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James Ramsay CV

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Personal data
Year of Birth
TAA Member No
Title
Forenames:
Surname:

 1953

761

 Mr

 James

 RAMSAY

Record of posts and assignments
Year
Job Title
Organisation
Country
Responsibilities

2006

Environment Specialist

UNEP - DDP

Global

Case studies of EMPs for large dams for best practice manual

2005-06

Environment & Land Management Specialist

ADB

Tajikistan

IEE and sustainable land management component of Rural Development Project with GEF funding

2005-06

Environment Specialist

RUSAL

Russia/Tajikistan

ESIA of completion of very large hydropower project in Pamirs

2005

Protected Area Specialist

EC

Thailand

Mid-term review of community-based wildlife conservation project

2005

EIA Specialist

CIDA/World Bank

Serbia

EIA+EMP of rehabilitation of flood defences along Danube

2005

Forest Management Specialist

BC Min. of Forests

Canada

Prep. of strategic plan for improved forest inventory activities in beetle-infested areas

2005

Rural Development Specialist

Countryside Agency, UK

Canada

Review of federal & provincial rural policy formulation process

2004

Environment Specialist

ADB

Tajikistan

IEE of irrigation & drainage rehabilitation project

2003-04

Environment Specialist

IDB

Guyana

ESIA of irrigation & drainage rehabilitation project

2003

Environment Specialist

World Bank

Laos

Socio-economic baseline study of land titling project

2002-03

Environment Specialist

KfW

Egypt

IEE of small hydropower in Nile Delta

2002

Environment Specialist

DFID

Ethiopia

Review of national rural travel & transport programme

2002

Forest Roads Specialist

Forest Research Council

Ireland

Review of Forest Roads Manual

2002

Environment Specialist

EC

Romania

Review of EIA of Bucharest - Constanta motorway

2001

Team Leader

EC

Indonesia

ESIA of ongoing production forestry project

2001

Water & Environment Specialist

AsDB

Tajikistan

IEE + Health Impact Assessment of Agricultural Rehabilitation Project

2001

Environment Specialist

World Bank

Romania

Env. review of proposed national Forestry Dev. Programme

2000

Forestry Advisor

BC Min. of Forests

Canada

Resource management planning for sustainable forestry

2000

Environment Specialist

Govt. of India

India

Env. review of 1800 km of proposed strategic highways

2000

EIA Specialist

IUCN/EC

Belgium

Biodiversity sections of EC EIA Manual

1999-00

Environment Specialist

World Bank

Tanzania

EA of proposed major road to avoid Serengeti & Ngorongoro

1999-on

Environment Specialist

KfW

Egypt

Env. strategy & quality control for new barrage across Nile

1999

Environment Specialist

ADB

Bhutan

IEE of national road maintenance programme

1998-99

Environment Specialist

Govt. of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Env. review of upgrading Harar - Jijiga highway

1997-98

Team Leader

DFID

Cameroon

EIA of proposed plantation expansion around Mt Cameroon

1997-98

Environment Specialist

World Bank

Philippines

IEE of mountain road rehabilitation in Central Cordillera

1997

Environment Specialist

World Bank

Bangladesh

EA of upgrading Dhaka – Sylhet national highway

1994-97

Environment Specialist

KfW

Egypt

Member of Panel of Experts for design of barrage across Nile

1996-97

Watershed Mgt Specialist

ADB

Pakistan

Watershed component of rural development project in tribal territory

1996

Environment Specialist

ADB

Cambodia, Vietnam

IEE of upgrading highway from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City

1996

Team Leader

IUCN

Tanzania

Review of forest conservation project in East Usambaras

1995-96

Team Leader

IUCN/ FINNIDA

Thailand

Review of national Forestry Sector Master Plan

1994

Team Leader

World Bank

Guyana

ESIA of completing strategic north-south highway

1994

Environment Specialist

ODA

India

Mine reclamation component of TA to major opencast coal mine

1993

Institutional Strengthening Advisor

IUCN

Qatar

Institutional strengthening project for Environment Protection Committee

 

Skills, expertise and qualifications

Principal Discipline 
Environment / Forestry
Subsidiary fields
Environmental Impact, Forestry: Community, Hydrology & Water Resources, Land Reclamation, Participatory Development, Project Preparation/Appraisal, Soil & Water Conservation, Watershed Management, Wildlife/National Parks
Higher education 
Geography BSc 1974, U. of Sussex; Agric. Engineering Diploma 1976, Cranfield Inst. of Technology; Forestry MSc 1985, U. of British Columbia.
Countries worked in 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, St Lucia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, UK, Vietnam
Languages
French
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