Professor Barry Dalal-Clayton, DPhil., MSc, BSc, MIBiol., CBiol
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(i) Barry Dalal-Clayton addressing Astana Economic Forum, 2011; (ii) At UN Security Council, 2005
Professor Barry Dalal-Clayton has 53 years post-graduate experience promoting sustainable development in developing and developed countries. In 2014, he established Environment and Development Services - International. From 1988 to 2014 he worked with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), based in London, where he held several posts, latterly Senior Fellow and Director for Strategies, Planning and Assessment. He has worked in 20 countries around the world including 10 years based in Zambia working on soil survey, rural development and agriculture for UK ODA (now DFID) and NORAD.
His main areas of interest and expertise cover:
- Impact assessment - environmental and social assessment (EIA and SEA/SESA)
- Environmental and social safeguards
- Sustainability appraisal
- Environmental mainstreaming
- Sustainable development strategies
- Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM)
- Rural and land use planning, and land resources information
- Evaluation and assessment of policies, plans, programmes and projects
- Review and evaluation of policies, plans, programmes and projects