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Naam: | Verginia Wortel |
Afdeling: | Bosmanagement |
Functie: | Scientist (researcher) |
Indiensttreding: | 2006 |
Email: | verginia.wortel@celos.sr.org; biodiversity@celos.sr.org wortelv@gmail.com |
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Verginia Wortel
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Head Department of Forest Management, Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (Celos), 2018- present; Researcher, Department of Forest Management, Celos, 2013- present; Coordinator Department of Biodiversity, Celos, 2008-2013; Research Assistant Department of Biodiversity, Celos, 2006-2007; Member National Biodiversity Commission (Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment), April 2021- present. Tropical managed Forest Observatory (TmFO), Site coordinator, 2012- present; Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI), Member, 2016-present; member of the steering group for the project "Building capacities of ACTO Member Countries in ecological responsible forest management and biodiversity conservation in managed forests of the Amazon", 2016- present. National consultant/specialist FSC Audit SumaLumber/Tibiti Timber operations- Greenheart Suriname 2012. Teacher at the School for Engineering and Natural Resources (NATIN), 2010- 2012; Member of National Biodiversity Steering Committee (NBSC), 2009-2012; Communications Officer at Tropenbos International-Suriname, 2007-2008. |
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Verginia Wortel is a researcher of Biodiversity and Forestry at the Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS) since 2006. She received her undergraduate education in Environmental Management at the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and has a MSc. in Conservation Biology from the Institute for Graduation Studies and Research in Suriname (IGSRS) of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. She also works closely with the forest authority (SBB) in Suriname and is a member of the Tropical managed Forest Monitoring Observatory (TmFO) Network and the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI). Her research focuses on applied ecology to wise use and conservation of blue carbon ecosystems (coastal wetlands) and tropical forestry. She started her research in aquatic ecosystems i.e., biodiversity assessment in coastal wetlands. Her current research is on Sustainable Forest Management and how timber logging practices can be improved. She is studying forest recovery after selective logging concentrating on the recovery of Aboveground carbon and commercial stocks and the impacts of logging on tree species composition. In recent years ecological modelling and functional diversity has been of interest to her. Since working for CELOS, she has actively promoted dissemination of scientific research to the public and using these results for formulating appropriate policy. |
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Applied Ecology; Biodiversity conservation and monitoring in managed tropical forests; Statistical methods for ecological data; ecological modelling; International climate change policies (REDD+); Improved forest management practices related to forest recovery in terms of carbon stocks, commercial volume, and species diversity; Blue Carbon ecosystems i.e., Mangroves related to coastal community development; Capacity development. |
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CI-Suriname. Service Agreement Number 6007018. Feasibility analysis blue carbon pilot. 2021 SBB-UNDP Grant Agreement 12-12-2018. GCCA+ project “Setting up a mangrove biodiversity monitoring system”. 2018 REDD+ Suriname. SBB-CELOS. Service Agreement. Validation of pantropical and national allometric equations for determination of tree biomass and volume. 2018. Ministry Spatial Planning Land and Forest Management (Ministry RGB)- CELOS. Service Agreement. Suriname Coastal Protection Area Management (SCPAM). Baseline and monitoring study of Tarpon atlanticus (Trapoen) and mudbanks. 2013. CI-Suriname & TEAM. Service Agreement. Carry out Vegetation Protocol in the Central Suriname Nature Reserve (CSNR). 2013. Tropenbos International (TBI)- Suriname. CBN Capacity Building Grant/FAO Capacity Building Grant. Training in Forest Research Methods in Suriname. 2011. WWF Service Agreement. Brinckheuvel expedition. Fish diversity assessment. 2009. SCF-Research Grant. Second rapid assessment Coronie freshwater swamps. 2008 WWF Grant (KR-34). Production of education material for freshwater conservation and management. 2008. |
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English: | Speaking- Good (3); Writing- Good (3); Reading- Good (3) |
Spanish: | Speaking- Poor (1); Writing- fair (2); Reading- Fair (2) |
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