DARROZE was born on 01.01.1958 in France. He holds DVM, Doctorate Veterinary in Medicine (ENV Toulouse), MSc (DESS) Tropical Animal Production, Option Wildlife (CIRAD-University Creteil Paris XIII and a Certificate in Tropical Veterinary Medicine (CIRAD-EMVT). He is currently resides in Thailand and is a Free Lance Consultant with over 30 years in experience in biodiversity conservation (in-situ and ex-situ): Ecosystem services quantification, Rangelands, Wetlands, Protected Areas and National Parks Planning and Management; Buffer Zones Management; Wildlife Management, Reintroductions, Animal production and Health, Pastoralism management and conflict resolution.
- Decentralization in Natural Resources Management: Land Use planning. Institutional development and national policies in NRM. Sustainable development and conservation-based income generating activities for communities. Ecotourism development. Waste recycling.
- REDD+ and Climate change adaptation
- Environment Strategic Assessments, Environmental Impact Assessment, Results based monitoring and evaluation (M&E), PCM.
- Animal pathology and Sanitary Surveys, Hygiene.
- Over 20-year experience in Africa, including SADC Region (Malawi, DRC, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
- Experience with organisations responsible for environmental management: IGAD (Horn of Africa), SADC, ICCN, IUCN, WWF
- Experienced in communication and facilitation of consultations
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Membership of professional bodies:
- IUCN SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods (SULI) / Wildlife Health Specialist Groups
- IUCN CEESP: Governance, Equity and Rights / Sustainable Use and Livelihoods (SULi) Specialist Group
- IUCN CEM: Dryland Ecosystems / Wetland Ecosystems / Ecosystem based Adaptation and Mitigation / Ecosystem Restoration / Ecosystem Services / Sustainable Use and Management of Ecosystems Thematic Groups
- IUCN WCPA: Climate Change / Connectivity Conservation / Freshwater / Governance of Protected and Conserved Areas
- Other skills:
- Usual Microsoft software packages (MS Office), (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Various professional software: MIKE, SMART, PARCC, METT, Distance, Cybertracker
- Miradi (Evaluation / « Open Standards » / PPMS)
- GIS (AutoCAD 2009, QGIS, GEONODE, MARXXAN)
- Formations UNDSS 2020: BSAFE et Active Shooter Incident
- Driving license (Car, motorcycle)
