Eugene
Chia
PhD Student
University of Pretoria
Eugene is an environmentalist with interdisciplinary background which transverse across environmental and development issues. He has a MSc degree in International Environmental Studies and a BSc in International Development, from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. Eugene has about 10 years of experience working on climate change adaptation and mitigation, from policy design to implementation across the African continent. He has worked and provided advisory services to governments and organizations such as GIZ, ECO-CONSULT, Central African Forest Commission, CIFOR, African Forest Forum etc. Eugene was implicated in the design and implementation of first generation forest carbon emission reduction projects in the Congo Basin. He is currently a PhD student with the Center for Environmental Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa., where he is researching on the human dimensions of forest and land restoration