автор: Edmund Barrow

Edmund grew up on an organic farm in Ireland, and went to Trinity College Dublin where he studied natural sciences. He has a Masters degree in development. Edmund has worked for over 40 years, mainly in Africa (but also in Asia, and the Americas), in 20+ countries focusing on how communities conserve and benefit from nature. He emphasizes local learning in terms of governance, empowerment, benefit sharing, natural resource management, and the more spiritual aspects of nature. This includes the importance of local and indigenous knowledge. He has extensive experience with participatory approaches to environmental management, village-level land use planning at landscape levels and forest landscape restoration. Edmund has published widely emphasising practical lessons to enable people benefit from conservation. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya with his wife and two sons.