Congress Committees

Congress Committees

The organisational part and the scientific content of the first IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress are guided by two Committees:

Congress Organizing Committee (COC)

  • Dr. Ben Chikamai, Director Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya [Chair]
  • Dr. Joseph Cobbinah, Coordinator Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), Ghana
  • Dr. Bernard Kigomo, Deputy Director, Research and Development, KEFRI, Kenya
  • Dr. Tony Simons, Director General World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya
  • Prof. August B. Temu, Partnerships Coordinator, ICRAF, Kenya
  • Mr. Polycarpe Masupa-Kambale, Projects Manager, International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Japan
  • Dr. Michael Kleine, Coordinator IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (SPDC) and IUFRO Deputy Director, Austria
  • Prof. Godwin Kowero, Executive Secretary African Forest Forum (AFF), Kenya
  • Dr. Mercy Gichora, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya
  • Mr. Ephraim Muchiri, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Kenya
  • Mr. Emilio Mugo, Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Kenya
  • Prof. Kingiri Senelwa, Dean, School of Forestry, Moi University, Kenya
  • Dr. Aissetou Drame Yaye, Representative, African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), Kenya

Congress Scientific Committee (CSC)

  • Dr. Joseph Cobbinah, Coordinator Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), Ghana [Chair]
  • Prof. em. David Okali, Nigeria Environmental Study/Action Team, Nigeria
  • Dr. Steve Makungwa, Bunda College of Agriculture, Malawi
  • Dr. Zackary Tchoundjeu, ICRAF Regional Director, Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • Associate Prof. William Gombya-Ssembajwe, Uganda Forest Resources and Institutions Centre (UFRIC), Uganda
  • Prof. Shabani A.O. Chamshama, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
  • Dr. Aissetou Yaye-Drame, Executive Secretary, African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), Kenya
  • Dr. Beatrice Darko Obiri, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Ghana
  • Prof. Michael Wingfield, IUFRO Vice-President, South Africa
  • Dr. John Parrotta, US Forest Service, USA