Short Curriculum Vitae (August 2005)

Michael Køie Poulsen

Born: 25 august 1957.

Education: M.Sc. in Biology (zoology, biodiversity research) from University of Copenhagen, July 1992.

Employment: Senior Ecologist, Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology. BirdLife International (Research Officer) 1994-1997. BirdLife International/Flora and Fauna International (Expeditions Officer) 1993-1994.

Working languages: Danish, English, Bahasa Indonesia, (French, German, Spanish).
 

Research interests: Biogeography, ornithology, biodiversity conservation, development of locally-based biodiversity monitoring.

Fields of competence: The ecology and conservation status of tropical birds. Assessments of biological diversity. Locally-based biodiversity monitoring. Community-based natural resource management. Integration of local develop­ment and environmental issues. Participatory approaches to protected area management.

Extensive experience in project management, administration and team work. Experience as Chef Technical Adviser for natural resource management projects. Experience from several long research expeditions to Ecuador, the Philippines and the Moluccas (Indonesia). Experience with project planning, review and implementation obtained through assignments to international organisations and government authorities.

Guest lectures and presentations at conferences on various aspects of biodiversity, ornithology and natural resources management at University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (Denmark), University of Cambridge Explorers & Travellers Club (U.K.), University of London (U.K.), British Ornithologists’ Union’s Tropical Forest and Islands (U.K.), Royal Geographical Society (U.K.), University of the Philippines Los Baños (Philippines), Ciclo de Conferencias Ecologicas at Universidad Nacional de Loja (Ecuador), Pattimura University (Indonesia), Oriental Bird Club, Blakeney Meeting (U.K), Pan-Asian Ornithological Congress & BirdLife Asia Conference (India). The Seventh Nordic Congress of Ornithology (Denmark). Southern Africa Regional Workshop on Community-based Natural Resource Management (South Africa). Cambridge University/Nordeco Monitoring Matters Symposium (Denmark).

Countries of work experience: Denmark, Indonesia (3 years – Research Officer, position funded by British Ornithologists’ Union), Laos (3 years, 2 year as Chief Technical Adviser), United Kingdom (3 years, Expeditions Officer, Research Officer), Ecuador (1 year, field research and collecting bird specimens), Philippines (2 years, field research and biodiversity monitoring), French Polynesia (1 year, field research and museum exhibition), Tanzania, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Nicaragua, Honduras, Senegal, Norway (Svalbard), Sweden, Greenland.

Publications: 70 publications, 15 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (including Biodiversity and Conservation, Bird Conservation International, Emu, Forktail, Ibis, Ornitologia Neotropical and Oryx).  See Publications.

Other information: Member of the International Committee of Danish Ornithological Society. Member of British Ornithologists’ Union. Member of British Ornithologists’ Club. Member of Oriental Bird Club. Life member of African Bird Club. Life member of Neotropical Bird Club. Certificate of Appreciation from the Governor of Champasak Province, Laos, 2001.