Sustainable development has been a focus of my whole career even before the term was coined, as integrating environment and development has been my goal since undergraduate studies. I have advised governments of developing countries and islands since 1969, worked for intergovernmental organizations since 1974, and taken a lead in efforts to measure and monitor sustainable development with indicators. I lectured at the first Earth Day in 1970, participated in the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, was in the secretariat for the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit) where I helped to draft Agenda 21, and organized several parallel activities at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. I have also written and lectured widely on sustainable development and taught postgraduate courses on the topic.
Experience
relevant to sustainable development
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GENERAL
Five years scientific
research and curatorial experience, 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
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 and the general public
on ecology, conservation, religion, environment and sustainable
development.
Consultant
to many international organizations and government agencies, with
special
emphasis on coral reef and coastal zone management, conservation of
nature
and biodiversity, environment and management of islands, environmental
education and training, indicators of environment and sustainability,
rural social and economic development, and applications
of science in developing countries.
Academic
experience including organizing curriculum development and
teaching
graduate level courses in social and economic development, coordinator of UNEP/University of
Geneva Environmental Diplomacy Programme, member of
scientific
committee for University of Geneva Continuing Education Certificate in
Sustainable
Development, and
occasional lecturer for other university
courses.
Recent substantive interests have focussed on coral
reef protection
and management, information for environmental decision-making,
indicators
of sustainable development, organization of observations and
assessments
of the global environment, public participation in environmental
observations,
new economic paradigms, and the special problems of small island
developing
States.
POSITIONS:
Retired from the United Nations, 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; World
Conservation
Union (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.
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RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development:
Development of quantitative marine ecological surveys and long-term
coral
reef monitoring techniques, 1969-present.
Studies, as part of interdisciplinary programs, of coral reef and algal
ecology, with development of theoretical systems models, 1970-1974.
Research into urban impact on the coastal zone in tropical developing
countries
and studies of appropriate strategies for waste management, 1979-1982.
Environmental impact assessment of a hydroelectric project in a
national
park, 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 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://islands.unep.ch/
Commission on Sustainable Development programme of work on indicators
of
sustainable development, 1994-2001.
SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) projects on
indicators of sustainability, 1994-1997 and 2003-2006.
Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, 1996-2005.
MEETINGS
AND FIELD EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development:
1969
Participated in initial field surveys of effects of Santa Barbara oil
spill,
California.
1970
Prepared ecological reports on American Samoa at request of government.
1971
Co-organizer and working group leader at Coral Reef Workshop in Belize
organized by Comparative Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems
program.
1972
Accredited observer for the Bahá'í International
Community
to United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm,
Sweden.
1973
Continued reef monitoring and environmental surveys in American and
Western
Samoa, and prepared revised ecological report for Government of
American
Samoa.
1974
Visited international organizations concerned with environment in
Kenya,
Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, and U.S.A. (New York, Washington,
California and Hawaii) on behalf of 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.
1975
Visited Solomon Islands at request of Government to prepare report on
environmental
management and conservation, and draft legislation.
1976
Secretariat and observer at Plenipotentiary Meeting to conclude a
Convention
on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific, Apia, Western Samoa.
1977
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.
1978
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.
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.
1979
Continued assistance to Western Samoa in developing national parks and
reserves and drafting environmental policy.
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.
Directed Territorial Workshop in Environmental Planning and Assessment
for rural medical officers in New Caledonia.
1980
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.
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.
1981
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.
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.
1982
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.
Invited speaker, Seminar on Conservation and Development, and Training
Course on Environmental Studies and Conservation, Fiji.
1983
Prepared environmental impact study of a river diversion project in a
national
park for government of New Caledonia.
Invited lecturer at IOI/FFA/USP Exclusive Economic Zone Management
Course,
Fiji.
1984
Visited Fiji for discussions on rural development.
Discussions in Western Samoa on park and reserve development.
1985
Consultations with Office of Technology Assessment, United States
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Directed Training Course on Rural Environmental Management for
Government
of Vanuatu.
Participant in conference on Environment and Development: Opportunities
in Africa and the Middle East, the Netherlands.
1986
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.
1987
Fellow, Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, Hawaii.
Lecture tours for European Environment Year in France, Belgium, and the
Netherlands.
1988
Consultant to Government of Vanuatu through IUCN for planning of a
National
Conservation Strategy.
Consultant to World Tourism Organization/UNDP project for marine park
development
in Comoros.
1989
Directed Expert and Intergovernmental Meetings on Eastern African
Action
Plan, Nairobi.
1990
Represented UNEP at Indian Ocean Commission, Committee on Environment
(Moroni,
Comoros); Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group 2
(Moscow);
Intergovernmental Meeting on South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme
(Noumea); London Dumping Convention (London).
1991
Participant in UNCED Working Party on Oceans, Geneva and Monaco.
Represented UNEP at UNCED Preparatory Committee meetings (Nairobi and
Geneva)
and 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 Agenda 21 for
adoption
at the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro.
1992
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.
Leader of UNDP Appraisal Team for the South Pacific Biodiversity
Conservation
Programme funded by the Global Environment Facility, Western Samoa.
Participant in WRI Workshop on Environmental Indicators, Washington.
1993
Represented UNEP at Preparatory Committee for Global Conference on
Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States, New York.
Named to chair Technical and Management Advisory Group for South
Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Programme (GEF/UNDP/SPREP), Apia, Samoa.
Presented paper at European Baha'i Business Forum meeting, Landegg,
Switzerland.
Organized UNEP/UNSTAT Consultative Expert Group on Environment and
Sustainable
Development Indicators, Geneva.
1994
Member of scientific advisory committee for Scientific Committee on
Problems
of the Environment (SCOPE) project on indicators of sustainable
development.
Organized inter-agency Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva.
Chaired South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme Technical and
Management Advisory Group, Apia, Western Samoa.
Presented paper at GATT symposium on Trade, Environment and Sustainable
Development.
Participant in World Bank Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable
Development,
Washington, DC, USA.
1995
Member of organizing committee for SCOPE/UNEP International Workshop on
Indicators of Sustainable Development, Ghent, Belgium.
Participant in UN Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development.
Organized inter-agency Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva.
Part of UNEP delegation to Commission on Sustainable Development.
Chaired South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme Technical and
Management Advisory Group, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Invited expert at European Commission meeting on Earth Observations in
developing countries, Brussels.
Discussion group leader at Third Scientific Symposium on Human
Dimensions
of Global Environmental Change, Geneva.
Member of organizing committee, and keynote speaker, for SCOPE
Scientific
Workshop on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Wuppertal, Germany.
1996
Organized inter-agency meetings including Earthwatch Working Party,
Meeting
on Common/compatible systems of access to data, New York.
Participant in Expert Meeting on Methodologies for Indicators of
Sustainable
Development, New York.
Lecturer in Hungary, Turkey and Romania, at high-level Workshop on
Sustainable
Development and International Cooperation, Bucharest.
Chaired Fourth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme, Apia, Western Samoa.
Organized Workshop on Information for Sustainable Development and
Earthwatch,
Geneva
Chaired Technical Meeting on Clearing-house for Global Plan of Action
for
the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities,
Geneva.
Major session speaker at Second International Workshop on Indicators of
Sustainable Development, Ghent, Belgium.
Invited participant in Conference on Principles of Sustainable
Development
Performance Measurement, Bellagio, Italy
1997
Facilitator and speaker at Regional Capacity 21/DPCSD Workshop on
Indicators
of Sustainable Development, Accra, Ghana.
Chaired Fifth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme, Apia, Samoa.
Invited participant in UN Expert Meeting on Island Vulnerability
Indicators,
New York.
1998
Participant in Consultative Group on Sustainable Development
Indicators,
Washington, D.C.
Facilitator at Fourth International Workshop on Indicators of
Sustainable
Development, Prague, Czech Republic.
Member of steering committee and participant in OECD Workshop on
Agro-environmental
Indicators, York, U.K.
Organized and chaired fourth Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Panel co-chair and speaker at 27th International Symposium on Remote
Sensing
of the Environment, "Information for Sustainability", Tromso, Norway.
Organizer and keynote speaker at second International Conference of the
Environment Forum, de Poort, the Netherlands.
Chaired Sixth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Invited featured speaker at Beas Foundation Seminar on "The Eco
Principle:
Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis", Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.
1999
Invited participant in FAO/Australian Technical Consultation on
Sustainability
Indicators in Marine Capture Fisheries, Sydney, Australia.
Partially chaired Fifth Expert Group Meeting on Indicators of
Sustainable
Development, New York.
Named to Commission on Peace, Ecology and Sustainable Development, in
the
Centre for Research on Peace, Institut Catholique de Paris, France.
Organized Fifth Meeting of the Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Organizer and keynote speaker at third Conference of the International
Environment Forum, Sidcot, England.
Keynote speaker, AIESEC Planet Club Conference, Hungary.
Chaired Seventh Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Apia, Samoa.
Invited speaker at Seminar and Conference on Social and Economic
Development
in the Americas, Orlando, Florida.
2000
Organized and chaired Sixth Meeting of the Earthwatch Working Party,
Geneva,
Switzerland.
Invited speaker at International Conference on Human Habitat and
Environment,
Landegg Academy, Switzerland.
Invited expert, meeting on Impact of Information on Decision-making
Processes,
Arendal, Norway.
Invited keynote speaker at International Colloquium on Sustainable
Development
and Information for Decision-making, St. Etienne, France.
Keynote speaker at Second AIESEC Planet Club Conference,
Veroce-Kismaros,
Hungary.
Co-organizer of International Expert Meeting on Information for
Decision-making,
Ottawa, Canada.
Chaired Eighth Technical and Management Advisory Group, South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme, Wellington, New Zealand.
Keynote Speaker, Fourth Conference of International Environment Forum,
and Seminar-Conference on Social and Economic Development in the
Americas,
Orlando, Florida.
2001
Keynote speaker and panelist, Environment 2001 Conference, Abu Dhabi,
United
Arab Emirates.
UNEP representative and part of secretariat for Commission on
Sustainable
Development Intersessional Working Group on Information for
Decision-making,
and ninth session of Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Invited participant in Workshop on Environmental Sustainability Index,
World Economic Forum, Geneva.
Participant in SOPAC/UNEP Global Environmental Vulnerability Indicators
Meeting, Geneva.
Participant in International Coral Reef Action Network Regional Seas
Meeting,
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
Organizer and keynote speaker, Fifth Conference of International
Environment
Forum, Czech Republic.
Invited lecturer, Royal Commonwearth Society and London School of
Economics,
London, England.
Keynote speaker, European Baha'i Business Forum Annual Conference,
Netherlands.
Chaired Earthwatch Working Party, Geneva.
Consultations with government and other partners on coral reef action,
Madagascar
2002
Lecturer, Centre of Human Ecology, University of Geneva, and graduate
programme,
Federal Polytechnic University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
UNEP delegate to 3rd Preparatory Committee for World Summit on
Sustainable
Development, New York.
Invited speaker, World Civil Society Forum, Geneva.
Represented International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) and
International
Environment Forum (IEF) at World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg,
South Africa, organized and spoke at Dialogue on Indicators of
Sustainability
at WSSD Science Forum, at panel on Multiple Dimensions of Globalization
at IUCN Environment Centre, at panel on Science at the Local Level at
the
University of Witwaatersrand, and at ICRI/ICRAN parallel event.
Speaker at European Bahá'í Business Forum annual
conference,
the Netherlands, and EBBF national conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, with
lectures at various universities in Bulgaria.
2003
Lectures on sustainable development at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
various universities in Madagascar.
Lectures on sustainable development at ten different universities in
Adana,
Ankara, Ismir and Istanbul, Turkey.
Invited speaker, International Conference on the Impact of Global
Environmental
Problems on Continental and Coastal Marine Waters, Geneva.
Keynote speaker, Festival de l'Avenir au Naturel, l'Albenc, France.
Panelist on sustainable development, European
Bahá'í Business
Forum Annual Conference, The Netherlands.
Speaker, European Bahá'í Business Forum Workshop
at World
Summit on the Information Society, Geneva.
Co-organizer and speaker, 7th Annual Conference of the International
Environment
Forum and Bahá'í Conference on Social and
Economic Development
in the Americas, Orlando, Florida, USA.
2004
Invited workshop speaker, First International Conference of the
Consumer
Citizenship Network, UNESCO, Paris.
Invited expert for South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
launch of Environmental Vulnerability Index at SIDS preparatory session
of UN Commission on Sustainable Development, and observer for
International
Environment Forum at CSD, New York.
Prepared background paper and chaired working group at SCOPE/IHDP
Workshop
on Assessment of Sustainability Indicators, Charles University, Prague,
Czech Republic.
Invited lecturer at AIESEC National Conference on Ethical Leadership,
London,
UK.
Panelist, European Bahá'í Business Forum Annual
Conference,
The Netherlands.
Invited expert, Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) Think Tank II,
SOPAC, Suva, Fiji.
Led consultation on environmental governance, Pacific Institute for
Advanced
Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific,
Suva, Fiji.
Co-organizer and keynote speaker, 8th Annual Conference of the
International
Environment Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Participant in Expert Workshop to review the Environmental
Sustainability
Index, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, as advisor to
World
Economic Forum.
2005
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.
Represented
International
Environment Forum at UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Presented paper at
International Sustainability Conference, Basel
2006
Invited lecturer for AIESEC
national and regional conferences in Italy, Czech Republic, United
Kingdom and Macedonia
Represented International
Environment Forum at UN Commission on Sustainable Development, New York
Participated in plenary
panel at 3rd International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship
Network, Norway
Speaker at European Baha'i
Business Forum Annual Conference, Netherlands
Organizer and keynote
speaker at 10th Annual Conference of International Environment Forum,
Balliol College, Oxford, England
Presented a week of
lectures on sustainable development at Master of Advanced Studies in
Development, Technology and
Society, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Public and university
lectures in Chambery, France; Quebec, Canada; Leichtenstein;
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria; Ohrid, Macedonia
2007
Invited lecturer,
EBBF-AIESEC Seminar, Italy
Public and university
lectures in Jyvaskyla, Tampere and Helsinki, Finland; Monaco; Nice and
Chambery,
France; Brussels, Belgium; Quebec, Canada
Invited participant in
UNESCOcat Expert
Workshop on Faith-based Organizations and Education for Sustainable
Development, Barcelona, Spain
Represented
International Environment Forum and Baha'i International Community at
15th Commission on Sustainable Development, New York; panelist in side
event on
Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
Participant and lecturer in
European Baha'i Business Forum (EBBF) meeting on the Enterprise of the
Future, Acuto, Italy; closing keynote at EBBF annual conference,
dePoort, the Netherlands; keynote lecturer at EBBF national conference,
Berlin, Germany
Organized and lectured at
UNEP/University of Geneva Course in Environmental Diplomacy, Chateau de
Bossey, Switzerland
Organizer and speaker at
International Environment Forum 11th Annual Conference on response to
climate change, Ottawa, Canada.
Led two workshops at AIESEC
national conference, Fiesch, Switzerland.
Participant in SCOPE/UNEP
Workshop on Policy Briefs, Paris.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development
Planning and organization of international programmes, including 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; the UN system-wide
Earthwatch, 1991-2000; and International Coral Reef Action Network
(2000-2002).
Drafted major planning document for comprehensive environmental
management
programme in the South Pacific, 1977.
Organized and directed 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,
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, 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.
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.
Management and evaluation of Regional Seas Programmes in the South
Pacific,
Latin America and South-East Asia as a consultant to UNEP, 1986-1988.
Deputy Director of UNEP Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme, 1989-1992.
Contributed to the preparation 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.
Deputy Coordinator, then Coordinator of UN System-wide Earthwatch for
UNEP,
1992-2000.
Task Manager for the UN Interagency Committee on Sustainable
Development
and the Commission on Sustainable Development on Earthwatch and Agenda
21, Chapter 40: Information for Decision-making, 1993-2001.
Chairman, Technical and Management Advisory Group of South Pacific
Biodiversity
Conservation Programme, 1993-2001.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, SCOPE project on indicators of
sustainable
development, 1994-1997.
Member, Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators, IISD,
1996-present. (http://www.iisd.org/cgsdi/)
President, Governing Board, International Environment Forum,
1997-present.
(http://www.bcca.org/ief)
Member, Commission on Ecosystem Management, World Conservation Union
(IUCN),
1998-present.
Director, UNEP Coral Reef Unit, responsible for UNF/UNFIP International
Coral Reef Action Network projects, 2000-2002.
Chairman, Steering Committee, International Coral Reef Action Network,
2000-2002. (http://www.icran.org)
Member, Governing Board, European Bahá'í Business
Forum,
2001-present. (http://www.ebbf.org)
Acting Director, International Coral Reef Action Network, 2002.
Consultant to World Economic Forum, 2003-2006
ACADEMIC
EXPERIENCE relevant to sustainable development
Occasional lectures on sustainable development for graduate courses at
University of Geneva and Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne
(EPFL),
Switzerland (2001-present).
Member of steering committee, Department of Economic and Social
Development,
Landegg International University, Switzerland, helped to develop Master
of Arts in International and Community Development (2002-2003).
Taught graduate courses on Sustainable Development, and International
Institutional
Framework for Development, at Landegg International University,
Switzerland
(2003).
Member of Scientific Committee and lecturer for Continuing University
Education
Certificate in Sustainable Development, University of Geneva
(2003-present).
Coordinator,
member of
scientific committee and lecturer in Certificate of Advanced Studies in
Environmental Diplomacy, University of Geneva (2005-present).
Lecturer on sustainable development, Master of Advanced Studies en
développement,
technologies et sociétés, EPFL, Burkina Faso
(2006) (in French).
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SOME SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS relevant to sustainable development :
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].
Unless and until: a Baha'i focus on the environment. Baha'i Publishing Trust, London. 96 p. (1990). [Relates environmental issues to future development of human society].
The ECO Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis. Zed Books Ltd, London and New Jersey, and George Ronald, Oxford. 174 p. (1996). [Systems analysis of economics from an ecological perspective, with proposals for new economic and social paradigms].
"The Big Picture: Comprehensive Approaches - Introduction." Chapter 2, p. 69-83 in Bedrich Moldan, Suzanne Billharz and Robyn Matravers (eds), Sustainability Indicators: A Report on the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE 58. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. (1997). [overview of use of indicators to measure sustainability].
The Challenge of Sustainable Development and Prosperity. Paris, European Baha'i Business Forum, 2002. [relates sustainable development to economics in a business perspective]. http://www.ebbf.org/publications/english/publications013.html
The competitive edge in environmental responsibility, p. 103-110. In Michael E. Porter, Klaus Schwab, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Augusto Lopez-Claros, The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005. World Economic Forum. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmill, UK and New York. [analyzes business leaders' attitudes to the environment in over 100 countries and demonstrates the positive benefits to business from environmentally-responsible behavour]
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]
Climate Change and its Ethical Challenges, p. 157-172. In The Baha'i World 2005-2006: An International Record. Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 2007. [explores the ethical implications of climate change]
Sustainability Indicators: A Scientific Assessment. SCOPE Vol. 67. Washington, D.C., Island Press, 2007. (edited with Tomas Hak and Bedrich Moldan), including Chapter 2 "Challenges to sustainability indicators" (with Bedrich Moldan), Chapter 3 "Meeting Conceptial Challenges" (with Sylvia Karlsson et al.) and Chapter 10 "Integrated Assessment and Indicators", plus section introductions. [reviews the state of the art of sustainability indicators and future challenges for their development as guides to policy making]![]()
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