Michael Underwood

Skills:
• 37 Years’ Experience, 14 African Countries, 76 reports, presentations, & book chapters.

• Experience in: Agroforestry, Forestry, Urban Forestry, Food Security, SMART Climate Change, Co-operative and SMME Establishment, Environmental Management, Soil Survey, EIAs, HIV/AIDS Mitigation, Curricula, and Syllabi Development, Policy/Governance

• Consultant, Trainer (NGOs) & Lecturer under a range of conditions from remote African rural areas and urban squatter camps to universities and ministerial level workshops.

• Strong ability to communicate with African people of all ages and positions in society.
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• Employed as Consultant and Educationalist, working for national & international donor agencies: FAO, NEPAD/CAADP, SADC. & ANAFE/ICRAF/WAC.

• Invited Guest Lecturer for presentation on African Agroforestry: MSc European Forestry Programme, Erasmus Mundus, European Union, held at the University of Eastern Finland.

• Agroforestry Networking: Founder of the South African Network for Agroforestry Training (2005 – 2010), with over 320 members

Knowledge
• Current member of the National Forestry Council to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, South Africa.

• Acting Head (5 years): Forestry Programme University of KwaZulu-Natal with special responsibilities for: Agroforestry and Community Forestry Modules (retired 2009).

• Currently, the Course Examiner: B. Tech. (Agroforestry/Community Forestry), Forestry School: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University & External Examiner (Agroforestry/ Community Forestry) Forestry School: University of Venda, South Africa.

• Research Associate (Agroforestry): Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

• Patron: CRESI (Co-operative Rural Enterprise Support Initiative, Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.

Joined 2015

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