Adansonia-Consulting

Tropical Ecosystem Research & Management

	Dr. sc. nat. Urs Bloesch, Forest Engineer (curriculum vitae), founded in 1995 this Tropical Environmental Consulting Office. He profits from a long-time practical experience in leading positions in the forestry and rural development sector in West and East Africa working for Intercooperation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Furthermore he was engaged in a major applied research programme about ecosystem studies in East Africa of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, Zurich). Currently, Dr. Urs Bloesch is heading the Specialised Group "Environment & Disaster Risk Reduction" of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit. Moreover, he is lecturing at the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL) in Zollikofen and at the Institute for Communication Research (IKF) in Lucerne, Switzerland. Adansonia-Consulting has carried numerous studies in the humanitarian, development and conservation field for UN organisations (OCHA, UNEP, UNHCR), the World Bank, state and para-state organisations (Belgian Technical Cooperation, GTZ, SDC/SHA, SRSA/MSB), international NGO's (Care International, Conservation International, Pro Act, WWF) and national NGO's (ADAP, ARECO). Main topics included ecosystem analyses, vegetation surveys, environmental impact assessments and management plans, energy supply for local and refugee communities and environmental rehabilitation. More recently Adansonia-Consulting has been involved in an applied research partnership programme (ESAPP) and in the biodiversity study of a coastal forest in Tanzania (CEPF / Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture). These studies have been conducted in a wide range of tropical ecosystems including savannas, dry woodlands, dry evergreen forests, rainforests, mangroves, and in a variable socio-cultural and economic context of rural agricultural and pastoral communities.
Adansonia-Consulting Dr. Urs Bloesch Chemin de Malvaux 4 2533 Evilard Switzerland bloesch@swissonline.ch