Životopisy - Doc.Ing. Jindřich Pavliš, Ph.D.

I. Personal data

Address, zipcode, city, country, telephone, fax :

Horní Jircany, Vresova 545, Praha Zapad, 25242, Czech Republic, tel (00420602287939), fax (00420257531839)

Email: jpavlis@mendelu.cz or jindra.pavlis@centrum.cz

DOB: July 17, 1971 / Prague

Age: 34

Nationality: Czech

Gender: male

Marital status : married

II. Education/Study stays/Scholarships/Conferences (incl. contrib.)

Secondary Forestry School in Písek /1985 - 89/ - leaving exam

Faculty of Forestry (For.Economics), University of Agriculture, Brno /1989 - 94/M.Sc.

ISTF Piracicaba/BRA-1992, Zurrich-1993

Course in Tropical Ecology – Charles Univerzity – Prague /95/

Study stay at Hugo de Vries laboratory – Univ. of Amsterdam /9-12, 1996/

Scholarship of Colombian government /1997/

Ph.D. in Tropical Ecology at Mendel Univ. of Agric. and Forestry Brno, Czech R. /1995 - 98/.Ph.D.

World Forestry Congress Quebec/Canada -2003

FAO Asiacover – Chiang-Mai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur 2003; ESCAP RWG RS&GIS Hanoi-2001

III. Summary of Professional skills and/or expertise

Forestry Engineering (Silviculture, Harvesting)

Environmental studies (Natural resources, Education)

Driving license: car, tractor, motorcycle

Chain saw license for emergency cutting of large trees

Hunting license, armament certificate

License for collection of seeds from high trees

IV. Summary of relevant work experience

2003-2005

FAO/TCP/RAS/2904 /A/ (7 months)

Title: “Towards the Development and Applications of a Multi-purpose Environmental and Natural Resources Information Base for Food Security and Sustainable Development (ASIACOVER)”. TCCT consultant on Land cover classification systems and data standardization. Responsible for translation of national LC/LU class. systems on FAO standards and collection of socio-eco data. (Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia)

FAO/TCP/2902 /A/ (8 months)

Title: „Sustainable Utilization of Agricultural „Abandoned“ Land“. National consultant in natural resources management and environmental education. Responsible for outputs of the field work on pilot areas, training of the farmers and reporting. Effort to combine econ.-ecol. advantages of alternative “agroforestry” management, including strong game management component.

1995-2005 Czech Rep. Researcher and lecturer (Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry – Brno, CZE),

Preparing tropical forestry/ecology project proposals on behalf of the university. Organizing investigative tours to the tropics. University training of the following subjects: Forestry in the Tropics, Ecosystems of the tropics and subtropics, Utility plants of the World, Dendrology, Forest Ecology.

1999 – 2004 Yemen

Czech Developmental Assistance Project on Socotra Island. Intensive field work - 1-3 months a year. Analysis of the current indigenous silvopastoral management and present state of the island terrestrial ecosystems. CTA managerial duties and professional expertise on agroforestry/ participatory forestry potentials to combat poverty, including evaluation of NTFP value. Training of the local Environmental Protection Authority staff/indigenous farmers. Cooperation with various international projects - UNDP/UNOPS, GEF, EU.

2002 (5-6) UNMIK-Kosovo

Forestry Advisor / Silvicultural specialist (UNV post) As an advisor of Kosovo Forest Authority responsible for improvement of silvicultural Planning, incl. nursery management and support of FAO Forest Inventory Project. Counseling on formulation of new Forest Act for Kosovo.

2001 (I – II, VI)

ESCAP – STAS/ENRDD/ FAO

Consultancy : Land Cover national data analysis within FAO/ESCAP joint project proposal on Remote sensing and Land Cover classification – S.E. Asia (Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam).

2000 - 2001 Yemen

Consultancy : FAO – FRA 2000, revision of national forestry statistic data – Authors contract.

1999

(X - XI) FAO-RAPA

Land cover data collection for proposed ASIACOVER project for SDRN – FAO; S.E. Asia - FAO –RAPA (Bangkok), Malaysia, Myanmar.

(VII-VIII) Bolivia

Consultancy : Economical analysis, professional evaluation of private harvest company (including concession of 70000 ha and saw mill) situated in Bolivian Amazon for European investors

(I - VI) Czech Rep.

Forest Nursery Manager (Jaromericka lesni, a.s. – Forestry Enterprise) Responsible for saplings expedition, marketing and forest nursery economics (turnover = 6 mil trees, area = 65 ha, workers - 90 ).

1997 Colombia

Researcher (Tropenbos, COL),

Analyses of secondary forest succession process in Colombian Amazon. Analyses of agroforestry (including NTFP evaluation) and community forestry impacts - studying traditional shifting cultivation system in Colombian Amazon - Araracuara region, in the context of increasing population pressure..

1992-95 Expeditions

”Brazil” (June-July 92) /study of ecosystems, collection of plant samples/

“Egypt” (October 92) /study of desert ecosystem/

“North American Forest” (July-September 93) /collection of coniferous seeds for Forestry Research Institute in Zbraslav, CZ/

“Canary Islands” (June 95) /study of land use systems in a buffer zone of Biosphere Reserve „El Canal y los Tilos“/

1989-96 Czech Rep. Forester (Private Firms, CZE)

Occasional consultancy. Project design for small forest owners, incl. communal forests (including improvement fellings, thinnings and marking of shelterwood and selective cuttings) Silvicultural treatment, forestation, leading of the forest labourer and harvesting technologies.

1989-98 Czech Rep.

Park manager (Private company, CZE), Prague historical gardens Occasional consultancy to the private firm maintaining historical gardens in the center of Prague. Park designing, emergency felling of large trees, tree conservation.

V. Publications (most important)

Pavliš J. & Havranek F. (2005) - Final Report from the FAO TCP 2902 – “Sustainable Utilization of Agricultural Abandoned Land” (32 p.)

Pavliš J. & Habrova H. /ed/ (2004) - Final Report from the bilateral project “Ecological network and agricultural, cultural and educational doorway for sustainable management of Socotra Island, Republic of Yemen. 158 pp.

Buček, A., Pavliš, J. and Habrová, H. Geobiocoenological Typology and Agroforestry as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Soqotra Island. In Ba-Angood, S.A., Ba-Saleem, M.O., Hussein, M.A. (eds) Proceedings of The Second International Symposium on The Developing Strategy of Socotra Archipelago and Other Yemeni Islands 14.- 16.12.2003 in Aden. Volume II, Aden University Printing & Publishing house, 2003, No 61/2003. p. 97-108

Pavliš J. & Havránek F. (2003-04) - 8 Activity Reports of the Project TCP CEH/2902 (A) “Sustainable Utilization of Agricultural Abandoned Land”. (250 p.) FAO HQ, Rome.

Repka R., Habrova H., Pavlis J. ed.(2003) CD-Rom “Native grassland species of the Czech Republic”. (132 species) FAO TCP-2902

Expert analysis of the Land Cover/ Land use classification systems of Myanmar and Vietnam. 75 p.; FAO TCP-RAS-2904 (A)

Pavlis J., Koblizek J., Jelinek P. (2003) Utility plants of the tropics and subtropics. Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno. Textbook in Cz, En. ; 130 p.

Kral K. & Pavlis J. (2003) - Creating a land-cover map in the arid tropical environment using Landsat ETM imagery: A case study from Socotra island. International Journal of Remote Sensing. / Submitted 9, 2003/

Adolt R. & Pavlis J (2003) - Age structure and growth of Dracaena cinnabari populations on Socotra. Trees, Springer & Verlag

Arias T.G., Callejas R.P., Pavlis J. (2002) Arquitectura radicular y caulinar de dos especies de Vismia (Hypericaceae) en un bosque húmedo tropical. Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Pavlis J. & Bucek A. - Final Report from bilateral project “Ecological network and agricultural, cultural and educational doorway for sustainable management of Socotra Island, Republic of Yemen. 345 pp. (2001)

Preliminary data analyses. (Land Cover Classification Analysis for FAO-SDRN/ UN-ESCAP) presented under project “Towards the Development and Applications of a Multi-purpose Environmental and Natural Resources Information Base for Food Security and Sustainable Development” at ESCAP Conference in Hanoi. (2001)

Pavlis et. al. - Plant Your Tree. MUAF, EPA. Instructional manual for tree planting in Yemen (En., Ar.) (2001)

Forest Resource Assessment Analysis – Republic of Yemen. Author’s article for FAO – FRD, Rome (2000 / 11)

Roots of pioneer trees in Amazonian rain forest (Pavliš & Jeník). Trees-Struct.& Funct. 14(8):442-455; Springer-Verlag (2000)

Secondary succession in Colombian Amazon. Journal of Forest Science, 46, 2000 (8):369-387

Restoration of tropical rain forest with regard to tree root systems. A case study from the Colombian Amazon, Araracuara region. (Ph.D. – MUAF, 1998)

Forests and indigenous community of Colombian Amazon (Journal - Forestry Work No.1,2 1998)

Report from research stay on Canary Islands /Ministry of Agriculture – Czech Republic, Dept.of Forestry/ (1995)

Assessment of non-wood-production functions of the forest stands in Jindřichův Hradec area /M.Sc. Thesis - 1994/

VI. Languages

Mother tongue…..Czech and Slovak

others....................English - fluent, Spanish - fluent, Russian - fluent, French – basic (but can be learnt fast)

VII. Other activities

Country President of the ISTF (International Society of Tropical Foresters - www.istf-bethesda.org), /from 2002/

Member of CZ- IALE (International association for Landscape Ecology - www.wetlands.org/iale/) /from 2002/

Member of the Dendrological Foundation of Prof. A. Bayer /from 1995/

Member of the Czech Forestry Union /from 1992/

Member of the Czech Hunting Association (www.cmmj.cz/), /from 1992/

Chairman of the Czech Forestry Students Association 1991-1994 (member of IFSA - www.ifsa.net/)

VIII. Interests

International forestry, philosophy and psychology, sport, languages

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