Bal Krishna Jamarkattel

Background

About Bal Krishna Jamarkattel

I am a professional with almost two decades of practical experience in forestry, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, watershed management, resilient livelihoods and natural resource governance. I have also managerial experience including coordination, collaboration, partnership, people and resource management, result based management, compliance, safety security protocols, knowledge management, monitoring and supervision. I have lead or co-authored number of papers in peer reviewed or other publications at national and international level. As an employee of I/NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organizations including projects funded through DFID-UK, USAID and UNDP-GEF, I have worked with different types of natural resource management groups, networks, multi-stakeholder bodies, civil society organizations and government stakeholders. I have a good first hand experience on local adaptation planning, active forest management, natural resource governance, livelihoods, gender and social inclusion along with project cycle management right from the program development to final wrap up. I have been intensively involved in leading the climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and forestry theme at the region, landscape and often at central level. I have enthusiasm and commitment on building community and ecological resilience. I have successfully articulated my learning and experience in local newspaper, development and scientific journals.