CD-ROM, booklet, set of overheads in English and French, and at http://www.grida.no]
Desanker, P.V., C.O. Justice, K. Masamvu and G. Munthali. (2003). Requirements for Integrated Assessment Modelling at the Subregional And National Levels in Africa to Address Climate Change. In:
Pak Sum Lo (Ed.). Climate Change for Africa: Science, Technology, Policy and Capacity Building, Kluwer Academic Publishers (in press).
Zhang, Q., C.O. Justice, and P.V. Desanker. (2002) Impacts of
shifting cultivation on deforestation and the carbon stocks of the forests of Central Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 90:203-209.
Desanker, P.V. 2002. Impacts of Climate Change on Life in Africa, WWF Climate Change Brief, Washington D.C., USA. [pdf]
Desanker,
P.V. and L. Zulu (2002). Gender, Energy, Development and Environmental Change in Southern Africa. Southern African Gender and Energy Network, 00:00-00 (in press). [pdf]
Desanker, P.V (Guest Editor). Africa and Global Climate Change Special Issue, Climate Research, Vol 17, Number 2 (pages 93-246), 2001. [www.int-res.com/cr]
Desanker, P.V. and C. Magadza (Coordinating Lead Authors; plus 11 Lead
Authors and 13 Contributing Authors). Africa. Chapter 10 of the IPCC Working Group II, Third Assessment Report. (Published by Cambridge in 2001). [www.ipcc.ch]
Desanker, P.V., C.O. Justice (2001). Africa and Climate Change Research: Critical issues and suggestions for further research and integrated
assessment modeling. Climate Research 17:93-103. [www.int-res.com]
IIPCC-TGCIA, 1999: Guidelines on the Use of Scenario Data for Climate Impact and
Adaptation Assessment.
Version 1. Prepared by Carter, T.R., M. Hulme, and M. Lal, with contributions from: X. Dai, P. Desanker, F. Giorgi, L.J. Mata, L.O. Mearns, J.F.B. Mitchell, T. Morita, R. Moss, D. Murdiyarso, J.D.
Pabon-Caicedo, M.L. Parry, R.J. Scholes and P.H. Whetton Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Task Group on Scenarios for Climate Impact Assessment, 69pp. [pdf, www.ipcc.ch/ddc]
Clark,
William C., Jill Jaeger, Robert Corell, Roger Kasperson, James J.
McCarthy, David Cash, Stewart J. Cohen, Paul Desanker, Nancy M. Dickson, Paul Epstein, David H. Guston, J. Michael Hall, Carlo Jaeger, Anthony Janetos, Neil Leary, Marc A. Levy, Amy Luers, Michael MacCracken, Jerry Melillo, Richard Moss, Joanne M. Nigg, Martin L. Parry, Edward A. Parson, Jesse C. Ribot, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Daniel P. Schrag, George A. Seielstad, Eileen Shea, Coleen Vogel, and Thomas J. Wilbanks. 2000. Assessing vulnerability to global environmental risks. Report of the Workshop on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change: Challenges for Research, Assessment and Decision Making. 22-25 May, Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia. Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability Program Discussion Paper 2000-12. Cambridge, MA: Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. [pdf]
Desanker, Paul V., Josep Ignasi Auge, Xavier Baulies, Christopher Justice and Peter G.H. Frost. 1998. The LUCC Miombo CD-ROM. IGBP Newsletter, 1998. [pdf]
Desanker, P.V., C.O. Justice, J.
Ignasi Auge, P.G.H. Frost, J. Mase and X, Pons.1998. Overview and User Guide to accompany the LUCC/DIS/START
Miombo CD-ROM, LUCC IPO, Barcelona, Spain/START, Washington D.C. [CD-ROM; http://miombo.gecp.virginia.edu/miombocd]
Desanker, P.V., P.G.H. Frost, C.O. Justice, and R.J. Scholes. 1997. The Miombo
Network: Framework for a Terrestrial Transect Study of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Miombo Ecosystems of Central Africa. IGBP Report No. 41, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme,
Stockholm, 109 p.
Desanker, P.V. 1996. Modeling vegetation dynamics of miombo woodlands of
Zambezian Africa under changing climatic conditions: Progress and future directions. Climatic Change 34:279-288.
Bugmann, H., S. Cumming, P.V. Desanker, P. Martin, M. Lindner, M. Sykes,
and X. Yan. 1996. A comparison of forest gap models: model diversity and behavior. Climatic Change 34:289-313.
Song, B., J. Chen, P.V. Desanker, D.D. Reed, G. Bradshaw, and J.F.
Franklin. 1997. A hierarchical approach for modeling canopy structure and heterogeneity: from crown to canopies. Forest Ecology and Management 96:217-229.
Desanker, P.V., D.D. Reed, and E.A. Jones. 1994.
Evaluating Forest Stress Factors Using Various Growth Modeling Approaches. Forest Ecology and Management 69:269-282.
Desanker, P.V., and I.C.Prentice, 1995. Modeling vegetation dynamics of miombo
woodlands of Zambezian Africa under changing climatic conditions,In: J. Pernetta, R. Leemans, D. Elder, and S. Humphrey, (eds.), The Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystems and Species: Terrestrial
Ecosystems, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. P23-38.
Desanker, P.V., and I.C. Prentice, 1994. MIOMBO - A vegetation dynamics model for miombo woodlands of the Zambezian Region of Africa. Forest
Ecology and Management 69:87-95.
Jones, E.A., D.D. Reed, and P.V. Desanker, 1994. Ecological implications
of projected climate change scenarios in forest ecosystems of central North America. Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology 72:31-46.
Desanker, P.V., 1993. The concept of a forest management
simulation system: data needs for analyzing sustainable management objectives.
Paper presented at the UNEP/IUFRO International Workshop on "Developing Large Environmental Databases for Sustainable Development", July 14-16, 1993, United Nations Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya.
Desanker, P.V., R.V. Desanker, D.D. Reed, and E.A. Jones. 1992. Stochastic weather models for application in forestry and ecology. A
paper presented at the poster session at the SAF National Convention held at Richmond, VA, on October 25-28, 1992.
Reed, D.D., and P.V. Desanker, 1992. Ecological Implications of Projected Climate
Change Scenarios in Forest Ecosystems in Northern Michigan, USA. International Journal of Biometeorology 36:99-107.
Desanker, P.V., and D.D. Reed. 1991. A Stochastic Model for Simulating
Daily Growing Season Weather Variables for Input into Ecological Models. IN: Proceedings of the 1991 Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources, Charleston, SC.pp 1-10.
PUBLICATIONS ACCEPTED/IN FINAL REVIEW
Desanker, P.V. Design of a regional integrated assessment model for Southern Afica. In: G. Knight and J. Jaeger (eds). Regional Integrated Assessments,
START/Penn State (Publisher to be determined, Due in 2002).
Desanker, P.V. 2002. The NAPA Book (in preparation, due mid-2003).
Desanker, P.V., Pius Yanda, and Christopher O. Justice (Guest
Editors), 2002. Miombo GOFC Special Issue. Forest Ecology and Management (to be published in 2002/2003). <see individual papers below>
Desanker, P.V., P. Mushove, M. Ferrão and A. Sitoe.
Mapping Forest Cover in Mecuburi Forest Reserve of Mozambique and Implications for Land Use. Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Jaiteh, M.S., P.V. Desanker, J. Chen. A hybrid
Approach to Classification of Landsat TM Data for Miombo Land Cover Mapping. Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Desanker, P.V. M.S. Jaiteh, D. Kwesha, M. Ferrao, P. Yanda, Q. Zhang
and L. Zulu (submitted). The Miombo Regional Land Cover Map: First Results and Suggestions for a Land Cover Change Monitoring Activity. Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Desanker, P.V. and I. Davies. Design of a Land Use Change Model for Southern Africa. Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Jaiteh, M.S., P.V. Desanker, and J. Chen. Spatial And
Temporal Characteristics of Landscape Change In The Miombo. Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Desanker, P.V. M. S. Jaiteh, D. Kwesha, M. Ferrao, P.Yanda, and Q.Zhang.
The Miombo Regional Land Cover Map: First Results and Suggestions for a Land Cover Change Monitoring Activity, Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Walker, S. and Desanker
P.V. State of Knowledge on Soil Carbon in the Miombo Region. Forest Ecology and Management (Miombo GOFC Special Issue).
Song C., and P.V. Desanker. Stochastic modeling of hourly weather variables
for input into ecological modeling: I. Modeling hourly precipitation occurrence with semi-Markov chain process. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (revisions resubmitted).
TECHNICAL REPORTS:
Desanker, P.V. 2001. Elements for the Design of Least Developed Country (LDC) National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA). Invited Keynote Paper for UNFCCC LDC NAPA
Meeting, Kampala, Uganda, April 25-27, 2001. [pdf]
Desanker, P.V. 2001. Briefing Notes on New Proposals from the LDC Group to the UNFCCC Conference of Parties. Invited Keynote Paper for UNFCCC
LDC NAPA Meeting, Male, Maldives, Octover 1-4, 2001.[PPT PDF]
Desanker, P.V. 2001. Linking Climate Change and Desertification Issues in IUCN. Technical Paper Prepared for IUCN.
Desanker, P. V. and
Luisa Santos. 1999. Proceedings of the NSF US-Mozambique Workshop on Integrated Modeling and Sustainable Natural Resources Management, Maputo, Mozambique June 7-11, 1999 [CD-ROM, Web Link].
Desanker,
P.V. 1999. A strategy to monitor and model miombo ecosystem transformations: vegetation dynamics, and use/land cover and carbon. Report of a Miombo Modeling Workshop, Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu,
Malawi, June 14-21, 1998. (Manuscript).
Desanker, P.V. 1999. Miombo Data, Spatial and Integrated Modeling Workshops, Southern Africa, Workshop Report. START Report No. 5, 1999.
(http://www.start.org).
Desanker, P.V. 1999. Miombo Region Climate CD-ROM, CD-ROM Creation
Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe, April 19-23, 1999. START CD-ROM Number 3; October 1999 (http://www.start.org or http://miombo.gecp.virginia.edu/climatecd).
SELECTED POSTERS
IGBP Open Science Meeting posters:-
Paul Desanker, Overview of the Miombo Network: Selected Highlights [pdf]
Paul Desanker, Ian Davies, Dominick Kwesha, et al. Miombo Network, Univ of Virginia,
USA: Land Use Change in the Context of Integrated Assessments in the Miombo: The MELT Model [pdf]
Sarah Walker and Paul Desanker (Univ of Virginia): Soil Carbon under
different Land Uses in Miombo: Results from a Case Study in Kasungu, Malawi [pdf]
Patrick Mushove, Paul V. Desanker, Almeida Sitoe, Manuel Ferrao, Eduardo
Mondlane Univ, Maputo, Mozambique; Land Use at the Community Level in Mecuburi Forest Research, Northern Mozambique [pdf]
RECENT PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Data Issues in the Miombo Network, SCOPE Workshop on Forest Management
and Conservation in an Information Age, Woods Hole, MA, Dec 17-20th, 2002 [pdf, link to Heinz Center].
The Zambezi River Basin [A component of the Southern Africa Millennium Assessment Project (SAfMA]. [pdf]
Overview of the Objectives, Characteristics and Guiding Elements of NAPAs, Presentation at the NAPA Launch Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 18-22, 2002 [pdf]
Overview of the NAPA
Process: Steps in Developing a NAPA. Presentation at the NAPA Launch Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 18-22, 2002 [pdf]
Rapid Assessment of Vulnerability and Identification of Adaptation
Activities. Presentation at the NAPA Launch Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 18-22, 2002 [pdf].
Global observation of forest cover and land-use dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) in Africa WSSD Science Forum presentation [pdf]
Conservation of the Miombo Ecoregion in Southern Africa:
Science-Management/Policy-NGO Collaboration, Invited presentation at a GEF STAP Meeting on Adaptation, Nairobi, Kenya, February 2002 [pdf].
GIS Applications in the Zambezi River Basin/Miombo Region. Invited
Paper
Presented at the NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Meeting on “The Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21”, Washington DC, January 9-10, 2002 [pdf, also link to NRC Report].
Africa and Global Climate Change, Public Seminar broadcast to South Africa, Mozambique and UVA via Digital Video Conferencing, November 29, 2002 [pdf].
The Least Developed Country National
Adaptation Programmes of Action. Side Event at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP 7) Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, October 29-November 9, 2001 [pdf].
Least Developed Country National Adaptation
Programmes of Action: Results of the Kampala Workshop, UNFCCC NAPA Workshop, Male, Maldives, October 1-4th, 2001 [pdf]
IPCC WGII Third Assessment Report – Regional Issues with Emphasis on
Developing Countries of Africa. Report to the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC, Conference of the Parties 6 part 2; Bonn, Germany, July 14-27th, 2001[pdf, link to IPCC].
Elements for the preparation of
National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs), Paul V. Desanker, UNFCCC NAPA Workshop, Kampala, Uganda April 25-27th, 2001 [pdf]
Miombo LCLUC - LUC and Ecological Processes, Paul V. Desanker and
Peter Frost, 3rd LCLUC Science Team Meeting, Airlie House, Warrenton, VA, May 18-21 1999.
Land Use and Global Change: Study of the Miombo Ecosystem, UVA
Environmental Science, Undergraduate Seminar, November, 1999 [pdf]
Miombo Regional Mapping and Suggestions for Monitoring, Paul V. Desanker
(University of Virginia), Dominick Kwesha (Zimbabwe Forestry Commission), Malanding Jaiteh (Michigan Tech University), Tropical GOFC Workshop, START, Washington DC, March 1999 [pdf]
Land Use Change
and Carbon in the Miombo: Coupling Remote Sensing and Modeling, Paul V. Desanker, Univ of Maryland, Public Seminar, March 14, 2000 [pdf].
Land Use and Global Change: Study of the Miombo Ecosystem,
Paul V.
Desanker, Invited Talk, Africa™s Development Challenges: Issues for the 21st Century Geography Program Colloquium Series: Spring 2000; West Virginia University (Department of Geography), February 4th, 2000 [pdf].
Progress Report on Miombo GOFC Activities, Paul V. Desanker, GOFC Science Technical Board Meeting, Frascati, Italy June 12-14, 2001 [pdf].
Soil Carbon within the Miombo Region, Sarah Walker and Paul Desanker, WWF Informational Meeting, UVA June 4, 2001.
Methods and Aproaches of Integrated Assessments Used in Southern Africa and
Suggestions for the Future, START Regional Integrated Assessment Authors Meeting, October 2000 Paul V. Desanker
Miombo Regional Baseline Mapping, Paul Desanker, Miombo GOFC Workshop, Maputo, July 18-21, 2000.
Operationalizing GOFC in the Miombo Region and Questions of Carbon, Paul
V. Desanker, Miombo GOFC Workshop, Maputo, July 18-21, 2000.
Africa and Carbon Sequestration, Paul V. Desanker, Geneva, Switzerland
30 August – 1 September, 2000, Presented at the Expert Workshop on "Carbon Sequestration, Sustainable Agriculture and Poverty Alleviation" at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland August 30th to September 1st, 2000, organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Agriculture and Food Security (USAID/AFS) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
The IPCC LULUCF or Sinks Special Report: Relevant LULUCF Issues within
Kyoto. Paul Desanker, Presented at the 1st Consultative Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Climate Change, Gaborone, Botswana from 18-20 October 2000, IUCN.
Desanker,
P.V., M.S. Jaiteh, C.O. Justice, and P.G.H. Frost. 1998.
Process Study of land use changes and ecological processes in Miombo. Paper Presented at the GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference on Global Change: Earth's Changing Land, Barcelona, Spain, 14-18 March 1998.
Maso, J., P.V. Desanker, J. Ignasi Auge, P.G.H. Frost and X. Pons. 1997.
Miombo CD-ROM Datatabases: Integration of miombo regional and global databases for visualizing and querying in an easy handling environment on CD-ROM support. Lisboa GIS Workshop Report.
COMMITTEES/SERVICE:
GOFC/GOLD Southern Africa Coordinator, 2000-present
Member of UNFCCC Least Developed Countries Expert Group, 2002-2006.
Member, WWF Climate Change Advisory Group 2002—present.
Leader, NASA Booth at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg, South Africa, August 17-September 6, 2002.
Member, Board of Directors, Center for African Development Solutions (CADS), South Africa, 2002-
Served on NSF Review Panel (Integrated Carbon), 2002.
Government Delegate to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties Number 7, Morocco, October 29-November 9th, 2001.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Delegate to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties Number 6 part 2, Bonn, Germany, July 14-27th, 2001.
Member of Review Committee on Environment of the Fulbright Specialist Program, 2000-2003.
Chairman, IGBP/LUCC/START Miombo Network (1995-present)
Coordinating Lead Author, IPCC Third Assessment Report and Contributor to the IPCC Regional Impacts Special Report (1997-2001)
Member of IPCC Task Group in Climate Impacts Assessment (TGCIA; 1997 – present).
Member, Technical Committee for Southern Africa Sub-Regional Project of the Millennium Assessment, February 2001-present
Organized Summer Camps for Minority Youth for 2 years, Michigan Technological University, 1995-1997.
Organized several community workshops and meetings on aspect of Global
Change and Ecological Modeling under START and the IPCC in Africa.
REVIEWED ARTICLES FOR FOLLOWING JOURNALS
Climatic Change
Environmental Management
Forest Ecology and Management
Climate Research
Journal of African Ecology
Forest Science
REVIEWED PROPOSALS FOR
NASA
NSF (Panelist on Integrated Carbon Program, 2002)
Volkswagen (Germany)
EPA
NOAA
SCIENCE MEETINGS ORGANIZED/CO-ORGANIZED:
NASA Booth at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, August 17th – September 6th, 2002.
NAPA Launch Workshop (for 46 LDCs), Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2002.
Miombo Management Meeting, Manica, Mozambique, September 26-28th, 2001
UNFCCC Least Developed Country Adaptation Programming, Uganda, April 25-27th, 2001; Maldives, October 1-4th, 2001.
Meso-scale Integrated Assessment Model for Southern Africa (MIMOSA) Design Workshop, Nairobi March 29-April 4th, 2001, START/NORAD
Miombo GOFC Coordination Workshop, Jul 2000, NASA, START
Workshop to Design an Integrated Regional Model of Human-Ecosystem-Climate in Southern Africa, Maputo, Mozambique, July 2000
IPCC Africa Lead Authors Meeting, South Africa, 2000.
IPCC Africa Expert Meeting on Global Climate Change. Rabat, Morocco, August 2-5th, 1999; Funded by the IPCC Trust Fund.
US-Mozambique Workshop on Integrated Analysis and Sustainable Natural Resources Management, Maputo, June 7-11, 1999. Funded by NSF, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation and SG-2000.
Regional Integrated Assessment Modeling Requirements Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe and Lilongwe, Malawi, April 1999, funded by NOAA
Miombo Land Use Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia, April 1997, funded by START
Miombo Network Design Meeting, December 1995, funded by NSF and IGBP
COURSES TAUGHT
Michigan Tech University:
Undergraduate:
FW217 Forest Inventory
FW336 Computer Applications in Forestry
FW414 Integrated Resource Management I (Capstone Course)
Graduate:
FW556 Ecological Modeling
FW557 Global Change and Ecosystem Processes
Penn State University
GEOG 105 Biogeography
GEOG 408W Human Dimensions of Global Warming
GEOG 497D Ecological Modeling
GEOG 497D FOrest Carbon Management
Short Courses
Various - to be completed
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