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Werner Mbongo  

Tertiary Qualifications
Werner has a first degree in Forestry (National Diploma in Forestry) from Ogongo Agricultural College in  association  with the University of Namibia (1998-2001), and a master's degree (MSc.) in Forest  Ecology and Management from Freiburg University, Germany (2006-2008).

Professional Work
Werner’s work concerns natural resources management in Namibia where he worked for the Directorate of Forestry and for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), and also in Sweden at the Swedish forest department (Skogsstyrelsen) and currently at the Southern Sweden Forest Research Centre (Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap). His work revolves around:
- Establishment of Community Forests, woodlots and fruit tree orchards
- Establishment of cross-sectoral river basin management committees within the IWRM
   framework
- Socio-economic and natural resources assessment surveys 
- Preparation of course materials and presentation of training courses:-
           Sustainable development and environmentally-sound decision making;
           Strategic environmental assessment for land use planning, and
           Constructive negotiation in environmental issues-:
to natural resources and land-use management practitioners and institutions. 
 
Werner’s research work includes:
-    his MSc. thesis work: “Institutional arrangements and coordination  mechanisms to implement 
      natural resource management  strategies in  Namibia”,
-    assisting  with the selection and marking of trees for different thinning intensities in 
      birch stands in Sweden;
-    data  collection and registration of larch seedlings’ growth  development;
-    literature  review on the effects of timber markets of increased carbon sequestration in  forests
      with reference to REDD;
-    up-dating  a matrix growth model for the Swedish forest using Swedish National Forest
      Inventory data;
-    helping with the analysis of socio-economic survey of forest resources, with specific  reference to
      outdoor recreational activities.

Areas of Interest
Werner has a wide range of professional interest, among others:

- Integrated natural resources management
- Forest establishment and growth development
- Biodiversity and Sustainable land management
- Forest landscape management and land use change
- Socio-economic and recreational values of forest resources
- Natural resources management institutions and policy issues
-  Stakeholders’ participation in natural resources management

Contacts 
Contact Werner at:
        
[email protected] 
        
[email protected]

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