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Download Julian’s CV here: Julian Caldecott CV Oct 2023.
My main areas of professional focus have evolved over the years, each new phase building on the previous ones …
1975-1984: ecological research. Working on tropical rainforests, with a focus on the ecology of elephants (gap year), gibbons (undergraduate) and monkeys (postgraduate) in West Malaysia. Key publication: An Ecological and Behavioural Study of the Pig-tailed Macaque (Karger, 1986).
1984-1988: conservation research. Working on the ecology of hunting and shifting cultivation (postdoctoral), bearded pigs, rhinos and non-timber forest products in Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo). Key publication: Hunting and Wildlife Management in Sarawak (IUCN, 1988).
1988-1991: conservation project management. Leading the planning and establishment phase for Cross River National Park and its support zone in south-eastern Nigeria.
1991-2004: biodiversity consultancy. Advising the Indonesian Ministry of Environment on biodiversity management and the conventions on biodiversity and climate change. Drafting studies on Indonesian biodiversity for UNEP and traditional ecological knowledge for UNCSD. Leading exchange visits on biodiversity, bioprospecting and biopiracy between Costa Rica, Indonesia and the Philippines. Working on conservation areas and policy in China, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nicaragua, México, Guyana and the Philippines, and EU support for the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. Director of Early Warning, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. STAP Roster of Experts reports on GEF projects in Indonesia, Central Asia, Turkey, Cambodia, and the Environmental Business Finance Programme. Key publications: Decentralisation and Biodiversity Conservation (World Bank 1996); Designing Conservation Projects (Cambridge UP 1996); World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation (California UP 2005).
2005-2009: environmental security. Capacity building for disaster assessment, ecosystem restoration and environmental security for UNEP in Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Updating the EU’s Regional Environmental Profile for Asia and Country Environmental Profile for Indonesia. Studies for UNEP of environmental policies and treaties. STAP Roster of Experts reports on GEF projects in Azerbaijan, India, Chile, Nicaragua, global biodiversity targeting, and the Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Programme. Key publications: Green Breakthroughs: Solving Environmental Problems Through Innovative Policies and Law (UNEP 2008); Water: the Causes, Costs and Consequences of a Global Crisis (1st Edition, Virgin 2008).
2010-2023: aid portfolio evaluations. Sustainability of poverty relief (Finland 2002-10); aid to Nepal (Denmark 1991-2016, Finland 2002-11), Nicaragua (Finland 2003-11) and Tanzania (Finland 1998-2011); global climate aid (Switzerland 2000-12 and 2013-21, Denmark 2013-18); and the Indonesia-Norway REDD+ Partnership (in 2011, 2013, 2018). Key publications: Aid Performance and Climate Change (Routledge 2017), Water: Life in Every Drop (2nd edition 2020); Surviving Climate Chaos by Strengthening Communities and Ecosystems (Cambridge UP 2021); Implications of Earth system tipping pathways for climate change mitigation investment (Discover Sustainability 2022).
Ongoing: restoring peace with nature. Writing, speaking and consulting to promote nature-based and community-based solutions to the climate and nature emergencies, awareness of Earth system tipping points and implications for climate change investment, and practical ways to restore peace with nature.
Download Julian’s CV here: Julian Caldecott CV Oct 2023.