Conserving wild coffee in Ethiopia’s Montare Forest

The speaker, Professor Adrian Wood, has been a Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor at Huddersfield from 1985.  Prior to that he was a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Zambia for 10 years.  He is currently a Professor of Sustainability in Huddersfield Business School. 

He has been involved in research, teaching and field activities concerned with African development and the environment for more than four decades.  His work links field research to teaching and advisory support for a number of NGOs and government agencies.  He has also worked with a range of international development agencies such as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Bank and UK AID / DFID.  He has also worked with the governments of Zambia, Ethiopia and Malawi, and with the World Conservation Union and the Ramsar Convention.  He has been the Director of the Centre for Wetlands, Environment and Livelihoods at the University and is also a Director of a European-based NGO, Wetland Action.

Professor Wood’s talk, entitled Conserving Wild Coffee in Ethiopia’s Montare Forest, will explore how, over 15 years, Huddersfield researchers have helped communities come to manage their forests sustainably and maintain a genetic resource unique to Ethiopia – wild coffee.

The talk will be held in the Joseph Priestley Building in room JPG/18, starting at 7.15pm.  Admission to the talk is open to all and is free to GA members and students, and just £3 for visitors.

Further information about the talk can be obtained from the Branch Membership Secretary, Pam Cranmer, on 01924 508947, and details of the work of the Sustainable and Resilient Communities research cluster is available online.  Further information about the University’s Geography degree courses can also be found online.