Arne Jensen 

Environment and Natural Resource Management Specialist

Arne Jensen has more than 20 years experience working with conservation, local rural development and environmental issues. He has special expertise in capacity-building for establishment of local participatory monitoring systems, planning and management of protected areas systems and

critical conservation areas.  His key qualifications includes:

• donor and NGO programme and project evaluations
• climate change adaptation and mitigation as part of natural resources management
• participatory monitoring and planning processes
• community resource use planning and indigenous people’s rights’ issues
• wise use and management of biodiversity and natural resources including wetlands and marine resources
• local government and community capacity building
• environmental education and awareness
• environmental networking collaboration among donors, governments, academe and NGOs
• global and region al biodiversity conservation priority setting. 

Mr. Jensen has extensive experience with international environmental technical assistance and donor project design, appraisal, management and evaluation. Several assignments as team-leader (e.g. for the EU, World Bank, UNDP, the Global Environment Facility, DANIDA, Conservation International and WWF) and as project director for interdisciplinary teams with responsibility for technical staff supervision, quality assurance, backstopping and contract and grant finance administration and project monitoring and evaluation.

Working experience in the following countries: Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, DPR Korea, Mozambique, South Africa, Portugal, Poland and Latvia.