Roger Cox
Biodiversity and Protected Areas Specialist
B.Sc. Anthropology & M.Sc. Biology
Roger Cox is an internationally recognised specialist on protected areas management and biodiversity conservation. He has more than 25 years of experience in sustainable natural resources management. His key qualifications include:
- protected areas system planning
- management plan development for protected areas
- biodiversity conservation project identification/formulation/evaluation
- ecological surveys and inventories
- management of endangered species
- captive breeding programmes
- regional collaboration on biodiversity
- integrated environmental analysis
- natural resource surveys
- environmental impact assessments
- land-use zoning
- wise use of biological resources
- human resource development and technology transfer
- institutional strengthening and capacity building
- public awareness programmes
- implementation of the international conventions on environment and sustainable development
First-hand knowledge of South East Asia, including the present institutional, cultural and socio-political setting.
Experience with project planning from assignments to the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility, the European Union, IIED, IUCN, Danced, government agencies and NGOs.
Working experience from: Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Laos (Lao PDR), Thailand, Uganda, Philippines, Indonesia, India, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.