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MITTELMAN INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 176/5 Na Bawn, Tambon Chaiyapreuk, Loei 42000, Thailand Tel ++ 66 810 628 728 email: mittaj@loxinfo.co.th P

ANDREW J MITTELMAN INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 176/5 Na Bawn, Tambon Chaiyapreuk, Loei 42000, Thailand Tel ++ 66 810 628 728 email: mittaj@loxinfo.co.th Personal Information:

Citizenship: American Place of birth: USA Home address: Santa Cruz & Boston USA Date of birth: 3 Dec 1947 Health status: Excellent Family: Married with 2 children

Areas of Expertise: Design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of integrated rural

development, poverty alleviation, sustainable agriculture and resource management projects Project cycle and adaptive project management Collaborative planning and project management with

government, donors, academic/research institutions, NGOs, and communities Ecosystem and

agroecosystem rehabilitation and sustainable land use Rural income diversification and livelihood development Human resource development and capacity raising (knowledge, skills and attitudes) Civil society institution building Mobilizing community self-help Rural communication and extension

Specialized Skills: Sustainable agriculture, agro- and community forestry Liveihood and food

security Participatory extension Bioregion/ ecoregion conservation and development project planning and implementation Buffer zone sustainable development Community-based biodiversity

conservation Traditional forest and resource management Fisheries co-management Sustainable management of non-timber forest products Participatory bioresource / integrated land use

assessment and planning Hybridizing indigenous and modern resource management systems for development and conservation Rural enterprise development Indigenous peoples and rights Planning and action for gender balance and women’s participation Conflict mediation Traditional landscape and agricultural ecology Environmental assessment Community organization Proposal preparation, report writing Budget management MS Office

Education: Master of Arts, Geography, Natural Resource Management

East-West Center, University of Hawaii

Bachelor of Arts, Ecological Development/ Agricultural Ecology

University of California at Santa Cruz

Academic honors / awards:

* Soil and Water Conservation Society, Participatory Project Award

* Graduate Fellowship, East-West Center

* Pacific-Asia Scholarship, University of Hawaii

* President's Fellowship: University of California

* Chancellor's Fellowship: University of California, Santa Cruz

* Chairman's Award: Environmental Studies, University of California

* Honors Thesis: Ecology of Traditional Agroforestry, University of California

* Program Director's Award: Agroecology, University of California

Professional societies / affiliations:

* IUCN Commission on Economic, Environmental and Social Policy

* IUCN Collaborative Management Working Group

* South and Southeast Asia Non-timber Forest Products Network

* FAO Forest, Trees and People Network

Overseas Experience: 33 countries

Language Proficiency : Speaking Reading Writing Comprehension

Professional Experience:

October 2006 – present Conservation/ Rural Development: Project advisory services

Eco-logic consulting, Loei, Thailand

 Provide mentoring services/ capacity building on participatory project planning, farmer-to-farmer extension, integrated conservation and development, ecosystem management, monitoring and evaluation and adaptive project management, for start-up of WWF Upper Chi Watershed and Livelihood Restoration Project Facilitate participatory planning with government officials,

community leaders Plan and facilitate community-to-community extension Draft Annual Project Work Plan

 Serve as senior agricultural and rural organizational development advisor for establishment of the

Pru Tiaw Learning Center for Sustainable Living, Takua Pa, Phangga Thailand.

 Provide advisory services for small-farm integrated farming system development, Loei, Thailand

March 2005 – Oct 2006 FAO Team Leader, Tonle Sap Environment Management

Project, Component 2, Siem Reap, Cambodia

 Facilitate participatory development of the implementation plan for a major sustainable wetlands collaborative management initiative

 Lead a team of 30 national and international specialists/ consultants to support the Government of Cambodia, Department of Fisheries in implementing a 3-year community-based natural resource management, (CBNRM) and community fisheries (CF) management project in 5 provinces

comprising the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve

 Ensure that consultant services support the accomplishment of ADB-Royal Government of

Cambodia project objectives

 Develop capacity among involved agencies and stakeholders to sustain effective implementation of CBNRM and CF following termination of the project

 Take lead responsibility in fulfilling donor requirements, inter-agency liaison, national and

international project representation, budget management, project reporting

October 2004 – December 2004 Natural Resource Management Specialist, ADB Kontum

Livelihood Development Project, Kontum Vietnam

 Facilitate participatory land use planning and land allocation

 Draft project environmental impact and mitigation guidelines

 Establish protocols and methodology for project facilitation of participatory design of sustainable upland agriculture and natural resource management systems

 Establish and provide training on methodology for sustainable resource management and

conservation planning at watershed, province, commune and village level

January 2004 – October 2004 Conservation/ Rural Development: Project advisory services

Eco-logic consulting, Loei, Thailand

 Provide consultancy services on project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

in integrated community development and natural resource management in SE Asia

 Review and improve project procedures for participatory landuse planning, and revise core project

planning document on the Participatory land use planning and land allocation process, GTZ-Tam

Dao National Park and Buffer Zone Management Project

 Assist participatory re-orientation of Regional Community Forestry Training Center Thailand

Country Program

 Serve as team leader for the conduct of the end-of-project evaluation: EU-Khammouane Poverty Alleviation and Resource Management Project, Khammouane, Lao PDR

 Serve as team leader for poverty alleviation project formulation, CARE International, Hongsa, Lao PDR

 Senior advisor: Livelihood Development and Natural Resource Management, CARE International, Help initiate participatory planning and project implementation, Samet, Sayabouli, Lao PDR

June 2003 – February 2004 Senior Advisor, Paklay Integrated Livelihood Development and

Conservation Project, CARE International in Lao PDR.

 Consult with all project stakeholders to consolidate lessons learned

 Facilitate collaborative stakeholder planning for transition from pilot to consolidation and expansion phase

 Provide technical backstopping and management support for project consolidation and expansion

 “Mentoring services” to CARE International in Lao PDR’s agriculture and natural resource

management projects

 Assist CARE International in Lao PDR to strengthen its overall program including conception, formulation and implementation of integrated conservation and development activities, gender balance issues, project monitoring and evaluation, and adaptive project management

Mar 2002 – April 2003 Chief Technical Advisor, UNDP – Sekong Ethnic People’s

Development Project, Sekong, Lao PDR.

 Advise collaborating line agencies of the Lao PDR government and the Provincial Management Unit regarding a range of issues and methodologies concerning participatory rural development, natural resource management and livelihood improvement among ethnic minorities in southeastern Lao PDR

 Assist the National Project Director to improve project and personnel management capabilities, and with the everyday management of the project

 Serve as the senior representative of UNDP in liaison with the project, the Government of Lao PDR, and other project cooperants

 Provide a range of training inputs, helping to enhance the capacity of the project and the Government of Lao PDR, to better address the socioeconomic, agricultural, natural resource management and

livelihood development requirements identified by ethnic minority project communities

Mar 1999 – Feb 2002 Conservation/ Rural Development: Project advisory services

Eco-logic consulting, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 Services including project formulation, implementation, management, M&E, and training for senior and field staff of various participatory rural development and conservation projects in Asia

 Program and project development support for organizations planning and implementing integrated conservation and development projects in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Bangladesh

 Nam Tan 2 Project Formulation, Royal Government of the Netherlands, Sayabouli, Lao PDR

 Environmental and social impact assessment, UNCDF-Lao PDR Paklay-Kenthao Road, Sayabouli, Lao PDR

 Thailand coordinator for the Regional Protected Areas and Development Review

 Assistance to WWF and its Thailand partners to distill global lessons from integrated conservation and development projects (ICDP) and capacity raising program planning based on lessons learned

 WWF status assessment, concept and proposal preparations re: policies, institutional arrangements, and human resource capacities as they affect potential for effective ICDP collaboration; environmental education; Mekong Basin and Mekong aquatic and wetlands biodiversity conservation

 Thailand Environment Institute: Review and recommendations regarding support for integrated

community-based conservation and rural development

 Draft proposal for NGO consortium in Thailand Mobilizing Civil Society for Poverty Alleviation and Community-based Sustainable Resource Management

 CIFOR study: Rehabilitating degraded secondary forests in the Lower Mekong Basin

Feb 1998 – Mar 1999 Community Development/ Resource Management Specialist

ADB - Vietnam Forestry Sector Project

Duty station: Hanoi, Gia Lai, Phu Yen, Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri

Develop detailed logical framework for 5-year implementation of forest management, community

development and capacity raising components of the project

Design/ manage community development/ resource system aspects of project implementation;

socioeconomic, socio-cultural and resource system baseline studies

Provide advisory services to the national director on project organization and implementation

Liaise / collaborate with project area management units, senior government officials and staff

Orient/ raise national consultant and government counterpart capacity for ICDP participatory planning and implementation

Train trainers on participatory project development and integrated processes combining PRA,

environmental assessment and participatory land use

Develop community organizing strategy as a basis for delegating responsibility for project planning and implementation to local management units and communes

Facilitate stakeholder planning of forest rehabilitation, community forestry, agroforestry, agriculture, irrigation, infrastructure, and social service development project aspects

1996 - 1998 Consultant / Special Lecturer Eco-logic Consulting/ Chiang Mai Univ.

Duty Stations: SE Asia Region, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Principal author: NWFP Outlook Study for Asia and the Pacific: Towards 2010 FAO-RAP.

Contributing author: World Bank Handbook on Ecosystem Management; CIFOR Handbook on Planning Non-timber Forest Product ICDP Projects

Agro- and community forestry development in Vietnam, Netherlands Development Cooperation

Project Review and Phase II Proposal Preparation: Integrated Conservation and Development Project, Thai Environment Institute/ Royal Netherlands Government

Forest/ biodiversity impact assessment & mitigation: Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project, Khammouane, Lao PDR

Program evaluation and development, ZOA, Luang Nam Tha and Xiengkhouang, Lao PDR

Project formulation, CARE International, Samet, Sayabouli, Lao PDR

Project evaluation and Phase 2 project formulation, CARE International, Hongsa, Lao PDR

CARE-USAID feasibility study for integrated conservation and development, Northwest Cambodia

Phase II proposal preparation: Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary Conservation and Development

Seminars for graduate and undergraduate students: Rural community involvement in integrated

conservation and development

1994-1996 Senior Advisor Sustainable Utilization of Non-timber Forest Products

EU Tropical Forests - IUCN Forest Conservation Programme.

Duty Station: Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

Establish field office, maintain primary responsibility for office and budget management

Principal responsibility for design and coordination of integrated conservation and development project using sustainable NTFP management to catalyze community-based protected area conservation Mobilize collaborations with national, provincial and local government agencies, and local communities in the buffer zone of a proposed (now established) World Heritage Site

Based on substantive consultation with rural communities, develop plans for implementing

community-based and joint sustainable resource management and biodiversity conservation

Assist in identifying and developing small-scale NTFP-based community enterprises including

handicraft production and ‘green marketing‘

Provide community organization training and help to establish the institutional basis for effective community-based resource management and development

Train project staff and other local agencies in participatory development and collaborative resource management approaches including ongoing participatory monitoring and evaluation

Supervise 10 local professional and field staff and transfer capacity for local management

Design terms of reference for, retain and supervise outside consultants

Prepare and promote project proposals for additional project components and manage these

including: sustainable agriculture, water resource development, and public health

Contribute to advocacy for devolving gazetted forest lands to local communities, contingent on their design and implementation of sustainable resource management legitimized by protected areas legislation in the Philippines Establish a model for effective implementation of the NIPAS Act

Represent IUCN in national and international dialogue on integrated development and conservation, preparing publications and presentations for national and international symposia

Prepare and submit progress reports to IUCN headquarters and donors

Prepare the proposal to obtain funding for Phase II of the project

1989-1994 Regional Advisor Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource

Management, (SA/NRM), Save the Children US, Asia

Region Duty stations: Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan,

Indonesia, Philippines.

Promote, design, and initiate a regional program on SA/NRM for one of the world’s largest

international community development NGOs

Prepare proposals for SA/NRM country programs, promote them with donors, acquire funds, and help inaugurate projects in participating countries

Assist in recruiting and selecting staff for country projects

Provide regular assessments and training to develop integrated sustainable forest management - rural economic development projects throughout Asia

Serve as representative of the regional SA/NRM initiatives at national and international fora

Represent the projects with government officials in the countries of operation, and with donors at the national and international level

1993 Consultant Participatory design of Integrated resource

management systems CIDSE Northern Vietnam.

Design and implement interactive workshops for project staff on participatory implementation of integrated development and conservation, sustainable agriculture and community-based forest

management and biodiversity conservation for program team leaders

1989-1994 Project Coordinator Development and Conservation through Agro-

& Community Forestry, Save the Children/US.

Duty station: Nakhon Sawan, Phai Sali, and Lad

Yao, Thailand

Implement participatory rural appraisal in project areas leading to substantive collaboration between villagers and the facilitating agency in generating appropriate project design

Recruit/ train village-based and senior project staff in community forestry and sustainable land

management

Manage the consultation process with rural communities, craft and promote the project proposal, negotiate with donors, acquire funding,

Assume principal responsibility for implementing, monitoring and evaluating exemplary projects in lower northern Thailand (Project selected as one of the world’s three best examples of participatory and sustainable natural resource management by the International Soil Conservation Society 1995.)

Manage the project budget and supervise a team of 14 persons

Develop processes for community mobilization and contribute to establishing self-standing rural revitalization associations spearheaded by village-level animators trained by the project

Work with the most disadvantaged groups including the very poor, women and youth, to design economic development activities which address locally identified needs and constraints

Develop, with substantive involvement of rural communities, forest conservation and buffer zone management activities including sustainable agriculture and small-scale enterprises including village fruit and multipurpose tree nurseries, fish and poultry hatcheries, swine cooperatives, community rice mills, cattle and buffalo banks, organic vegetable production and sales, cooperative weaving, sewing, dressmaking, village stores, sales and savings cooperatives

Train staff of visiting conservation and development projects in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Lao P.D.R., Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Philippines, and beyond

Link the project to national efforts to develop community-based resource management and contribute

to forest policy alterations supporting community responsibility for sustainable management

Help develop cooperative linkages among regional, national, and local organizations providing

support for integrated development and conservation Spearhead establishment of a consortium of non-government, government, and bilateral agencies to develop and integrated conservation

development buffer zone around the boundaries of Huay Kha Khaeng World Heritage Site

Prepare publications/ presentations to represent the project at national and international symposia

Maintain relations with donors via regular consultation and reporting

1989 Consultant Participatory Forestry Through Extension, FAO,

Bangkok, Thailand Duty station: Northern Thailand.

Collaborate with government counterparts in developing project documents on key technical and process aspects for project development

Interact with Royal Forest Department counterparts providing exposure and training in participatory forestry and rural development approaches

1988 Team leader Agricultural Extension Responsive to Farmer Needs

and Resources, East-West Center, Chiang Mai University, The Tribal Research Institute, Thailand.

Duty station: Northern Thailand.

Take the lead role in collaboration with national consultants to the Royal Highland Development Project, to design participatory rural appraisal, monitoring and evaluation techniques aimed at

increasing the input of tribal villagers to the design of Royal Project crop substitution, economic

development and forest and buffer zone conservation

Provide training for use of these methodologies, and implement them on a pilot basis in the Huay Nam Rin project area

Arrange for participation of key project staff in a 1-month participatory development training workshop and Asia Region Network inauguration at the East-West Center, Hawaii, USA

training consultant Conservation UNDP Sam Muen Integrated

Highland Development Project

Sites: Northern Thailand.

Design and implement participatory planning activities among government, academic, and village stakeholders, harmonizing divergent aims regarding management of a key national forest and

watershed area in Northern Thailand

Provide exposure and training in collaborative planning for conservation and development for various groups of involved stakeholders

Help design a “win-win” development and conservation plan enabling local people to reconcile their economic development aspirations with forest department watershed management objectives The plan incorporated culturally acceptable and economically promising technical innovations introduced

by outside development facilitators and identified by local tribal communities as appropriate in the context of their capacities, preferences, and constraints

Teaching assistant Geography, University of Hawaii.

In the context of Master’s degree studies at the East-West Center, conduct research on alternative development and conservation approaches reviewing more than 50,000 pages of seminal literature presenting perspectives from relevant disciplines including agriculture, forestry, ecology, resource management, community development, participatory development, economic development,

development administration, anthropology, sociology, political science and planning

Write and present research and experience in alternative development and conservation at post-graduate seminars and regional symposia at the East-West Center Environment and Policy, Culture and Communications Institutes

Assist in teaching resource management modules in undergraduate curricula courses in the

Department of Geography, University of Hawaii

1984-1985 Integrated Farming Gilbert’s Gulch Organic Farm, S Cruz, CA, USA

System Manager

Design, develop, and manage integrated farm and forest on 40 acres of hillside area in coastal hills of central California

Provide training in integrated organic farming and ecologically sound land management for students from the University of California agroecology program

Market organic farm produce through local retail outlets

1982-3 Consultant Human Ecology of Traditional Agriculture in

Southeast Asia, East-West Center, Environment and Policy Institute, Hawaii, USA.

Develop, in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary working group, documentation of the scientific basis for sustainability mechanisms in traditional agriculture and resource management

Promote mainstream acceptance of the wisdom and rationale underlying indigenous approaches to natural resource management

Assist in producing state-of-the-art working papers on small-farmer decision making, soil

management, and agroforestry, and case studies demonstrating the ecological soundness of many traditional agriculture and resource management systems in Southeast Asia

Contribute to production of a book to serve as a reference confirming the scientific basis of indigenous natural resource and agroecosystem management

Present research results to generate discussion among professionals, academics and students at agriculture and resource management institutes in South and Southeast Asian countries

Conflict mediator

Employ collaborative planning and dispute mediation techniques in an effort to resolve tensions between a the progressive owner of a large coffee and cardamom plantation owner, local workers, and insurgents residing in the forests above the plantation

Using participatory processes and “shuttle diplomacy,” design alternative development interventions including granting small homesteads to plantation worker families for bio-intensive food production, establishment profit sharing arrangements for major plantation crops, and development of primary health care facilities for workers

Researcher

Work with Mixtec hill farmers on protected area boundary documenting indigenous soil conservation, agro- and community forestry practices serving to minimize soil erosion and enable sustainable

permanent plot upland agriculture, and protection of watershed hydrology

Advocacy support for development of sustainable agriculture and community-based forest protection

in upland communities earmarked for relocation due to concerns inhabitance would threatened

sustainability of a planned hydroelectric project

California, USA.

Establish and operate a landscape contracting business whose principal clientele were private

landowners interested in developing ecologically sound landscape systems for income generation and landscape protection in one of California’s most unstable geological zones

Design and implement landscape rehabilitation in storm generated landslide areas including grading and drainage systems, re-vegetation and afforestation, and water resource development and irrigation

Manage a crew of 12 persons and contracts over $500,000 (US)

Bihar, India

Work with one of the premier social and community development organizations in Northern India on participatory design, implementation, monitoring and assessment of alternative income generating

activities among impoverished and disenfranchised harijan communities in central Bihar State

Assist with the selection, cultivation, development and direct marketing of specialty cash crops

Assist with the development of appropriate agricultural and village development technologies at the demonstration farm and farm levels

Organization and Implementation of Trainings, Seminars and Workshops:

Action planning and logframe development for project implementation FAO and the Royal

Cambodian Government Department of Fisheries December 2005

 Design, plan and facilitate the workshop

Integrated sustainable agriculture for livelihood and environment Ministry of Agriculture and

Forestry, Government of Lao PDR and CARE International in Lao PDR September 2003

 Design, plan and facilitate the workshop

Participatory planning methodology for integrated development and conservation among ethnic minorities of Sekong Province, Lao PDR UNDP – Government of Lao PDR January 2002.

 Design, plan and facilitate the workshop

Collaborative natural resource management for conservation and sustainable development in the Central Highland, Vietnam ADB-Vietnam Forest Sector Project Gia Lai and Phu Yen,

Vietnam September, 1998

 Design, plan and facilitate the workshop

Buffer zone development for Protected Areas Management (with US Peace Corps and Philippines

Department of Environment and Natural Resources.) Palawan, Philippines: September 1995

Plan and help to facilitate workshop with representatives from US Peace Corps and Miriam Peace Conservation University

Present several papers on participatory planning and buffer zone development approaches,

technologies, constraints, and opportunities

Lead discussion group on development of village-based enterprise development

Socio-ecological Principles and Techniques to Facilitate Sustainable Upland Development and Conservation, Palawan, Philippines May 1995.

Plan and facilitate workshop

Present papers on various issues related to workshop subject matter including participatory and collaborative planning, enlistment of local participation, small-scale project development, participatory monitoring and assessment

Lead discussion groups; Help plan practical village-level initiatives

Methodologies for the Participatory Design and Implementation of Buffer Zones around Critical Protected Areas Huay Kha Khaeng World Heritage Site and Nakhon Sawan Teachers, College,

Thailand March and May, 1994

Organize workshop and contract papers to be presented by government and NGO project officers, and academics

Present paper on Guided Inquiry to Elicit Local Awareness regarding the Critical Role of

Environmental Integrity in Sustainable Rural Development.

Organize the compilation of papers and discussions into a Handbook for Implementing Conservation

and Development Buffer Zones (Thai) Save the Children, Wildlife Fund Thailand, and Technology for

Rural Ecological Enrichment: August 1995

Rapid Systems Assessment for Agro-Environment Programs, Shemgang, Bhutan Dec 1993.

Plan and implement workshop in conjunction with Save the Children, Bhutan, and the Bhutan

Departments of Agriculture, Forestry, and Livestock Development

Design, and implement field practica with workshop participants

Facilitate participatory assessment of field practica, identify information gaps, and help plan

subsequent implementation of PRA for 31 communities in Shemgang District

Linking Environmental Rehabilitation to Farmers' Priority Needs, Gorkha, Nepal February 1993.

Design and implement training workshop in response to assessed project needs identified during prior consultancy period

Present papers and facilitate sessions on awareness raising, participatory project planning and

design, effective implementation strategies to mobilize rural initiative, participatory monitoring and assessment, and farmer-to-farmer extension

Provide report and recommendations backstopping project modification and development at new project sites

Facilitating Peoples' Initiatives for Ecodevelopment, Sumatra, Indonesia February 1992.

Design and implement classroom and field-based training for government and non-government organization staff regarding facilitation of project identification and design by local communities

Utilize case studies developed for two villages during the course of the training to draft project

designs, bringing initial villager-identified plans back to the communities for verification and adaptation

Provide assessment of local human resource capacity and recommendations for follow-up human resource development activities

Integrated Agriculture and Farm Diversification, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand December, 1991.

Organize training and retain training consultants for staff, farmers, and government officers

responsible for six project areas in Lower Northern Thailand

Subject matter related to integrated sustainable agriculture, farm-level planning/ implementation, environmental rehabilitation, community-based natural resource management, income generation

Ecological Degradation and Environmental Rehabilitation, Gaylephug, Bhutan March, 1991.

Organize and provide training for project staff and cooperating government agencies on relationships between environmental degradation and income decline, and techniques adapted to local conditions for amelioration of deteriorating conditions

Working groups designed an array of promising interventions and committed to carry out some of these following further consultation and refinement with village clienteles

Agro- and Community Forestry for Development and Conservation, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

August, 1990

Organize and implement training workshop for government and non-government agencies and

farmers on issues and approaches in integrated development and conservation

Collaborative Planning for Conservation and Development, East-West Center, Hawaii May, 1988.

Contribution to workshop on participatory rural development held for staff, students, and Asia-Pacific Region guests at the Resource Systems Institute, East-West Center

Systems Modeling for Collaborative Development Planning, College of Tropical Agriculture and

Human Resources, University of Hawaii April, 1988

Contribution to a workshop on farming systems research and development

Smallholder Agriculture in Tropical Hill Lands: Problems and Prospects, Natural Resource

Management Program, Department of Geography., University of Hawaii October, 1987

Contribution to seminar on sustainable upland development in the tropics

Javanese Traditional Agroforestry: Model for Small Farm Intensification in Tropical Slopelands,

Institute of Ecology, Bandung, West Java December, 1984

Contribution to a Padjajaran University workshop based on personal experience and research

conducted by the East-West Center working group on traditional agriculture in Southeast Asia

Small Farmer Decision Making: A Review of Current Knowledge, East-West Center,

Environment and Policy Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii July, 1982

Contribution to final workshop organized by the East-West Center working group on traditional

agriculture in Southeast Asia

Market-Oriented Traditional Agroforestry in the Temperate Highlands of Central Mexico,

University of California at Santa Cruz Agroecology seminar series May, 1982

Presented to a seminar organized by the Agroecology Program regarding income benefits of

traditional agroforestry in the central Mexican highlands

Agroforestry in the Humid Tropics: Ecosystem Analog to the Tropical Rainforest? University of

California at Santa Cruz Agroecology seminar series January, 1982

Presented to a seminar organized by the Agroecology Program regarding forest simulating

agroecosystems to maximize usable production per unit area while maintaining the ecological integrity

of lands under very high population pressure

Selected Professional Papers and Publications:

Amanda Suutari and Andrew Mittelman 2007 Ecosystem restoration with agroforestry and community forests in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand The Eco-tipping Points Project

http://www.ecotippingpoints.com/indepth/thailandforest.html

Mittelman, Andrew 2007 Consultant’s interim and final reports Participatory planning and grassroots mobilization Upper Chi Watershed Livelihood and Environment Restoration WWF Thailand Country Office, WWF Greater Mekong Subregion Pathum Thani and Khon Kaen, Thailand

_ 2006 Year 1 Progress Report Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project, Component

2: Organizing communities for natural resource management in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve

FAO and the Royal Government of Cambodia Department of Fisheries

_ 2005 Project Inception Report, Tonle Sap Environmental Management Project, Component

2: Organizing communities for natural resource management in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve

FAO and the Royal Government of Cambodia Department of Fisheries

_ 2004 Preliminary recommendations regarding participatory land use planning and

participatory land allocation ADB-Kontum Livelihood Development Project, Vietnam

_ 2004 (draft revised) Guidebook for the implementation of participatory resource use

planning GTZ-Tam Dao National Park and Buffer Zone Management Project Vietnam

_ 2004 Recommendations for revitalizing the Thailand Country Program Regional

Community Forestry Training Center, Bangkok

_ 2004 Interim Evaluation of the Khammoune Poverty Alleviation and Resource Management Project CARE – EU KFSP Vientiane, Lao PDR

2003 Lessons from a decade of Protected Areas and Development Experience in Thailand Protected Areas and Development Project, International Center for Environmental Management, Brisbane, Australia

2003 (draft) Protected Areas and Development in Thailand International Center for

Environmental Management Brisbane, Australia

2002 Participatory Problem Analysis, Activity Identification and Selection, Project Planning, and Participatory Monitoring and Evalution A 4-part practitioners handbook on facilitating participatory rural development Sekong, Lao PDR: Sekong Ethnic People’s Development Project and UNDP 2002 Effective facilitation and management of participatory rural development projects: A multi-part series Sekong, Lao PDR: Sekong Ethnic People’s Development Project and UNDP

2002 Protected Areas and Development In Thailand Protected Areas and Development Review in the Lower Mekong Subregion International Centre for Environmental Management:

Brisbane

2002 Protected Area Conservation and Economic Development in Thailand Lessons from the past decade of experience Protected Areas and Development Review in the Lower Mekong Subregion International Centre for Environmental Management: Brisbane