OceanExpert ID: 30052
Ms. Getrude Tausi LESHAMTA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
State Department for Forestry-Forest policy, research and knowledge management
Quick Info
Work Location
30259 GPO 00100
Dagorretti Corner, Ngong' Road
Nairobi , Kenya
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Nationality
Kenya
Email(s)
Profile URL
Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)
Highest Degree
PhD
Job Type
Operational Support (technical)
Subject Area
Climatology, Meteorology
Physical Oceanography
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Research Support Services
Physical Oceanography
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Research Support Services
Activities
Previous employment: Climate information services
- Forecast maritime weather,
- storm and cyclone monitoring,
- Tsunami ready activities,
- Guide BMUs,
- Generation & Dissemination of weather forecasts, advisories and warnings,
- research,
- teach/train on Climate change, Marine Meteorology and physical oceanography,
- participate in marine and climate conferences and workshops.
- participate in Resilient Sea Nature Based Solutions for Seascape restoration activities
- Developing
forest management and conservation, agroforestry and commercial forestry
policies, strategies, legislations, regulations, plans, standards and
guidelines; - Reviewing
concept notes for projects and programmes on forest management and
conservation, commercial forestry and agroforestry; - Liaising
with relevant stakeholders on implementation of forestry projects and
programmes; - Establishing
forestry management information systems and database of all forests and
forest health status; - Promoting
Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in forest management, conservation,
protection, agro-forestry and commercial forestry; - Coordinating
preparation of guidelines for "Adopt a Forest" concept; - Monitoring
and evaluating compliance on forestry related Multilateral Environmental
Agreements (MEAs) and other regional instruments and protocols; - Reviewing
strategies for promotion of nature-based enterprises for communities'
economic livelihoods; - Analyzing
strategies on the development of urban forests and green space; - Validating
data on forest management and conservation, agro-forestry and commercial
forestry and making recommendations thereon; and - Participating
in national and international environmental day
Sea regions of study
Indian Ocean
Skills
Forest management and Conservation,
Forest policy, research and knowledge management,
Nature based solutions-Seascape restoration,
Climate change,
Marine Meteorology and physical oceanography
Teaching
Statistical data analysis
Marine Spatial Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit
R Programming
Geospatial modelling and Marine GIS
Environmental niche modelling
Meteorological weather and ocean observations
Weather analysis and forecasting
Maritime weather forecasting
Tsunami ready activities and communications
Climatology
R Programming
Geospatial modelling and Marine GIS
Environmental niche modelling
Meteorological weather and ocean observations
Weather analysis and forecasting
Maritime weather forecasting
Tsunami ready activities and communications
Climatology
Working language(s)
English
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Created: 2017-05-04
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Last Updated: 2025-08-20