University
Sep 1974 – Dec 1981
State University Leiden, the Netherlands, MSc Biology (majors in Biology and Society, and Animal Ecology)
1977
State University Leiden, the Netherlands, seminar International aspects of environmental problems
1981
State University Leiden, the Netherlands: Teacher’s degree (Biology)
1989
Open University Heerlen, the Netherlands. Course in environmental sciences
Notable additional training, workshop participation, and seminars
1987
Asian Wetland Bureau / ICBP, Melaka, Malaysia: technical workshop on tropical wetland management
2002
Participation Second Regional Workshop on Review of Protected Areas and Development in the four countries of the Lower Mekong River Region, organized by a/o Mekong River Commission. Workshop to discuss the results of an investigative process of placing the role and function of protected areas
2003
Participation workshop on a proposal to establish Pu Xai Leng protected area, with community based protected area and resource management, in Nghe An province. Presentation of critical comments on proposal, with emphasis on legal, institutional and study requirements and needs in feasibility study phase
2009
Focus seminar Balancing the needs of conservation, poverty reduction, equity and governance; Federal Agency for Nature conservation (BfN), Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit mbH (GTZ), KfW Entwicklungsbank, German Development Service (ded); Vilm, Germany
