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CURRICULUM VITAE

Ulrich Apel

1. Surname: Apel

2. First name: Ulrich

3. Date of birth: 08 May 1967

4. Nationality: German

5. Civil status: married, 2 children

6. Education:

University of Freiburg (09/1987 – 02/1990)	Bachelor of Forestry Sciences
University of Gšttingen (03/1990 – 09/1992)	Master of Forestry Sciences
University of Gšttingen (1993 – 1996)	Ph. D. in Tropical and Subtropical Forest Management

7. Language skills: (mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest)

Language	Reading	Spoken	Written
German	5	5	5
English	5	5	5
Chinese	3	4	3
Vietnamese	3	4	3
Russian	3	2	3
French	3	2	3

8. Membership of professional bodies: none

9. Other skills: Computer literacy, Winword, Excel, etc.

10. Present position: Scientific Advisor, Biodiversity Development and Research Centre, Xishuangbanna, China

11. Years within the company: 4

12. Key qualifications:

- Afforestation, Forest Restoration, Tropical and Subtropical Silviculture

- Tropical Forest Ecosystems Inventory and Management

- Community-Based Forest Management and Joint Forest Management

- Project Management and Team Leadership

13. Specific experience (in non-EU member countries):

Country	Date: from - to	Name and brief description of the project
China, Hubei	03/2005 – ongoing, in total 13 months	Smallholder Forestry Hubei II; Forest Rehabilitation and Management Project co-financed by the German Government through KfW
China, Yunnan	07/1993 – 02/2001, in total 27 months	Tropical Forest Ecosystems Management Project; Sustainable Forest Management Research Project
China, Chongqing	07/2001, 11/2002	Smallholder Afforestation Project: Monitoring and Evaluation
Vietnam, Northwest	03/1997 – 02/2001, in total 40 month	Social Forestry Development Project (SFDP) Song Da: land use planning and allocation to rural communites including ethnic minority groups.
Vietnam, Northeast	09/2001 – present, in total 18 month	Smallholder Afforestation Project: Overall project management

14. Professional experience record:

Date from – Date to	Location	Company	Position	Description
03/2005 - ongoing	China	KfW	Long-term Expert	Chief Technical Advisor of a Forest Rehabilitation and Management Project: "Smallholder Forestry Hubei II"
11/2004	China	KfW	Short-term Expert	Consultancy in the Smallholder Afforestation Project Hunan II: Development of a forest management component
07/2004	China	KfW	Short-term Expert	Consultancy in the Smallholder Afforestation Project Gansu: Development of an impact monitoring system
05/2004	Vietnam	World Bank	Short-term Expert	Participation in the Rural Development Strategy Update for Vietnam: framework for costumary land use titling in forest areas
04/2004	Vietnam	KfW	Short-term Expert	Team leader of a fact finding mission for forest rehabilitation and development project Hoa Binh and Son La.
03/2004	Vietnam	GTZ	Short-term Expert	Consultancy in the Social Forestry Development Project (SFDP) Song Da: Investment Option fffor donor projects in the forestry sector
02/2004	China	KfW	Short-term Expert	Consultancy in the Smallholder Afforestation Project Yunnan II: Establishment of a sample plot based monitoring system
09/2003	China	KfW	Short-term Expert	Consultancy in the Afforestation Project Shaanxi II, Yanan: Evaluation of project progress in terms of quality and quantity (monitoring check); recommendations for project implementation.
02/2003 - present	Vietnam	KfW	Chief Technical Advisor	Afforestation Project Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri Provinces: Responsible for overall management of the project and for development and implementation of concepts to establish economically and ecologically viable production forests managed by smallholders.
12/2002	Vietnam	ADB	Short-term Expert	ADB Forestry Sector Project (TA no. 2852-VIE): Consultancy on nursery and forestry plantation and on long-term forest management planning at district and commune level.
11/2002	China	KfW	Short-term Expert	Afforestation Project Chongqing Municipality co-financed by KfW: Evaluation of project progress in terms of quality and quantity (monitoring check); Recommendations for project implementation.
10/2002	Malaysia	KfW	Participant and Presenter	International Conference on ÒBringing Back the Forests – Policies and Practices for Degraded Lands and ForestsÒ, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 – 10 October 2002.
05/2002	Vietnam	World Bank / Flora & Fauna International (FFI)	Short-term Expert	Preparation of a summary paper on: ÒCollaborative Management and Conservation - A Strategy for Community Based Natural Resource Management of Special Use Forest in Vietnam.Ò
04/2002	Vietnam	ADB	Short-term Expert	ADB Forestry Sector Project (TA no. 2852-VIE): Consultancy on nursery and forestry plantation: quality check and recommendations for technology standards.
02/2002	Vietnam	GTZ	Short-term Expert	Integrated Food Security Project (IFSP) Quang Binh: Elaboration of a concept and implementation strategy for village forest management in the project region.
09/2001 - present	Vietnam	KfW	Chief Technical Advisor	Afforestation Project Bac Giang – Quang Ninh – Lang Son co-financed by KfW: Responsible for overall management of the project and for development of concepts to establish economically and ecologically viable production forests managed by smallholders.
07/2001	China	KfW	Short-term Expert	Afforestation Project Chongqing Municipality: Evaluation of project progress in terms of quality and quantity (monitoring check); Recommendations for project implementation.
05/2001	Vietnam	World Bank / Flora & Fauna International (FFI)	Short-term Expert	GEF project: ÒConservation of Pu Luong – Cuc Phuong Limestone LandscapeÓ: Development of a strategy for community-based natural resource management in the Pu Luong Nature Reserve; Institutional arrangements for collaborative management of forests.
03/1997 – 02/2001	Vietnam / China	GTZ	Technical Advisor	Social Forestry Development Project (SFDP) Song Da, Northwest-Vietnam (40 m/m) and Tropical Forest Ecosystems Management (TFEM) Project Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (8 m/m). Main fields of work in SFDP Song Da: - Developing and testing of a regulatory and organisational framework and technological options for improved community forest management; - Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded forest land by natural regeneration and enrichment planting; - Silvicultural treatment of natural regeneration and secondary forest stands; - Market analysis and development of non-timber forest products (NTFP) - Planning and carrying out of training, seminars and workshops in community forest management; - Development of bio-physical and socio-economic criteria for participatory land use planning and land allocation; - Assisting in the development and testing of a methodology for village development planning. - Main fields of work in TFEM Xishuangbanna: - Developing and testing a methodology for particpatory land use planning; - Transfer and adaptation of the methodology for participatory land use planning to the Hainan Rehabilitation and Protection of Tropical Forest Project (11/1999); - Support the establishment of co-management arrangements for Manggao Nature Reserve between adjacent villages and government institutions; - Survey on main forest types and its main tree and associated plant species. Description of botany, ecology, distribution, and uses;
11/1996 – 01/1997	Myanmar	DAAD	Short-term lecturer	3-months lectureship at the Institute of Forestry, Yezin on community forestry supported by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).
04/1993 – 06/1996	Germany / China	DFG / GTZ	Scientific Assistant	Implementation of a research programme of the Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Silviculture of the University of Goettingen: "Tropical Rainforests of Xishuangbann, China".

15. Others e.g. Publications:

List of 10 publications on ecology of tropical tree species, forest restoration, landuse planning, and community-based forest management issues is available on request.