Edmund Barrow

Senior Consultant
Expertise
Biodiversity Conservation & Natural Resource Management Governance, Gender Equality and Rights Based Approaches (RBA)
Thematic /Sectoral Experience
Facilitation & Multi-stakeholder dialogue
Geographical Experience
Africa/Globally
Working Language
English

Edmund has worked in over 20 countries in Africa and globally for 40+ years. He is currently a consultant in community based natural resource management and governance. Prior to this, he was the Director of IUCN’s Global Ecosystem Management Programme with responsibility for IUCN’s global work on Ecosystem based Approaches to Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction, & IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems, and Drylands. Edmund has extensive working experience with sustainable development in different ecosystems (drylands, forests), with a lot of practical field experience. He has been very involved in ecosystem (especially forest) restoration, participatory approaches to conservation (planning, implementation and learning), and governance (with respect to issues such as institutional choice, representation, action learning, power).