RESUME BIODATA: NAME: PETER ROBERT SCHATENS DATE OF BIRTH: January 15, l944 SEX: Male CITIZENSHIP: Dutch and Canadian MARITAL STATUS: Single FIELDS OF EXPERTISE: Project Management, Finance and Administration (Team Leader); Land Use Planning and Feasibility Studies; Tropical Forest Management, Biodiversity Conservation, Community-based Participatory Forest Management, Rural Development and Livelihoods; Forest Policy; Forest Audit and Certification (FSC), Ecotourism, Project Monitoring and Evaluation.. EDUCATION: 1965-1970 University of New Brunswick, Canada. (BSc Forestry) CERTIFICATION: Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals (prior to 2004 known as The Association of British Columbia Registered Professional Foresters (ABCRPF)) TRAINING: Computer literate in MS Windows, MSWord, MSExcel, Quicken (accounting) and very familiar with the Internet. ISO 9000 : Lead Assessor Course ISO 14001 : EMS Implementation Training Course LANGUAGES: English and French (both fluent) FIELD EXPERIENCE: AFRICA: Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe AMERICA: Canada, Costa Rica ASIA: India, Nepal, Turkey SUMMARY OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 2010-2012 (ongoing) Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for a Japanese funded Participatory Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation Project in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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A number of short term (2-3 months) inputs: Responsible for assisting in establishing an efficient and reliable system for monitoring and evaluation and in operating such a system for progress monitoring and impact assessment. 2006-2010 Consultant for the Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Keremeos, BC, Canada Part-time (ad hoc) consultant specifically dealing with Land Stewardship issues, Participatory Forest Management and First Nation cultural tourism. 2004 –2005 Project Team Leader for a German Government (KfW) sponsored Sustainable Forestry and Conservation Project, executed by GFA Consultants Group (Hamburg, Germany), based in N’Zérékoré, Guinea (West Africa) In charge of: • Assisting the Director General (DG) of the EPIC (a para-statal forestry organisation) in its

administration, finance and organisation, and in particular in the adoption of new statutes and analytical financial management

• Elaboration of a sustainable industrial forest harvesting concept, including a choice of a forest harvesting company, and establishing a forest harvesting contract based on certifiable forest management (FSC)

• Assisting the DG in the organisation and surveillance of its antennas in the various gazetted forests under its jurisdiction

• Coordination and follow up of short term contracts and specific studies executed by national and international consultants

• Elaboration of participative forest management plans for some of the gazetted forests • Reviewing the level of research needed in the project area and reviewing training needs for project

personnel, including arranging in-service training, orientation seminars, workshops and study tours • In cooperation with the DG and senior forestry personnel, establishing annual work plans, budgets and

quarterly progress reports 2004 Forest Management Planning Systems Review and Analysis for the World Bank, Assam State, India Responsible for reviewing forest policy and management planning systems associated with community-based forest management, conservation and opportunities for improved livelihoods, through fieldwork and higher-level evaluations and analyses, including components of higher-level institutional assessment. 2003 Consultant for the Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Keremeos, BC, Canada Part-time natural resources consultant on an “as required” basis. Specifically dealing with issues of: • Land stewardship

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• Tourism (eco-tourism, hut-to-hut adventure tourism, etc.) • Liaison with municipal and regional district governments, industry, government natural resources

departments and other local stakeholders • Writing of funding proposals • Community forestry and livelihood development • Aboriginal rights and treaty issues 2003 Forest Management Planning Systems Review and Analysis for the World Bank, Jharkhand, India Responsible for reviewing management planning systems associated with Joint Forest Management, through fieldwork and higher-level evaluations and analyses, including components of higher-level institutional assessment. 2002 Forestry Advisor for a German (GTZ) sponsored Community Forestry Project, based in Nepal In charge of: • Developing strategies for sustainable environmental management, biodiversity conservation,

livelihood and socio-economic development by local communities • Give technical advise of above to Nepal government line agencies • Provide support for preparation, renewal and implementation of community forestry management

plans incorporating biodiversity interventions • Support to provide field based community forest management training • Develop and implement simple monitoring and evaluation system, including demonstration forests 2000-2002 Land Stewardship Planner for the Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Keremeos, BC, Canada In charge of: • Development of a Community Land Stewardship Plan for the Band’s natural resources: forestry,

grazing & pasture, fisheries, recreation and tourism, water resources, industrial development • Development of an eco-tourism strategy • Tourism feasibility studies and associated action plans • Development of community forestry plans • Provision of technical and training support • Provision of strategic land use planning • Development of sustainable biodiversity strategies 1998-99 Project Team Leader for a World Bank (GEF) and Dutch Government (DGIS) sponsored Biodiversity Conservation Project, executed by the Tropenbos Foundation, the Netherlands, based in Kribi, Cameroon In charge of:

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• Project management, finance and administration; • Establishment of the Campo Ma’an National Park • Preparation of a micro-zoning plan for a 800,000 ha project area, including the identification of

protection, production and multiple use forests based on: • physiographic reconnaissance studies • socio-economic and livelihood studies • forest inventories • wildlife inventories • preparation of management plans for the three different zones, including national parks,

community forests, incorporating sustainable biodiversity interventions • application and execution of the approved management plans

1996-97 Senior Forest Management Specialist, SGS Forestry, Oxford, United Kingdom Responsible for developing and executing forest audit and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) forest certification programs. Executed audit and forest certification programs in: • Central African Republic • Congo • Costa Rica • Gabon 1992-96 Project Manager for CIDA-sponsored project: "Projet Aménagement de la Forêt Classée de Duekoué", based in the Ivory Coast. In charge of: • Project management, finance and administration; • Preparation of a natural forest management plan for a 50,000 ha reserve forest (forêt classée),

including: • Socio-economic studies and program of resettlement for the local population living in the

reserve forest (agroforestry and community forestry projects); • Wildlife inventories and protection areas; • Reforestation of abandoned agricultural lands; • Forest inventory and management plan, calculation of annual allowable cut, silvicultural

prescriptions, road location and construction, forest protection; • Forest nursery establishment.

1989-91 Chief Technical Advisor (Project Manager) for FAO project: "Restocking of the Gum Belt of Northern Darfur", based in Sudan. In charge of:

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• Preparation and implementation of a rural development programme, including an extension programme to promote the planting of Acacia senegal (gum arabic) and other species, as well as the re-introduction of appropriate sequence of plantation and fallow rotation (agro-forestry) practises;

• Organising a monitoring system for the effects of various extension campaigns; • Reviewing the level of research needed in the project area and reviewing training needs for project

personnel, including arranging in-service training, orientation seminars, workshops and study tours; • Establishing central and village nurseries for the supply of seedlings to the project (300 000 seedlings). 1989 FAO Forestry Expert in Forest Inventory and Management for FAO's Tropical Forestry Action Plan in Sierra Leone. Identification of forestry development constraints in forest inventory and management, as part of a team of forestry experts. Definition of a program of action for implementation with possible donor assistance. 1988 Project Operations Officer, Africa Desk, Forestry Operations, FAO, Rome Headquarters. Responsible for: • Over-seeing project management and other administrative matters of various FAO-executed forestry

field projects in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Burundi; • Briefing and de-briefing of consultants associated with these projects and initiating consultant

selection. 1986-88 Project Manager for CIDA-sponsored forestry project for the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC), based in Malawi. As SADCC Forestry Advisor responsible for: • Initiating and formulating of regional projects and presentation of these project proposals to the

SADCC Technical Sub-Committee for Forestry, and project submission for subsequent approval to the SADCC Council of Ministers; negotiating projects for funding with the donor community at donor conferences in Mozambique and Botswana;

• Co-ordinating regional projects with the Fish and Wildlife Sectors of SADCC with frequent missions to Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe;

• Project management, administration and financial control; • Assisting in the organisation, management and administration of the SADCC Forestry Sector Technical

Co-ordination Unit (FSTCU); • Organisation and management of annual Technical Sub-Committee for Forestry meetings and

workshops, and special seminars throughout the SADCC region; • Training of counterpart and administrative staff, including the use of modern word processing and

forestry computer data banks; • Organising and liasing consultancy missions to the region on behalf of the project; • Co-ordinating and monitoring of implementation of approved and funded SADCC projects. 1985 FAO Forestry Expert in Burkina Faso: • Designing and executing a forest inventory and management plan for an 18,000 ha protection forest; • Forest-type mapping, aerial photography and photo-interpretation of the protection forest;

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• Training of local personnel in inventory techniques. 1984 FAO Forestry Expert in the Congo: • Designing and executing a program of mensurational studies, including volume table data collection

and tariff construction, recovery studies and growth plot establishment in the natural forests of western Congo;

• Training of counterpart professionals in modern mensurational techniques. 1983 Project Forester for Reid, Collins & Associates Ltd.(Vancouver, B.C., Canada): • Preparation for company assignments in Burkina Faso, Lesotho, Zaire and the Philippines. • Assisting in various forest inventory projects in British Columbia, including the design and execution

of field sample surveys. 1979-83 President and General Manager of Similkameen Resorts Ltd., a forest-based tourist development company in British Columbia, Canada. 1974-79 Project Forester for Forestal International Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada):

1978 India: • Assisting in a World Bank forest industries feasibility study; • Studies on natural forests and plantation development for a large integrated industrial complex; • In charge of inventory design and execution on available volumes of tropical hardwoods and bamboo.

1976-77 Turkey: • Working for the Turkish Forest Service on a project of implementation of forest management

recommendations in southern Turkey; • Designing and executing forest surveys, including permanent sample plot establishment; • Forest-type mapping and photogrammetry; • Nursery establishment, road location; training of local professionals in modern inventory techniques.

1975-76 Turkey: • Assisting in a FAO/UNDP Forestry and Forest Industrial Development Study in northern Turkey; • liasing with various Government Departments to collect forest data; • Designing and executing field forest inventory checks; • Preparing data for computer analysis and calculation of annual allowable cut. 1971-74 Project Forester with the British Columbia Forest Service: Responsible for the design and execution of ground and aerial forest inventory surveys, photo-interpretation, forest-type mapping, volume and decay studies and volume table compilations. REFERENCES: Dixon Terbasket, former Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB) Band Manager and Councilor, LSIB, Keremeos, BC Canada

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Tel: +1-250-499-5112 E-mail: terbasket@nethop.net Pauline Terbasket, Executive Director Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA), Westbank, BC Canada Tel: +1-250-707-0095 E-mail: director@syilx.org Mr. Michel Laverdière, Regional Forestry Officer, CIDA Ottawa, Ont. Canada Tel: +1- 646-379-6811 E-mail: michelolaverdiere@hotmail.com Mr. Rahul Agrawal, Vice-President Operations NR Management Consultants India Pvt Ltd New Delhi 16, India Tel : +91-11-4188-1234 E-mail : rahula@nrint.org July 2011