Arthur Lyon DAHL - Curriculum Vitae relevant to
ISLANDS
I have worked on islands and advised island governments for over 40 years, starting with a report to the Governor on the environmental problems of American Samoa in 1969, and continuing with work on islands and coral reefs across the Caribbean. In 1974 I moved to New Caledonia as Regional Ecological Adviser to 22 island countries and territories in the Pacific, and organized the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). I led the IUCN Islands Task Force in the 1980s, reviewed the protected areas system in Oceania, and prepared an Island Directory for IUCN and UNEP. As Deputy Director of the UNEP Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme I helped organize regional seas programmes including all the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In the secretariat for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development I was responsible for drafting the islands section of Agenda 21, and then contributed to organizing the Barbados conference of SIDS in 1994, as well as participating in the follow-up Mauritius International Meeting in 2005. I maintain an islands database, and am a founding board member of the Global Islands Network.
ADDRESS:
12B Chemin de Maisonneuve
CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
PERSONAL:
Swiss and United States citizen, married to a French citizen, two adult
children
LANGUAGES: Bilingual, English and
French
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in Biological Sciences with Departmental
Honors, Stanford University, California, 1964
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) in Biology, University of California,
Santa Barbara, 1969
Five years scientific
research
and curatorial experience on algae, National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C., USA, with special interests in coral reef ecology, marine
algae, and island environments, and continuing activity on
various international scientific committees.
Eleven years
residence in the South
Pacific as adviser to governments and international organizations
in ecology,
conservation and environmental management, with
extensive field
experience, including at the grass-roots level. Three years residence
in Africa and twenty-five
years in Europe. Wide knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region and
of small island developing
States, particularly the developing countries and territories of
the Pacific Islands, complemented by experience in the Caribbean and
Africa, and visits to many other areas.
Thirty-five years
programme management and administrative experience in the planning,
organization and evaluation of international
multi-disciplinary programmes of research, observation, and
environmental assessment and management, including liaison with
governments, organization
of cooperation among international agencies, directing
intergovernmental meetings, scientific symposia and training courses,
and implementing the results of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
Producer of
training and audio-visual materials, lecturer and writer
(in English and French) for scientific audiences, universities and the
general public on sustainable development, environment, ecology,
conservation, ethics, religion and values
Consultant
to many international organizations and government agencies, with
special emphasis on indicators of environment, development and
sustainability, coral reef and coastal zone management, conservation of
nature and biodiversity, environment and management of islands,
environmental education and training, rural social and economic
development, and applications of science in developing countries
Academic
experience including organizing, curriculum development and
teaching graduate level and on-line courses in social and economic
development and sustainability, Visiting Professor at University of
Brighton, coordinator of UNEP/University of Geneva Environmental
Diplomacy Programme, member of scientific committee for University of
Geneva Certificate of Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development,
Federal Technical
University in Lausanne (EPFL) Certificate of Advanced Studies in
Management of Development Projects and occasional lecturer for other
university courses
Recent substantive
interests have focussed on indicators of values, sustainability
and development; international environmental governance; ethics of
climate change and sustainability; information for environmental
decision-making; global and national environmental observations and
assessments; new economic paradigms; coral reef protection and
management; and the special problems of small island developing States
Coordinator,
UNEP/University of Geneva/Graduate Institute Environmental Diplomacy
Programme, 2005-2010.
Retired from the
United Nations Environment Programme, August 2002
Director, Coral Reef
Unit, Division of Environmental Conventions, United Nations Environment
Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000-2002
Coordinator, UN
System-wide Earthwatch, United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva,
Switzerland, 1992-2000
Deputy Assistant
Executive Director, Division of Environment Information and Assessment,
United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland,
1996-1998
Deputy to the
Director, Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre, United
Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 1989-1992
Consulting ecologist
to governments and international organizations, 1982-1989, including:
Government of New Caledonia; South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme; Kanak Cultural, Scientific and Technical Office (New
Caledonia);
Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress; International
Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN); Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre,
United Nations Environment Programme; Institut Francais de Recherche
pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER); Environment and Policy
Institute, East-West Center; UNESCO
Regional Ecological
Adviser, South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1974-1982
(organized South Pacific Regional Environment Programme)
Associate Curator
(Algae), Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1970-1974, and
Research Associate, 1974-1982
Visiting Postdoctoral
Research Associate, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1969-1970
Teaching Assistant,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa
Barbara, California, 1965-1966
Development of quantitative marine ecological surveys in American
Samoa,
and long-term coral reef observing and monitoring techniques,
1969-present
Research on deep coral reef ecology as an aquanaut in the Puerto Rico
International
Undersea Laboratory (PRINUL) habitat, Puerto Rico, 1972
Survey and classification of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the
South
Pacific region for South Pacific Commission and IUCN, 1975-1979
Research into urban impact on the coastal zone in tropical island
developing
countries and studies of appropriate strategies for waste management,
New
Caledonia and other Pacific Islands, 1979-1982
Environmental impact assessment of a hydroelectric project in the
Riviere
Bleue national park, New Caledonia, 1982-1983
Studies of techniques for rural environmental resource management in
tropical
islands, including traditional approaches to environmental management,
1982-1989
Detailed analysis of the biodiversity, nature conservation requirements
and protected area system in Oceania, 1985-1986
Analysis and quantification of storm effects on coral reefs in
Aitutaki,
Cook Islands, using SPOT satellite imagery, 1987-1988
Analysis and classification of islands according to ecological,
geographic
and socio-economic criteria, as related to the effects of limits on
complex
systems, preparation of a database on islands, 1985-present. http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
Field collections of marine algae in Caribbean islands (Puerto Rico and
Windward Islands)
Visited Western and American Samoa to establish coastal monitoring
surveys
and to conduct ecological research
Prepared ecological reports on American Samoa at request of government
Participant in diving reef surveys at Acklins Island, Bahamas;
Caribbean
and Pacific coasts of Panama; Belize, particularly Glovers Reef; Palau,
Yap, Ant and Pakin (near Ponape) in Micronesia; and American Samoa
Co-organizer and working group leader at Coral Reef Workshop on Glovers
Reef atoll, Belize organized by Comparative Investigations of Tropical
Reef Ecosystems program
Research on coral reef algae at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
in Panama and in Belize
Reef research, and lecture tour on coral reef ecology, Belize
Aquanaut studying reef algal ecology in two-week saturation diving
mission
of Puerto Rico Inter-National Undersea Laboratory (PRINUL)
Continued research on coral reef algae and reef ecology in Belize
Presented paper at Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs, held
along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and visited several reef
habitats
in Australia and Fiji
Continued reef monitoring and environmental surveys in American and
Western
Samoa, and prepared revised ecological report for Government of
American
Samoa
Further field research on coral reef algae, reef surface area, and
competition
for space, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize
Presented invited paper at International Symposium on Indo-Pacific
Tropical
Reef Biology, Guam and Palau; examined reef sites in Guam, Palau and
Hawaii
Moved from Washington, D.C. to Noumea, New Caledonia, to work for South
Pacific Commission
Discussions with governments on environment and conservation activities
in American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia,
New Hebrides, Niue, Tonga, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and
Western Samoa
Drafted environmental legislation for Niue
Attended Pacific Islands Tourism Conference, Samoa
Attended meeting on Resource Utilization in the South Pacific, New
Caledonia
Visited Solomon Islands at request of Government to prepare report on
environmental
management and conservation, and draft legislation
Keynote speaker at South Pacific Conference on National Parks and
Reserves,
New Zealand
Presented two papers (one invited) at Thirteenth Pacific Science
Congress,
Vancouver, Canada
Presented paper at Symposium on Ecology and Conservation, Papua New
Guinea
Visited Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon
Islands,
Guam, Palau, Yap, Saipan, Truk, Ponape, and Majuro to collect
information
for regional ecosystems survey as consultant to International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Constructed environmental exhibits and trained staff for Museum of
American
Samoa, and continued reef monitoring surveys
Visited Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia and New Hebrides to
collect information for regional ecosystems survey
Organized and directed Second Regional Symposium on Conservation of
Nature,
Apia, Western Samoa, and presented report on Regional Ecosystems Survey
of the South Pacific Area
Secretariat and observer at Plenipotentiary Meeting to conclude a
Convention
on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, Apia, Western Samoa
Conducted survey of reef and lagoon areas for Government of Cook
Islands
Organized and directed inter-governmental expert planning meeting for
South
Pacific environmental management programme, New Caledonia
Resource person for Asian Development Institute Workshop on Development
Planning with Special Reference to Evaluation, Western Samoa
Visited Tonga at Government request to prepare environmental and
ecological
report on Tongatapu, including draft legislation
Directed seven-week Sub-regional Workshop in Environmental Planning and
Assessment, Papua New Guinea, with participants from various Pacific
countries
Attended South Pacific Regional Meeting for United Nations Conference
on
Science and Technology for Development, Fiji
Directed Second Technical Meeting on South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme, Noumea, New Caledonia
Presented paper at International Symposium on Marine Biogeography and
Evolution
in the Southern Hemisphere, New Zealand and Fiji
Organized and directed Expert Meeting on Coral Reef Monitoring,
Motupore
Island, Papua New Guinea
Visited Western Samoa to prepare report on national parks and
conservation
at request of Government, and planned underwater nature trail
Chaired panel session at Second South Pacific Conference on National
Parks
and Reserves, Sydney, Australia
Consultant to UNESCO meeting on development of coral reef research and
marine science activities in the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Continued assistance to Western Samoa in developing national parks and
reserves and drafting environmental policy
Attended IUCN Commission on Ecology and Commission on National Parks
and
Protected Areas meetings, Canberra, Australia
Presented paper on port pollution at Sixth South Pacific Ports
Conference,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Presented papers at Workshop on Natural Systems Management Training,
East-West
Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Participant in Joint SPC/NMFS Workshop on Marine Turtles in the
Tropical
Pacific Islands, Noumea, New Caledonia
Directed Territorial Workshop in Environmental Planning and Assessment
for rural medical officers in New Caledonia
Directed major study for the government of New Caledonia of pollution
problems
and waste treatment strategies for the Noumea urban area
Continued long-term monitoring surveys of coral reefs in American
Samoa,
and assisted with museum exhibits development
Conducted Workshop on Environmental Planning and Assessment for
Government
of Niue
Drafted country report on Vanuatu for South Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
Presented paper at UNESCO Tourism Workshop, Cook Islands
Presented paper at Second International Symposium on Biology and
Management
of Mangroves and Tropical Shallow Water Communities, Papua New Guinea
Invited participant in UNESCO Seminar on Marine and Coastal Processes
in
the Pacific, Papua New Guinea
Organized and directed South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
(SPREP)
Technical Meeting, New Caledonia
Invited participant in UNESCO Workshop in Research and Training
Priorities
for Coral Reef Management in Oceania, South Asia and Southeast Asia,
Philippines
Participant, 4th International Coral Reef Symposium, Manila
Invited participant in UNDP-CCOP/SOPAC Inshore and Nearshore Resources
Training Workshop, Fiji
Visited Tuvalu to prepare country report for South Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme
Participant, UNEP Inter-agency Meeting on Regional Seas, Geneva
Participant in IUCN General Assembly, and meetings of Commission on
Ecology
and Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas, New Zealand
Presented invited paper at SEPANRIT meeting, New Caledonia
Visited Western Samoa to advise on national park and reserve
development
Organized and directed ministerial-level Conference on the Human
Environment
in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, as part of South Pacific
Regional Environment Programme
Reviewed environmental impact of development projects for Cook Islands
Government
Presented invited paper at World National Parks Congress, Bali,
Indonesia
Invited speaker, Seminar on Conservation and Development, and Training
Course on Environmental Studies and Conservation, Fiji
Adviser on museum development in New Caledonia
Prepared environmental impact study of a river diversion project in
Riviere
Bleue national park for government of New Caledonia
Session organizer, session chairman and invited speaker at Fifteenth
Pacific
Science Congress, New Zealand
Invited lecturer at IOI/FFA/USP Exclusive Economic Zone Management
Course,
Fiji
Consultations with international organizations in Paris and Geneva on
environmental
actions in the Pacific
Visited Fiji for discussions on rural development
Discussions in Western Samoa on park and reserve development
Organized scientific symposia associated with 4th Festival of Pacific
Arts,
New Caledonia (cancelled at last minute due to political unrest)
Attended IUCN Commission on Ecology meeting, Germany
Consultations on islands with Office of Technology Assessment, United
States
Congress, Washington, D.C
Participated as symposium organizer, chairman and speaker at 5th
International
Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, and in associated meetings of
international
scientific committees
Presented key issue paper at 3rd South Pacific National Parks and
Reserves
Conference, Western Samoa, and lectured to associated training course
for
park personnel
Designed and installed underwater nature trail in Palolo Deep Marine
Reserve,
Western Samoa
Directed Training Course on Rural Environmental Management for
Government
of Vanuatu
Moved to France after 11 years residence in New Caledonia
Consultant to Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre,
United
Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Presented invited paper in Symposium on Ecological Management of
Coastal
Zones at IV International Congress of Ecology, New York, U.S.A., and
participated
in meeting of IUCN Commission on Ecology
Participant in Unesco-IUBS Commission on Biology Education workshop,
Bangsaen,
Thailand
Fellow, Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, Hawaii
UNEP Symposium organizer and chairman, XVI Pacific Science Congress,
Seoul,
Korea
Workshop leader and participant, IUCN General Assembly, San Jose, Costa
Rica
Symposium organizer and chairman, and presented paper at 6th
International
Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia
Consultant to Government of Vanuatu through IUCN for planning of a
National
Conservation Strategy
Consultant to Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre,
United
Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
Lecturer to UNESCO/UNEP Workshop on Environment in Eastern Africa,
Mauritius
Consultant to World Tourism Organization/UNDP project for marine park
development
in Comoros
Organizer of Workshop on Island Conservation, Monaco
Directed Experts and Intergovernmental Meetings on Eastern African
Action
Plan, Nairobi
Represented UNEP at Indian Ocean Commission, Committee on Environment
(Moroni,
Comoros); Intergovernmental Meeting on South Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme (Noumea)
Represented UNEP at Intergovernmental and Contracting Parties meetings
on South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Noumea
Seconded to the Secretariat for the United Nations Conference on
Environment
and Development (UNCED), Geneva, to assist in preparing an islands
component
of Agenda 21 for adoption at the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro
Consultant to FAO to prepare the Inter-regional Conference of Small
Island
Countries on Sustainable Development and Environment in Agriculture,
Forestry
and Fisheries, Christ Church, Barbados, and represented UNEP and
presented
paper at the conference
Presented paper at 7th International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam
Leader of UNDP Appraisal Team for the South Pacific Biodiversity
Conservation
Programme funded by the Global Environment Facility, Western Samoa
Represented UNEP at Preparatory Committee for Global Conference on
Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States, New York
Chairman of Technical and Management Advisory Group for South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme (GEF/UNDP/SPREP), Apia, Samoa (1993, 1994, 1996,
1997, 1999), Port Vila, Vanuatu (1995, 1998), Wellington, New Zealand
(2000)
Invited participant in UN Expert Meeting on Island Vulnerability
Indicators,
New York
Participant in International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Coordination
and Planning Committee meeting, Noumea, New Caledonia
Participant in International Coral Reef Action Network Partners
Meeting,
Penang, Malaysia
Participant in 9th International Coral Reef Symposium and International
Coral Reef Initiative Coordination and Planning Committee, Bali,
Indonesia
Chaired Scientific Advisory Committee, National Caribbean Coral Reef
Research
Center, Miami, Florida
Chaired Steering Committee for International Coral Reef Action Network,
and represented UNEP in International Coral Reef Initiative
Coordination
and Planning Committee and ICRI Regional Workshop, Cebu, Philippines
Participant in SOPAC/UNEP Global Environmental Vulnerability Indicators
Meeting, Geneva
Participant in International Coral Reef Action Network Regional Seas
Meeting,
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Invited lecturer on islands, Royal Commonwealth Society, London,
England
Participant in NCORE Workshop on Priorities for Caribbean Coral Reef
Research,
and chaired NCORE Scientific Advisory Committee, Miami, Florida
Participant in Global Islands Network Working Group, Hamburg, Germany
Chaired International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) Steering
Committee,
participant in International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Coordination
and Planning Committee and ICRI Regional Workshop, and organizer IGOS
Coral
Reef Theme team meeting, Maputo, Mozambique
Consultations with government and other partners on coral reef action,
Madagascar
Co-organizer Coral Reef Theme team meeting for Integrated Global
Observing
Strategy, and speaker, Workshop on Satellite Oceanography and Coral
Bleaching,
Magnetic Island, Australia
Participant, International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) Steering
Committee,
UNEP representative to International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
Coordination
and Planning Committee and ICRI Regional Workshop, and organizer IGOS
Coral
Reef Theme team meeting, Cancun, Mexico
Chaired Scientific Advisory Committee, National Caribbean Coral Reef
Research
Center, University of Miami, and participated in Workshop on the Future
of Decision-support for Coral Reef Management, Miami, Florida
Lectures on sustainable development and coral reefs at Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs and various universities in Madagascar
Chaired Scientific Advisory Committee, National Caribbean Coral Reef
Research
Center, University of Miami
Participant, Annual meeting and Governing Board meeting, Global Islands
Network, Isle of Skye, UK
Participant, Integrated Global Observing Strategy Coastal Theme
Workshop,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Invited discussant, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, UNESCO,
Paris
Invited expert for South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC)
launch of Environmental Vulnerability Index at SIDS preparatory session
of UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Participant in 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa,
Japan Chaired Scientific
Advisory
Committee,
National Caribbean Coral Reef Research Center, University of Miami
Invited expert,
Environmental Vulnerability
Index (EVI) Think Tank II, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission,
Suva, Fiji
Led consultation on
environmental governance,
Pacific Institute for Advanced Studies in Development and Governance,
University
of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Represented
Global Islands Network,
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, International Environment
Forum, and CSD Education Caucus
at
the Mauritius International Meeting on further implementation of the
Programme
of Action for Small Island Developing States, chaired side events for
International
Coral Reef Initiative and Education Caucus, and participated in the
presentation
of SOPAC Environmental Vulnerability Index
Mission with IRD to
Noumea,
New Caledonia to plan their research component of the Coral Reef
Initiative in the South Pacific (CRISP) programme, with lectures at IRD
and the University of New Caledonia
Invited participant
in workshop on Global Islands Database,
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK Participant in IUCN
Regional Directors meeting on islands, Malaga, Spain
Invited expert in
UNEP Foresight Workshop on Small Island Developing States, Cambridge
University, England
Participant in
week-long UNEP GEO for Small Island Developing States authors' meeting,
Geneva, Switzerland
Planning and organization of international programmes, including the
proposed
program of Comparative Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems
involving
80 scientists, prepared for International Decade of Ocean Exploration
Program
of U.S. National Science Foundation, 1970-1972.; the Investigations of
Marine Shallow-Water Ecosystems program at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize,
Smithsonian
Institution, 1971-1974; the Special Project on Conservation of Nature,
South Pacific Commission, 1974-1976; the South Pacific Regional
Environment
Programme, 1975-1982; the Regional Seas Programmes of UNEP, 1986, 1988,
and 1989-1991; and International Coral Reef Action Network, 2000-2002
Member of Council, Consortium for International Pacific Education and
Communications
Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT), 1976-85
Organized and directed the Second Regional Symposium on Conservation of
Nature in the South Pacific, 1976; an Expert Meeting on Coral Reef
Monitoring,
1978; technical meetings on the South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme,
1977, 1978 and 1981; the ministerial level Conference on the Human
Environment
in the South Pacific, 1982; and UNEP symposia on regional co-operation
on protection of the marine environment in the Pacific, 1983 and 1987
Supervised development of curriculum materials in environmental
education
for islands, and directed production of educational films on island
environmental
management, 1978-1981
Organizer of regional and national training courses on environmental
planning
and management in the Pacific Islands, 1978-1985
Regional co-ordinator and secretary to the Co-ordinating Group of the
South
Pacific Regional Environment Programme, one of the UNEP Regional Seas
Programmes,
1980-1982, and consultant to the programme, 1982-1985
Director, UNEP Coral Reef Unit, responsible for UNF/UNFIP International
Coral Reef Action Network projects, 2000-2002
Acting Director, International Coral Reef Action Network, 2002
Co-editor of special issue of Atoll Research Bulletin on Comparative
Investigations
of Tropical Reef Ecosystems (CITRE) program, 1974
Vice-chairman (1975-1987) and Chairman (1987-1990), Pacific Science
Association
Scientific Committee on Ecology, Conservation and Environmental
Protection
Editor, SPC Environment Newsletter, 1975-1982
Drafted major planning document for comprehensive environmental
management
programme in the South Pacific, 1977
Member, Commission on Ecology, World Conservation Union (IUCN),
1979-1994
Member of Advisory Panel on Nature Conservation in the Line and Phoenix
Islands, 1981-1992
Member, World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN, 1981-present
Member, IABO Coral Reef Committee, 1982-1985 and 1990-1993
Edited volumes of scientific papers on Pacific environment for UNEP,
1983-1984
and 1987-1988
Consultant to South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, developing
extensive set of training materials and audiovisual supports on rural
environmental
resource management and development, 1983-1985
Prepared report on tropical island ecosystems and conservation
strategies
for Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1985
Consultant to IUCN for a survey of protected area system requirements
in
Oceania, 1985-1986
Management and evaluation of Regional Seas Programmes in the South
Pacific,
Latin America and South-East Asia as a consultant to UNEP, 1986
Consultant to IFREMER, the French Oceanographic Institute, on
applications
of remote sensing in the South Pacific islands, 1986-88
Chairman of Task Force on Island Conservation, IUCN Commission on
Ecology,
1986-1990
Consultant to UNESCO on marine science education in the Pacific,
1987-1988
Prepared world database and directory of islands for IUCN and UNEP,
1987-1991
Contributed to the preparation of Chapter 17 (oceans, coastal areas,
islands)
of Agenda 21, the action plan for the United Nations Conference on
Environment
and Development (UNCED) "Earth Summit" as UNEP representative on the
Oceans
Working party and as member of the UNCED Secretariat, 1990-1992
Chairman, Technical and Management Advisory Group of South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme, 1993-2001
Member, Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Conservation Union
(IUCN),
1998-present
Created and managed UNEP Islands web site (1998-2008): http://islands.unep.ch/
Chairman, Steering Committee, International Coral Reef Action Network,
2000-2002. (http://www.icran.org)
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Center for Caribbean
Coral Reef Research, 2001-2008. (http://www.ncoremiami.org/)
Co-leader, Coral Reef Sub-theme team, Integrated Global Observing
Strategy
(IGOS) Partnership, 2001-2003. (http://coral.unep.ch/igoscr.htm)
Member, Board of Directors, Global Islands Network, 2002-present. (http://www.globalislands.net)
Member, Coastal Theme Team, Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)
Partnership, 2003-2004
Represented Global Islands Network, South Pacific Applied Geoscience
Commission,
and CSD Education Caucus at the Mauritius International Meeting on
further
implementation of the Programme of Action for Small Island Developing
States,
chaired side events for International Coral Reef Initiative and
Education
Caucus, and participated in the presentation of SOPAC Environmental
Vulnerability
Index, 2005
Consultant to World
Economic Forum to prepare a case study on Taiwan
for Global Information Technology Report, 2005-2006
Scientific advisor to Institut de Recherche pour le
Développement (IRD) for the Coral Reef Initiative in the
South Pacific (CRISP), 2006-2007
Participated
in planning meetings for the Global Islands Database project at UNEP
World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2007-2009.
Co-coordinator, IUCN
Thematic Group on Island Ecosystems, 2009-2012
Lecturer in module on
the special problems of Small Island Developing States for University
of Geneva/UNEP MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on "Climate Change
Adaptation in Small Island Developing States" on Coursera with 8,000
participants, January-March 2015
Environmental impact on a Samoan coral reef: a resurvey of Mayor's 1917 transect. Pacific Science 31(3):309-319 (1977). (with A. Lamberts) [Quantitative analysis of changes on a coral reef over 60 years]
Regional ecosystems survey of the South Pacific area. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. Technical Paper 179. 99 p. (1980). [Classification and analysis of the distribution of island ecosystems in Oceania]
The state of the environment in the South Pacific. p. 47-71. In Report of the Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 8-11 March 1982. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. (with I. Baumgart). Reprinted as UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 31. UNEP, 1983. [Summary of the environmental problems in the tropical Pacific Islands]
Traditional environmental management in New Caledonia: a review of existing knowledge. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Topic Review 18. South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 17 p. (1985). [Review of the aspects of traditional island culture concerned with resource management and the environment]
Review of the protected areas system in Oceania (including Oceania island list). International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland and Cambridge. 73 + 239 p. (1986). [Summary of the status of conservation of species and ecosystems on the islands of the South Pacific, including a more quantitative system for evaluating conservation importance and human impact]
IUCN/UNEP Island Directory. Regional Seas Directories and Bibliographies, No. 35, UNEP, Nairobi. 573 p. (1991). [Compiles geographic, ecological and socio-economic data on some 2,000 islands, with comparative tables]. Revised electronic version (1998): http://islands.unep.ch/isldir.htm and http://yabaha.net/dahl/isldb/isldir.htm
The impact of information and communications technologies on the economic competitiveness and social development of Taiwan. p. 107-118 in Soumitre Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros and Irene Mia, The Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006: Leveraging ICT for Development. INSEAD and World Economic Forum. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, UK and New York. (2006) (with Augusto Lopez-Claros). [explains the amazing transformation of the Taiwanese economy and society over 50 years]
Island Locations and Classifications. Chapter
2 in G.
Baldacchino (ed.), A World
of Islands: An Island
Studies Reader. Malta & Canada, Agenda
Academic and Institute of Island Studies, 2007. (with
Christian Depraetere)
[provides a geographic overview of islands in all the world's oceans
and their significance for human settlement and dispersal]
Contributing author to: United Nations
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and coral reef resilience: insights from 90 years of disturbances on a
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As a
United Nations official from 1989 to 2002, it was not possible to claim
individual authorship for work produced as an international civil
servant
and published by the United Nations. However, major contributions were
made to the following publications relevant to islands, among others:
Issues and requirements of small island countries for sustainable
development
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Agriculture, forestry and fisheries in small island countries within
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framework of UNCED Agenda 21. FAO AGR:SIC 2. 11 p. (April 1992)
Agenda
21, Chapter 17: Oceans and Coastal Areas (1992). [including
Sustainable
Development of Small Islands]