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EMMANUEL O. NUESIRI Curriculum vitae

Fellow, Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy (SDEP), University of Illinois Urbana

Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, Tel: +1 217 417 9342, Email: enuesiri@illinois.edu

Visiting Scholar, International Politics Unit, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences,

University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Email: nuesiri@uni-potsdam.de

Academia webpage: https://illinois.academia.edu/EmmanuelNuesiri

Education

DPhil. (2010) School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE), University of Oxford, UK

MPhil. (2002) Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK

BSc. (Hons.) (1999) Environmental Science and Geology, University of Buea, Cameroon

Previous Academic Positions

2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandenburg Research Academy and International Network

(BRAIN) / Marie Curie Fellowship, International Politics Unit, Faculty of

Economics and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany

2011 – 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Forest Governance and Climate Change, Geography and

GIS Department, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA

2007 – 2011 Research Associate Climate Change and Forestry, Commonwealth Policy Studies

Unit (CPSU), University of London, UK

Book Publications

Nuesiri E. O., (ed.) (forthcoming) Global forest governance and climate change: interrogating

representation, participation and decentralisation, London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.

Davies J., Herrera P., Ruiz-Mirazo J., Mohamed-Katerere J., Hannam I. and Nuesiri E., (2016)

Improving governance of pastoral lands: implementing the voluntary guidelines on the

responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food

security. Governance of Tenure Technical Guide 6, Rome: FAO.

Denton F. et al. (2015) Africa's journey in the global climate change negotiations: a summary

for policy makers. Addis Ababa: UNECA African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC).

Book chapter

Nuesiri E. O., (2018) Strength and limitations of conservation NGOs in meeting local needs, In:

The anthropology of Conservation NGOs: rethinking the boundaries (eds. Larsen P. B. and D.

Brockington), London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, pp. 203 – 225.

Nuesiri E. O., (forthcoming) Climate change governance and local democracy: synergy or

dissonance, In: Climate change and its impact: risks and inequalities (eds. Gardoni P., C.

Murphy, R. McKim, D. Wuebbles, and P. Kumar), Springer Press.

Articles

Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Local government authority and representation in REDD+: a case study

from Nigeria, International Forestry Review 18(3): 306 – 318.

Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Decentralised forest management: towards a utopian realism, The

Geography Journal 182(1): 97 – 103.

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Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Decentralised forest management as utopia: a response to Asiyanbi, The

Geography Journal 182(1): 107 – 108.

Nuesiri E. O., (2015) Representation in REDD+?, Arborvitae 46:11.

Nuesiri E. O., (2014) Assessing monetary and non-monetary benefits from the Bimbia

Bonadikombo community forest Cameroon: policy implications relevant for carbon emissions

reducing programmes, Community Development Journal 50 (4): 661 – 676.

Nuesiri E. O., (2006) Poverty and b iodiversity in the Cross River f orest r egion of Nigeria,

Policy Matters 14: 363 – 369.

Nuesiri E. O. and Fombad E. E., (2006) Apiculture and Poverty Alleviation in Cameroon –

Part 2, Bees for Development Journal Issue 80: 10.

Nuesiri E. O. and Fombad E. E., (2006) Apiculture and Poverty Alleviation in Cameroon –

Part 1, Bees for Development Journal Issue 79: 8.

Nuesiri E., (2004) Economic Globalization and Institutions of Global Governance: A Response

to Griffin, Development and Change 35(3): 601 – 606.

Articles in press

Nuesiri E. O., (forthcoming) Feigning democracy: performing representation in UN-REDD

funded Nigeria-REDD Programme, Conservation and Society.

Nuesiri E. O., (forthcoming) Managing climate risks in coastal communities – strategies for

engagement, readiness and adaptation, Book Review, Community Development Journal.

Articles under review

Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) Impact of godfather politics on adoption of carbon forestry in Cross

River State, Nigeria, under review in Review of African Political Economy.

Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) When NGO networks fight over representation of local communities

in REDD+: case study of the conflict between the CSO-REDD and the CFP Cameroon, under

review in Society and Natural Resources.

Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) Strengths and limitations of NGO representation and participation in

REDD+: comparative case study from Cameroon and Nigeria, under review in Geoforum.

Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) How strengthening forest conservation impacted charcoal livelihood

in Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest, Cameroon: implications for inclusion of community

forests in REDD+, under review in AREA.

Nuesiri E. O, (submitted) Evaluating governance of the Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest

Cameroon: implications for community forestry policy in Central Africa, under review in

Development Policy Review.

Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) Migrants, decentralised forestry and citizenship in Cameroon, under

review in Journal of Asian and African Studies.

Working papers

Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Accountability of powerful actors for social and environmental outcomes,

NRGF Conceptual Paper, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN and CEESP.

Nuesiri E. O., (2015) Representation in REDD: NGOs and chiefs privileged over elected local

government in Cross River State, Nigeria, RFGI Working Paper No. 11.

Nuesiri E. O., (2012) The re-emergence of customary authority and its relation to local

democratic government, RFGI Working Paper No. 6.

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Policy brief

Nuesiri E. O., (2014) Secure tenure must be the foundation of adaptation in East and Southern

Africa, IUCN TECS CSA/IPACC Policy Brief 4.

Magazine and newspaper

Privatization pains and property rights in Africa (Africa Week Magazine 8 October 2007).

Climate change: fact, figures and uncertainties (The Herald No. 719, 8-9 February 1999).

Reducing the pressure on forest timber (The Post No. 0104, 18 January 1999).

Women and environment (The Post No. 0079, 15 June 1998).

Join the bandwagon of conservation (The Post No. 0060, 10 April 1998).

Blog

Utopia and saving the African rainforest – should Bob Geldof board this train?

http://blog.geographydirections.com/2014/12/01/utopiaand-saving-the-african-rainforest-should-

bob-geldof-board-this-train/)

Grants

2009 Awarded US$10,000 by the Rufford Foundation for wildlife conservation activities in the

Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest (BBCF) Cameroon

2008 Awarded US$7,000 by the Commonwealth Foundation UK to convene CPSU workshop

on ‘Pro-poor forestry and carbon finance in the Commonwealth’

2006 Member of SWECSON team that was awarded US$3,000 by the Netherlands

Development Organisation (SNV) to convene first regional workshop on ‘Decentralised

forest management in the South West Region Cameroon’

2006 Member of RCDC team awarded US$25,000 from the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens

Conservation Fund USA for community forestry in Tali-Bara forest Cameroon

2005 Awarded US$10,000 by the Rufford Foundation UK for wildlife conservation through

community forestry in the Ebensuk-Mambo forest Cameroon

2004 Awarded US$5000 by the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) USA for introduction of

community forestry in the Ebensuk-Mambo forest Cameroon

Consultancy

2017 Free prior informed consent (FPIC) expert for Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth

Netherlands global review of FPIC policies and processes

2016 Resource person conceptual development of the International Union for the Conservation

of Nature (IUCN) Natural Resources Governance Framework (NRGF) initiative

2015 REDD+ expert with United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

reviewing the participation of African governments in the UNFCCC process

2005 Livelihood expert for the UNDP / Cameroon Mountains Conservation Foundation

(CAMCOF) US$10 million proposal submitted to the World Bank

2002 Biodiversity conservation policy expert for the Fauna and Flora International (FFI)

comparative review of Nigerian and Cameroonian biodiversity conservation policy and

programmes in the transboundary Cross River forest region

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Selected Presentations

2017 Anglophone problem in Cameroon. Presentation at the Centre for African Studies (CAS)

Lunchtime Seminar, February 15, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2016 Climate finance and non-state actors – The power of the private sector. Presentation at

the 6th Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-VI) Conference on ‘The Paris

Climate Agreement: What Next for Africa?’ October18-20, United Nations Economic

Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2016 Climate change mitigation and local democratic governance. Presentation at the Teach-In

on ‘Climate Change, International Policies and Human Impacts’, April 05, Bevier Hall

180, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2016 Climate change governance and democracy: Synergy or dissonance. Presentation at the

International Workshop on ‘Climate Change and Its Impact: Risks and Inequalities’,

March 10-11, I-Hotel Conference Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

2015 Agroforestry and REDD+ in Africa, Discussant at the World Agroforestry Center

(ICRAF) Event, December 11, UN Climate Change Conference 2015 (Paris COP 21)

2015 Recognition and rights to optimal economic benefits from natural resources in Africa.

Presentation at the CODESRIA / OSISA Panel on ‘Economic Justice in Africa:

Globalization, the State and Civil Society’ at the World Social Science Forum 2015,

Durban, South Africa

2015 Democratic representation and climate change governance: lessons from the UN- REDD

funded Nigeria-REDD programme. Presentation at the 5th Climate Change and

Development in Africa (CCDA-V) Conference on ‘Africa, Climate Change and

Sustainable Development: What is at Stake at Paris and Beyond’, October 28-30, Victoria

Falls, Zimbabwe

2015 Scale and democracy: a discussion guide for the IUCN Natural Resources Governance

Framework (NRGF). Presentation at the NRGF Working Group Technical Meeting, June

2-4, UNECA Complex, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2015 Representation in REDD: who speaks for vulnerable local people? ICARUS IV Global

Conference, May 7-10, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2014 Boko Haram: a private indirect government? Presentation at the Centre for African

Studies (CAS) Brown Bag Seminar Series, September 24, University of Illinois Urbana

Champaign

2014 Symbolic democracy as social safeguard in REDD+: the case of the UN-REDD

Programme in Nigeria. Geography and Geographic Information Science (GGIS)

Departmental Colloquium Series, March 14, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2014 All adaptation is local: local government capacity and climate change. Presentation at the

Postdoctoral Scholars Research Symposium, 31 January, University of Illinois Urbana

Champaign

2013 Reframing justice in the new carbon economy, Poster Presentation at the Beckman Open

House, March 8-9, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2012 Not by participation alone: assessing the UN-REDD Programme and its likely impact on

local democracy. ICARUS III Global Conference, May 18-20, Columbia University, NY

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Teaching Experience

School of International Service (SIS), American University, Washington DC

SIS 636: Micropolitics of Development, Spring 2016

Delivered guest lecture on ‘Climate change governance and democracy: Synergy or

dissonance’

Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) / Open Society

Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) Economic Justice Institute, 7 – 18 September, 2015,

Durban, South Africa; I delivered the following lectures:

Lecture 5: Development and Sustainable Development

Lecture 6: Management of Revenue from Natural Resources in Africa

Lecture 7: Commodification and Market Expansion

Lecture 10: Power, Control and Access

Department of Geography, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

GEOG 210: Instructor ‘Contemporary Social and Environmental Problems’ Spring 2013

GEOG 595: Guest discussant ‘Climate and Social Vulnerability’ course in Fall 2012

Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca NY

DSOC 6940/NRES 6940: Guest lecturer ‘Tomorrow's Nature: Critiques and

Constructions of Market Logic in Environmental Governance’ course in Spring 2009

Open University (Online Programmes), Milton Keynes, UK

Associate lecturer for U316 ‘The Environmental Web’, a final year online undergraduate

course on global warming, environmental change and biodiversity conservation

(duration: February to October 2008)

School of Geography, University of Oxford, UK

Teaching assistant for the ‘African Societies: Geographies of Development and

Inequality’ course in Trinity term 2004 and Trinity term 2005

Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies (OPUS), tutor in 2004/2005 academic year for:

Globalization and Development

Development Economics

Property Rights in the Developing World

African History and Colonialism

Language Proficiency

Language Writing Reading Speaking

English Proficient Proficient Proficient

West African Pidgin English/

Guinea Coast Creole English

Proficient

Proficient

Proficient

French Competent Competent Basic

Referees

Will be provided as needed