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Summary
of Personal Details
Nationality: British,
Present Passport No 093092261
Issued
Expires
Place and Date of Birth: Carshalton,
Marital Status: Married
with three children
Wife:
Anna M Bird born
School
Teacher, bilingual English/Italian
Daughter:
Louisa C Bird born
Daughter:
Amelia R Bird born
Son:
Alexander Bird born
Address: 51
Cambridgeshire
CB4 3EJ
Telephone
email: alan.bird@which.net
Website:
see Water Environment International on Google
Profession: Environmental
Planner/Surveyor
Chartered
Engineering Surveyor (MCInstCES)
Specialisation: Environmental Impact
Assessment and Management for Land and Water Resources
Development
Surveying,
Mapping and Remote Sensing
Education: -Registered
for Research Studies (PhD), WEDC,
Thesis
"EIA for Water Resources Development in Developing Countries", Passed
subject to minor corrections January 2001.
-Cambridgeshire
College of Arts and Technology (now
-The
1964-1971,
2 CSE, 7 "O" levels, 2 "A" levels
Professional
Status: Member of the Chartered
Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, 1985
Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society, 1983
Member
of the
Associate
Fellow of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
Society, 1977
Work
Experience In: Libya,
Somalia, Nigeria, Lesotho, Algeria, Cameroon, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Bangladesh,
Chad, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Jordan, Egypt, South Africa (since 1991),
Mongolia, Uganda, Albania, China, Philippines, Samoa, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Niger,
France, Netherlands, USA, England, Wales, Scotland.
Other
Countries Visited:
ALAN C BIRD
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Nationality: British
Year
of Birth: 1953
Profession: Environmental
Planner / Surveyor
Specialisations: Environmental
Impact Assessment for
Land
and Water Resources Development
Surveying,
Mapping and Remote Sensing
Years
Experience: 39
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KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Alan
Bird is an Environmental Planner with extensive experience of land and water
development programmes in developing countries. His main areas of expertise
include:
Environmental Planning and Management:
Involved in major studies and implementation programmes addressing the human
and natural environmental implications of land and water resources development.
Central to this has been the need for poverty alleviation and safeguarding
livelihoods within the framework of environmentally sound and sustainable
development. The work has included dam, reservoir and irrigation development as
well as catchment management, flooding, drainage, canal navigation, rural and
urban water supply provision, urban waste-water treatment, solid waste
management, protected area management, transport (road and waterborne navigation) and integrated rural
development programmes. He has been involved in large scale forced resettlement
from reservoirs and land reallocation programmes for irrigation rehabilitation
and construction, with a specific aim of livelihood restoration. Specialist experience in EIA and SEA methodologies along with land
and water legislation and management at national, regional and project level.
He has designed and presented training programmes for environmental management.
Environmental Assessment: Has led
integrated multi-disciplinary teams carrying out both Strategic Environmental
Assessments and also Environmental Impact Assessments, many involving village
level public participation, and at all stages of project development and across
many sectors. Designed and constructed
the World Bank’s toolkit for Strategic Environmental Assessment.
Resource Surveys and Data Collection:
Designed, trained and supervised field teams for resource assessment data
collection programmes.
Remote Sensing, Mapping and Surveying:
Extensive experience in land and water resources assessment using ground survey
methods, along with airborne and satellite remote sensing techniques, including
mapped outputs and cartography. He has specialist expertise in land
registration and land tenure reform.
Training and
Education: Has designed and
delivered training programmes and lectures on environmental issues for a wide
range of audiences, including universities and institutes in Cambridge, Oxford,
Swansea, Loughborough and Southampton in the UK, France, Botswana, China,
Philippines, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia. Students have included a very wide
range, from post-graduate (including adult education), high level government
officers and school children.
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EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS
-Registered
for post-graduate studies (PhD), WEDC, Loughborough University of Technology,
UK, April 1993. Thesis "EIA for Water Resources
Development in Developing Countries", Passed subject to minor corrections,
January 2001.
-BA(Hons), Geography and Ancillary
Economics, Cambridgeshire
-Chartered
Engineering Surveyor MCInstCES (Member of the Chartered
Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors), 1985.
-Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society, 1983.
-Member
of the
-Associate
Member of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Society, 1977.
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EXPERIENCE RECORD
1991
- Present INDEPENDENT
CONSULTANT
Environment and Land
Acquisition Expert, Punjab Cities Improvement Investment
Responsible for overseeing the environmental and land acquisition
assessments for the preparation of a major urban infrastructure programme of
US$500million comprising sub-components covering water supply, waste water
collection and management, solid waste management, transport and urban physical
planning along with financial and institutional reform.
Remote
Sensing Specialist, Integrated Water Resources Management,
Responsible for carrying out a detailed appraisal of
existing irrigation activities on the feeder river to
Environmental
Specialist,
As part of the Nile Basin Initiative responsible for drawing up an
environmental assessment for water supply and sanitation provision for 15 towns
(three in each of the five counties in the catchment of Lake Victoria) with the
aim of improving water quality in the lake.
Project Coordinator, Environmental and
Social Management Activities, Metolong Dam Programme, Lesotho, 2008 to 2009,
Funded by the US
Responsible for the overall design and supervision of the
implementation for the environmental and social impact management plan for the
construction of a 70m high concrete dam, reservoir, water supply treatment
works and over 100km of conveyance pipeline.
Environmental Specialist, Talong Hydropower Project in
Carried out a review of the environmental assessment of a
proposed hydropower dam in
Environmental Specialist, Maidan Hydropower Project in
Carried out a review of the environmental assessment of a
proposed hydropower dam in
Chief of Environmental Engineering and
Resettlement Issues, Dasu Hydropower Project, Pakistan, 2007 to 2008, Funded by
the Government of Pakistan.
Responsible for overseeing the final production of an
Environmental Impact Assessment report for a proposed large concrete hydropower
dam on the river
Environmental Specialist, NE
Responsible for identifying the existing environmental
conditions and constraints to river flooding and erosion and instigating an
initial environmental examination of six potential interventions to address
these.
Environmental Specialist, Integrated
Watershed Management
As part of the Nile Basin Initiative, carried out an
environmental assessment of a proposed integrated watershed management project. The project included a wide range of possible
interventions and covered an area of over 180,000ha in the highlands of
Environmentalist, Marawaji
Flow Control Structure
Responsible for carrying out an environmental reconnaissance of a
proposed water control structure feeding the Ramsar registered protected Nguru
Wetland area in north eastern
Environmental Specialist,
Responsible for identifying the major environmental issues to be
addressed in drawing up a long term management strategy for the largest river
basin in
Environmental Specialist,
Responsible for
producing a Preliminary Environmental Assessment Report for the Samoa Water
Authority for the detailed design and construction of a major rural water
supply programme costing Euro 10million.
Environmental Expert, Nanyang Agenda 21 Catchment Management
Responsible
for reviewing a draft Environmental Planning Report for management of the
catchment of the largest man made lake in
Project Director/Environmental Trainer, Strategic
Environmental Assessment Structured Learning Programme, World Bank, Washington
USA, 2004-2005. Japanese Government Funded.
Responsible for managing, designing and constructing a
“hands on” digital toolkit for implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment across
all of the activities of the World Bank.
Environmental Planner, Jigawa Enhanced Wetlands
Livelihood Project, Nigeria, 2004-2006. DFID
Reviewed the remote sensing requirements for the project
in order to map the extent of flooding and vegetation cover in the area. Procured appropriate satellite imagery, ground truthed
it on site and trained local staff to do the same for future monitoring work,
including the excavation and weed clearance of congested river channels which
were causing significant increased flood risks and livelihood loss to local
communities. Carried out subsequent supervision of imagery
acquisition and digital analysis for monitoring water and vegetation extent.
Environmental
Impact Specialist, Basha Diamer Dam Project,
Carried out a desk review of the detailed Environmental
Impact Assessment produced for a proposed high concrete arch dam across the
Environmental Impact Assessment Specialist, Coal Bed
Methane Project, Energy Management Component,
Responsible for environmentally screening a proposed
methane extraction project and drafting an outline Environmental Management
Plan for its implementation.
Environment Specialist, Road Network Improvement and
Maintenance Project II,
Responsible
for the environmental screening of 1500km of road proposed for improvement in
order to select 500km to be included in the programme. Responsible for carrying
out an Initial Environmental Examination of the selected 500km of road
rebuilding across the south of the country.
Environment Specialist, Watershed Management and Flood
Forecasting and Warning System for the Agusan River Basin, Mindanao,
Philippines, 2002 to 2003. Japanese Government Funded.
Responsible for identifying
the main environmental issues to be addressed when drawing up a long term water
resources management strategy for a large river basin containing over 1 million
people.
Key issues included mercury and cyanide pollution from gold mining and
management of the most important Ramsar listed freshwater wetland in the
Environmental Specialist, Bridge Replacement
Responsible for
setting up the framework for environmental assessment for the study, design and
implementation of 36 replacement bridges in the south west and
Environmental Impact Specialist, Water Resources
Management Project,
Responsible
for carrying out a Strategic Environmental Assessment of a proposed integrated
water resources management strategy for a large catchment in north east
Environmental
Impact Specialist, Rural Infrastructure Improvement
Responsible for drawing up
the environmental assessment framework for a proposed rural infrastructure
development programme in the south west of the country. The proposed interventions
included roads, markets, ferries and bridges. The work included preparation of
an overall Initial Environmental Examination of intervention elements and three
selected pilot sub-projects.
Environmental
Advisor, Agricultural Services Innovation and Reform Project, Bangladesh,
1999-2000. DFID
Responsible for providing short term technical
assistance to the project with the aim of mainstreaming environmental issues
into the Department of Agricultural Extension. This included
general environmental awareness raising over the use of new agricultural
technologies and also setting up the procedures and institutions for screening
environmental concerns in the project portfolio of the Department, based upon a
review of legislation and sector policies. Also responsible
for expanding such work into an integrated extension approach with the forestry,
fisheries and livestock sectors.
Environmental
Specialist, Second National Irrigation and Drainage Rehabilitation
Responsible for drawing up the approach and methodology
for environmental assessment of scoping studies for irrigation and drainage
rehabilitation across the country to address the requirements of the World Bank
and the Albanian Government. Also drew up special studies for
assessment of potential downstream impacts on a coastal lagoon, which is a
registered Ramsar site.
Environmentalist,
National Water Master Plan, Bangladesh, 1998-2000. World Bank loan.
Responsible for drawing up and supervising the
production of regional environmental profiles of the whole country to allow
scoping and identification of key environmental issues affecting the water
sector. Also responsible for reviewing and classifying possible
types of intervention for the water sector and analysing their environmental
outcomes, so that key environmental components and linkages could be
identified. Reviewed the legal structures that define the
responsibilities of government departments under the national environmental
legislation, so that a framework could be established at ministry level for
compliance. Drafted two major Topic Papers, one outlining the national
situation with regard to environmental concerns and the other on how to manage
water related environmental issues in the country and presented these at
workshops.
Environmental Planner, PROSHIKA,
Reviewed
the next five year plan for a very large multi-sector national NGO and carried
out a preliminary environmental screening for one of the donors.
Land Registration Specialist, Land Tenure Reform
Carried
out a review of the then recently enacted Land Act and draft Survey Regulations
and Land Regulations. Advised on amendments to the regulations and was a member
of the redrafting team. Assessed the institutional capacity
for implementation of the Act and regulations in six Districts which were
visited in the field.
Environmental Mapping Specialist, Inland Water Transport
III, Environmental Monitoring and Control Project, Bangladesh, 1996-1999.
Japanese funded through the World Bank.
Responsible for collecting all relevant environmental
data for entry into a GIS for use in environmental management of inland water
transport in the whole country. Data included national water
quality sampling, industrial discharge types and locations, human population
numbers and density, erosion and accretion mapping from satellite imagery, as
well as dredging requirements, navigation routes, navigation facilities and
traffic loads, fertiliser distribution and fisheries resources plus catch
levels.
Environmental
Specialist, Meghna Estuary Study, Bangladesh,
1997-1998.
Danish and Dutch funded.
Responsible
for drawing up the baseline environmental profile covering the islands and
adjacent mainland of the Ganges/Brahmaputra delta, including socio-economic
data for 8 million inhabitants, as well as erosion and accretion analysis using
time series satellite imagery. Carried out Environmental
Impact Assessments for three Feasibility Studies and three Pre-Feasibility
studies for a variety of proposed interventions, including cross dam and
embankment construction, river bank protection, drainage and integrated rural
development.
Environmental
Training Specialist,
Drew
up and presented a series of lectures on Environmental Management and Impact
Assessment, including detailed case studies, for a group of senior government
officers. These included members of the Planning Commission, Ministry of
Communications and Department of Roads and Highways of Bangladesh on a DFID UK assisted
programme at the Centre of Development Studies,
Environmental
Monitoring Expert, Strengthening Land Use Policies,
Responsible
for assessing and drawing up an environmental monitoring and management
component to the national land reform programme for setting up a land
registration system for the country to allow individual rights to land. Included assessment of the implications of increased pastoralism, privatisation of state wheat farms, expansion
of mining operations and urban land use.
Environmental
Training Specialist,
Drew
up and presented a series of lectures on Environmental Management and Impact
Assessment, including detailed case studies, for a group of government officers
from
Environmentalist,
Jamalpur Project Refinement Study, Bangladesh,
1995-1996.
French and EC funded.
Responsible
for setting up and co-ordinating the data collection work for a full
Environmental Impact Assessment of a proposed flood control, irrigation and
drainage programme for an area of 92 000ha containing a human population of
900 000. Data collection programmes included water quality, soils, flora,
fauna, health, nutrition, women's issues and waterborne navigation. Specific
responsibility for formulating the conceptual approach, detailed planning,
monitoring and post construction evaluation for a flood proofing trial and
pilot programme for unprotectable areas covering 900
households implemented by NGO's. Drew up the outline plan for expansion of the
programme to 20 000 households.
Land Tenure Specialist, Land Tenure Reform
Responsible
for drawing up the detailed framework of the Operational Manual for
implementing a national Land Reform Programme with components for Land
Restitution, Land Redistribution and Tenure Reform.
Public
Participation Specialist,
Responsible for drawing up a methodology for public
participation, to be implemented jointly with NGO's, for the planning of a
flood management programme covering 1 200 000 people on 180 000ha of
the
Environmental Impact Assessment Training Specialist,
Masters Degree Course in Development,
Drew
up and presented a training workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment for
Developing Countries with an emphasis on practical case examples. The
participants were Masters level students from a wide variety of technical
backgrounds, experience and countries at the Centre for Development Studies of
the
Environmental
Planner, Naga Hammadi Barrage
Led the field team of three expatriate and seven
Egyptian environmental specialists carrying out an integrated Environmental
Impact Assessment for a new hydro-power barrage across the river
Environmental Training Specialist,
Drew
up and presented a series of lectures on Environmental Management and Impact
Assessment, including detailed case studies, for a group of government officers
from
Environmental Specialist, Naur
Wastewater Treatment
Responsible for carrying out an Environmental Assessment
for a proposed wastewater treatment plant serving part of south west
Environmental Specialist, Rehabilitation of Dakawa Irrigation
Responsible for carrying out an Environmental Assessment
for the proposed rehabilitation and extension of an existing mechanised
irrigated rice farm. Issues addressed included problems of land acquisition
from Maasai pastoralists, downstream impacts of water
abstraction, water quality, likely socio-economic impacts of turning the scheme
over to smallholders and setting up procedures for public participation in
planning and operating the scheme.
Environmental Specialist, South Sumatra Inland Waterways
Carried out an Initial Environmental Assessment for a
proposed project aimed at transporting large volumes of coal for thermal power
generation. The work included an environmental comparison of rail
and navigation canal construction options, as well as an assessment of large
scale coal mining operations, thermal power generation and a proposed deep
water coastal harbour an environmentally sensitive mangrove area.
Land Acquisition, Compensation and Resettlement
Specialist, North-South Carrier
Designed
and carried out field surveys for collecting detailed compensation data for
land acquisition of a 350km long water transfer pipeline. This required
continuous liaison with the engineering consultants and local people to develop
criteria for detailed route selection and individual compensation strategies
for 210 households, some of whom required to be resettled.
Training Specialist, Small Scale Irrigation Projects,
Designed,
prepared and presented two specialist training courses on surveying, mapping
and construction setting out for small scale farmer managed irrigation
developments for participants from throughout
Environmentalist, Coastal Protection Embankment
Rehabilitation Project, Bangladesh, 1992-1993
Responsible
for identification, minimisation and management of direct construction impacts
and drawing up the approach and methodology for the post construction
environmental management of over 200km of coastal protection embankments
required as a result of severe cyclone damage and loss of human life.
Construction used labour intensive techniques with a peak requirement of
55 000 workers and the embankments were designed for multipurpose use,
including roads.
Environmental Co-ordinator, Noakhali
North Feasibility Study, South East Regional Study (FAP 5),
Responsible for drawing up the approach and methodology
and then implementing the EIA component of a sub-regional land and water
management feasibility study. The study area covered some 140
000ha of low lying land with severe drainage problems and under tidal
influence. The work required the identification of both the natural and human
environmental issues raised by a proposal to assist monsoon season drainage and
dry season irrigation. Detailed study of hydrology, water quality, aquatic and
terrestrial ecology, fisheries, soils, land resources, sociology and a public
participation component were carried out along with a comparative assessment of
the spatial and social differentiation of likely impacts.
Environmental Co-ordinator, Gumti
Phase II Feasibility Study, South East Regional Study (FAP 5),
Responsible for drawing up the approach and methodology
and then implementing the EIA component of a sub-regional land and water
management feasibility study. The study area covered some 140
000ha of complex riverine flood plain and provided
baseline environmental assessment to allow previously proposed intervention
strategies to be reviewed and appropriate ones to be put forward for detailed
study. The assessment included detailed studies of hydrology (particularly the
production of flood extent, depth and duration maps under with and without
intervention conditions), water quality, aquatic and
terrestrial ecology, fisheries, soils, land resources, sociology and a public
participation component.
Team Leader,
Responsible
for the design, training, implementation, data presentation, interpretation and
report preparation of an inventory of natural and human resources along the
Brahmaputra and Jamuna rivers in Bangladesh. This included
field questionnaires for the collection of data concerning land and population
resources, along with time series analysis of satellite imagery for the study
of the dynamics of land resources assessment, including flood and erosion
risks. All this data was entered into databases and interfaced to digitised
maps to produce a large GIS intended to form a baseline environmental planning
tool.
Remote Sensing Specialist,
Responsible
for the assessment of remote sensing requirements and capabilities, along with
image acquisition, ground truthing and interpretation, to provide flooding data
inputs into a computer model of the
Environmentalist, Jamalpur
Priority Project Study, Bangladesh, 1991-1993
Responsible
for the instigation and co-ordination of the overall environmental assessment
of the first sub-regional project study under the countrywide Flood Action
Plan. The study area was enlarged to include the Jamuna
and
Environmental Planner, Kenyan Rural Roads,
Prepared the environmental assessment component of a
technical proposal for the design and construction of a major road in a
forested mountainous area of
Remote Sensing Specialist,
Made an assessment of available time series high
resolution satellite imagery of the study area and its upper catchment to carry
out flood damage assessment.
Environmental Planner, Zaire/Chad/Niger Water Transfer
Technical review of various proposals for large scale
water transfer in
Environmental Planner,
Assisted
in the preparation of a technical proposal for a major national programme
addressing severe flooding occurrences in the country, including evacuation,
disaster relief and data sources needed for detailed planning.
Environmental Planner, Proposed Water Transfer, Dam and
Reservoir
Prepared an environmental assessment proposal for a
major water resources transfer scheme with significant human and natural
environmental impacts, including forced resettlement.
Guest Lecturer in Remote Sensing, University of
Prepared
and delivered an introductory training course in remote sensing for Botswana
Government Officers. Participants included technical staff from Departments
engaged in resource assessment, including land administration, range and
wildlife management as well as surveying and mapping.
Environmentalist,
Responsible for the preliminary assessment of the likely
human impacts of the construction of dams on the
Environmental Planner, Batoka
Gorge Dam
Prepared the detailed technical submission of the
Environmental Impact Assessment for a proposed large concrete arch dam on the
1975 - 1991 MOTT
MACDONALD GROUP
(formerly Sir M MacDonald & Partners)
-Topographe-Expert Etudes Fonciers, (Surveyor-Land Tenure Specialist), Mitidja Plain Irrigation Rehabilitation
-Topographe-Expert Etudes Fonciers, (Surveyor-Land Tenure Specialist), Bas Cheliff Irrigation Rehabilitation
-Compensation, Resettlement and Land Tenure Specialist, Motloutse Dam Environmental Impact Study,
-Mapping Co-ordinator, SADCC Surface Water and
Groundwater Mapping Project,
-
-Remote Sensing Specialist, Chobe
Enclave
-Team Leader and Land Use, Cadastre and Topographic
Surveyor, Detailed Environmental Impact and Resettlement Study, Bokaa
-Topographic and Cadastral Survey Specialist, Farahaane Irrigation Rehabilitation
-Survey Specialist,
-Remote Sensing Specialist,
-Survey Engineer, Ain Zada
Dam, Algeria, 1984-1986
-Senior Surveyor, Lesotho Highlands Water
-Senior Surveyor, Jowhar Sugar
-Team Leader,
-Senior Surveyor, Dadin Kowa Resettlement Project,
Nigeria, 1981-1982
-Senior Surveyor, subsequently Team Leader, Land Tenure
Survey, Bakolori Dam and Irrigation Project, Nigeria, 1979-1981
-Field Manager, Saakow Barrage
Project,
-Senior Surveyor,
-Surveyor, Jowhar Sugar
-Surveyor,
1971-1975 J
A STORY & PARTNERS
-Road
Alignment Surveyor,
-Land
Surveyor, various locations,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Written
and published seven papers mainly concerned with environmental impacts of land
and water resources development projects. Prepared and given training sessions
for international organisations on similar subjects.
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LANGUAGE CAPABILITY
Speaking
English: Excellent Excellent Excellent
French: Fair Poor None
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