ADEKUNLE VICTOR A. J.

 Professor

 vajadekunle[at]futa.edu.ng

 +2348034455805

 NIGERIA

 ENVIRONMENTS AND BEHAVIOUR ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (MEMBER). FORESTRY ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA. (MEMBER/ EDITOR). NIGERIAN SOCIETY FOR PLANT TAXONOMIST, SYSTEMATIC AND BIORESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (MEMBER). ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RESEARCH TEAM (ASSOCIATE COORDINATOR). SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY – MEMBER. FOREST AND FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY – TREASURER/ FINANCIAL SECRETARY.

 *PH.D. FOREST INVENTORY AND ECOLOGY, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA. 2002. *M.SC. SILVICULTURE AND FOREST BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA. 1995. *B.AGRIC. TECH. FORESTRY AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA. 1992.

  ADEKUNLE, VICTOR AJIBOLA JIMOH IS A PROFESSOR OF FOREST INVENTORY AND ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. HE HAS ABOUT NINETEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING, RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL RESEARCHES IN THE AREA OF SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, FOREST INVENTORY, ECOLOGY, RURAL LIVELIHOOD, NEGLECTED AND UNDERUTILIZED SPECIES AND SOCIAL FORESTRY AND WOOD CULTURE. HE IS THE PRESENT COORDINATOR OF THE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME IN FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA. HE HAS ATTENDED SEVERAL LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND MADE PRESENTATIONS. THE FINDINGS OF HIS RESEARCH WORKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN REPUTABLE JOURNALS. HE HAS SERVED AS A CONSULTANT TO INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT AND SEVERAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. HE SERVED AS A CO-TEAM LEADER DURING THE NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES SURVEY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA UNDER BEAKS/GEOMATICS CONSULTANCY, FEBRUARY – JUNE 1997, A TEAM MEMBER DURING THE STUDY ON FIRE MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION IN ONDO STATE AFFORESTATION PROJECT FOR ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 2001 AND A TEAM LEADER FOR ECOLOGICAL SURVEY DURING ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE AND ECOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY MAPPING OF ONDO STATE, NIGERIA FOR ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT MARCH, 2003. HE ALSO SERVED AS ACTIVITY LEADER DURING THE BASELINE STUDY OF PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES IN THE LOCAL EMPOWERMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROJECT (LEEMP) IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA, MAY/JUNE 2006, TEAM LEADER ON ENVIRONMENT DURING THE BASELINE STUDY OF PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES IN BORGU NATIONAL PARK, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION (GEF), SEPTEMBER, 2006 AND PROJECT LEADER ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES OF THE FORESTS OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA IN SUPPORT OF RURAL LIVELIHOODS, FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE WITH A GRANT OF $45,000 AWARDED BY THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE RESEARCH IN AFRICA, USA (SEPTEMBER 2011 – OCTOBER, 2012). HE IS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM FOR THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL WEB-BASED FORESTRY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NIGERIA SPONSORED BY FAO IN JULY, 2012. HE IS THE TEAM LEADER FOR THE INDEPENDENT TREE AUDIT FOR BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (BAT) COMPANY TOWARD ZERO USE OF NATURAL FOREST AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR CURING BY THE NIGERIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (NCF) IN SEPTEMBER, 2012. HE IS A CO- INVESTIGATOR FOR THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY, SHIBUYA –KU, TOKYO, JAPAN $15,000 GRANT FOR ON- THE- JOB CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 2013/2014 AND THE ON-THE-JOB RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING FOR FOOD SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 2014/2015 AND THE MOST RECENT (2015/2016) ON- THE- JOB CAPACITY BUILDING OF ANOTHER 15,000USD UNU GRANTS. HE IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT (HOD), FORESTRY AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY.