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Dr J Marc Foggin
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Summary of
professional experience
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Fifteen years of experience in
conservation research and community-based conservation and development work in
Asia, with a strong emphasis on China (from 1996 to present, full-time in the
Tibetan Plateau region). Experience includes field investigations of grassland
ecology (both behavioural and ecological studies of native mammals and birds, as
well as human ecology), the implementation of wildlife conservation, and
environmental education. Integrated community development work has focussed on
improving the livelihoods of local Tibetan herders while sustaining the alpine
grassland environment, including both wildlife and vegetation. Specific topics
regularly addressed in present position (since 1998) include sustainable
grassland management, income generation, empowerment of local herders, design
and management of protected areas, community health and education, and the
development of local wildlife monitoring teams to enhance nature conservation in
areas of high biodiversity value. Main focal area of present work assignment is
the upper river basin (headwaters) of the Yangtze, Yellow and Mekong rivers in
Qinghai Province, China.
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Present appointment
| Oct 98 - present |
Founder
and
International Director, Plateau
Perspectives |
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Plateau Perspectives is a
non-government organization (NGO) that supports local projects in conservation
and sustainable development in the Tibetan plateau region of China. Main
programme areas include biodiversity conservation, community health, education
and income generation.
Current projects focus on the
conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources in the headwaters
of the Yangtze, Yellow and Mekong rivers in cooperation with the Government, the
Management Bureau of the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve and local civil
society. Extended contact with Tibetan pastoralists also allows better
understanding of their impact on grassland ecosystems and enables integration of
traditional ecological knowledge in wildlife conservation and community
development initiatives. Additionally, regular wildlife surveys are undertaken
in the project area, including internationally significant wetlands, and
livestock exclosures have been setup for long-term grassland ecological
monitoring.
Dr Foggin's main functions include
strategic long-term planning, the development and implementation of conservation
and development activities, project monitoring and evaluation, and
administrative tasks including fund-raising.
Dr Foggin has worked in
association with many government bureaus and agencies since 1998, including the
Tibet Forest Bureau, the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve (under the Qinghai
Forest Bureau), the Biodiversity Working Group (of the China Council for
International Cooperation on Environment & Development), Qinghai Environmental
Protection Bureau, prefecture and provincial Foreign Affairs Offices, and
several county and prefecture health bureaus.
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Previous
appointments (selected)
| Sep 08 |
Project leader, study tour to the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park in South Gobi, Mongolia,
undertaken in cooperation with the NGO People Centred
Conservation (PCC) Mongolia, and workshops with WWF, WCS, UNDP, Academy of
Sciences and other projects/colleagues
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| Aug 08 |
Associate, LEAD Canada, Cohort 14 (2008-09)
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| Feb 08 |
Invited Speaker for inaugural seminar on environmental protection by
Bistandsnemnda (Norway),
"Environment and Indigenous Peoples: The experience
of Plateau Perspectives in partnership with Tibetan herders." Seminar held in
Oslo, Norway, 26 February 2008
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| Dec 04 |
Invited Reviewer of the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) sub-global
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of Western China
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| May 04 |
Member of Academic Committee,
First International
Conference on Environment & Development in West China, sponsored by the
China Association of Science & Technology (Xian, Shaanxi, China)
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| May 04 |
Plenary
Speaker at First
International Conference on Environment &
Development in West China, sponsored by the China Association of Science &
Technology (Xian, Shaanxi, China)
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| Sep 02 - Mar 03 |
Visiting
Scholar, Centre for Research in Ecological and Environmental Monitoring,
University of St Andrews (St Andrews, Scotland)
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| Jun 99 - Nov 02 |
Project
Manager, Upper Yangtze Project, Collaborative project of Biodiversity
Working Group (China Council for International Cooperation on Environment &
Development), Upper Yangtze Organization and Plateau Perspectives
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| Apr 02 |
Consultant,
WWF China (Tibet Program), Training workshop on conservation and wildlife
monitoring for staff of the Changtang Nature Reserve (Nagqu, Tibet, China)
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| Sep 00 - Dec 01 |
Co-implementer of the Integrated
Health Programme of the FINNIDA-funded
Tibetan Literacy and Health Programme 2001-2004
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| Nov 01 |
Consultant,
Fauna & Flora International, Habitat and wildlife research planning (Zhiduo,
Qinghai, China)
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| Jun 01 |
Advisor and participant in cross-sectoral workshop organized by the Biodiversity
Working Group, jointly sponsored by the China Council for International
Cooperation on Environment & Development and Qinghai Environmental Protection
Bureau (Xining, Qinghai, China)
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| Jan 94 - Dec 99 |
Field research on wildlife
ecology, nomadic pastoralism, community co-management of natural
resources, national development priorities and the role of civil society
in conservation and development in China (with focus on Qinghai Province
and Tibet Autonomous Region)
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| Aug 98 |
Invited
Speaker at international conference,
Tibet's Biodiversity: Conservation
and
Management, sponsored by WWF China and the Tibet Forest Bureau (Lhasa,
Tibet, China)
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| May - Nov 93 |
Field
Coordinator, nomad health status in Mongolia, Earthwatch project: Health
status and risk factors of nomadic and semi-nomadic pastoralists in Overhangay,
Mongolia (Dept of Geography, University of Montreal)
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| May - Jul 92 |
Research
Assistant, wildlife ecology in Northern Areas, Pakistan, Project:
Behavioural ecology of golden marmots (Marmota caudata) in Khunjerab
National Park, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Department of Biology, University of
California at Davis)
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| May - Jun 91 |
Research
Assistant,
wildlife ecology in Qinghai Province, China, Project: Behavioural
ecology of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on Tibetan
grasslands in Qinghai Province, China (Department of Biology, Arizona
State University)
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Publications
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Worthy, F.
R., and J. M. Foggin. 2008. Conflicts between local villagers and
Tibetan brown bears (Ursus arctos) threaten conservation of bears in a
remote region of the Tibetan plateau. Human-Wildlife Conflicts. 2(2):
200-205. (PDF)
Foggin, J.M.
2008. Depopulating the Tibetan Grasslands: National policies and
perspectives for the future of Tibetan herders in Qinghai Province, China.
Mountain Research and Development 28(1): 26-31. (PDF)
Foggin, P.M.
and J.M. Foggin. 2008. The practice and experience of settlement and relocation
among Canada's Aboriginal peoples.
In: P. Potter and Du Fachun (eds).
2008. Proceedings, Canada-China Forum, Western Development and Socio-Economic
Change. Beijing, China: Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (IEA),
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and University of British Columbia (UBC).
472 pp. (PDF)
Foggin, P.M.,
M.E. Torrance and J.M. Foggin. 2008. Accessibility of Healthcare for
Pastoralists in the Tibetan Plateau Region: A case study from southern Qinghai
Province, China. In: ZHANG C. and H. CAO (eds),
Inclusion and Harmony: Improving Mutual Understanding of Development in Minority
Regions, the proceedings
of the
Fifth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS5): Sharing a Future in Asia,
held in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 2-5 August 2007. (Hainan Publishing House,
in press).
(PDF)
Hornskov, J.,
and Foggin, M. 2007. Brief notes on the Altai Weasel
Mustela altaica on
the Tibetan plateau. Small Carnivore Conservation (Journal of IUCN/SSC
Small Carnivore Specialist Group) 36: 48-49.
(PDF)
Foggin, P.M.,
M.E. Torrance, Drashi Dorje, W. Xuri, J.M. Foggin and J. Torrance. 2006.
Assessment of the health status and risk factors of Kham Tibetan pastoralists in
the alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. Social Sciences & Medicine
63: 2512-2532.
(PDF)
Foggin, J.M.
2005. Highland Encounters: Building new partnerships for conservation and
sustainable development in the Yangtze River headwaters, heart of the Tibetan
Plateau. In: J. Velasquez, M. Yashiro, S. Yoshimura and I. Ono (eds).
2005. Innovative Communities: People-centred Approaches to Environmental
Management in the Asia-Pacific Region. Tokyo, Japan: United Nations
University (UNU) Press.
360
pp. (PDF)
Foggin, J.M. 2005. Promoting Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development in the
Sanjiangyuan Region.
Proceedings of a conservation planning meeting, with agreed priority action
points. Biodiversity onservation planning meeting co-hosted by Plateau
Perspectives, Upper Yangtze Organization, Government of Zhiduo County and the
Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, held in Yushu, China,
Sep 30 - Oct 13, 2005. Xining, China: Plateau Perspectives. (PDF)
Foggin, J.M. 2004. Building new partnerships for
conservation and sustainable development in the Tibetan Plateau region: Recent
experiences in the Yangtze River headwaters.
Plenary paper presented at the
First International Conference on Environment &
Development in West China, sponsored by the China Association of Science &
Technology (CAST), held in Xian, China, in May 2004.
Xining, China:
Plateau Perspectives. (PDF)
Katzner, T.E.,
C.H. Lai, J.D. Gardiner, J.M. Foggin, D. Pearson and A.T. Smith. 2004. Adjacent
nesting by Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus and Himalayan Griffon
Vulture Gyps himalayensis on the Tibetan Plateau, China.
Forktail
20: 94-96.
(PDF)
Bailey J.F.,
B. Healy, H. Jianlin, L. Sherchang, S.L. Pradhan, T. Tsendsuren, J.M. Foggin, C.
Gaillard, D. Steane, I. Zakharov and D.G. Bradley. 2002. Genetic variation of
mitochondrial DNA within domestic yak populations. Pp 181-189 in Jianlin H., C.
Richard, O. Hannotte, C. McVeigh and J.E.O. Rege (eds). 2002.
Yak productions
in central Asian highlands. Proceedings of the third international congress on
yak. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). 572
pp. (PDF)
Foggin, J.M.,
and A.T. Smith. 2001. Rangeland utilization and biodiversity on the alpine
grasslands of Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China; The use of regional
and county-level datasets. Pp. 247-258 in
BWG/CCICED,
Conserving
China's Biodiversity (II). Beijing, China: China Environmental Science
Press. (weblink)
Foggin, J.M. 2000.
Biodiversity protection and the search for sustainability in Tibetan plateau
grasslands. PhD dissertation. Arizona State
University, Tempe, USA. 397 pp.
(weblink)
Foggin, P.M., J.M. Foggin and C.
Shiirev-Adiya. 2000. Animal and human health among seminomadic herders of
central Mongolia: brucellosis and the bubonic plague in Ovorhangay Aimag.
Nomadic Peoples 4(1): 148-168.
(PDF)
Smith, A.T.
and J.M. Foggin. 1999. The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) is a
keystone species for biodiversity on the Tibetan plateau.
Animal Conservation
2: 235-240.
(PDF)
Blumstein,
D.T. and J.M. Foggin. 1997. Effects of vegetative variation on weaning success,
overwinter survival, and social group density in golden marmots (Marmota
caudata aurea). Journal of Zoology, London 243: 57-69.
(PDF)
Blumstein,
D.T. and J.M. Foggin. 1993. Playing with fire? Alpine choughs play with a
Tibetan red fox. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 90:
513-515. (PDF)
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