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Name : Christopher David Minty
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Organization: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/ Las Cuevas Research Station
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Las Cuevas Research Station Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 20A Inverlieth Row Edinburgh Scotland UK EH3 5LR

Tel. No. : (501)824 2695
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Email : chris@mayaforest.com
Web : www.mayaforest.com
Fields of Expertise : Soil Survey, Soil/Plant Relationships, Natural Resource Management, Conflict Resolution
Current Projects : Management planning for the Chiquibul Forest Reserve and National Park Wildlife Impacts of Chalillo Dam Management Assessment of Protected Areas
Geographical Area of Work : MesoAmerica, Scottish Crofting Areas, Eastern Canada
Biography : Natural Resource Manager with extensive organizational, communicational, scientific and technical skills combining a high degree of commitment and flexibility. I am a responsible manager motivated by problem solving and achieving results. I am accustomed to analysing situations, motivating team members and developing research, cultural and business links in a wide variety of circumstances. I have successfully demonstrated my ability to: o Initiate, manage & co-ordinate multi-disciplinary, multi-national forest research and conservation projects o Build and manage effective field teams in various environments o Assume responsibility for managing budgetary, human and material resources
Other : Member of CITES Scientific Authority of Belize Member of Biodiversity Strategy - Technical Advisory Board Member of Belize Climate Change Committee Member of Meso-America Biological Corridor (MCB) committee Minty, Meerman, Bol & Bissix (2002) Rapid Management Assessment of Five Blues Lake National Park. Project Report to PACT Minty, Meerman, Bol & Bissix (2002) Rapid Management Assessment of Aquacalienta National Park. Project Report to PACT Minty, Meerman, Bol & Bissix (2002) Rapid Management Assessment of Victoria Peak National Monument. Project Report to BAS Minty, Meerman, Bol & Bissix (2001) Rapid Management Assessment of Fresh Water Creek Forest Reserve. Project Report to PACT Minty et al (2001) Wildlife Impact Assessment of Chalillo Dam Project. Project Report to AMEC Minty and Bol (2000) Wildlife Scouting Survey of the Macal / Raspaculo Watershed. Project Report to BEL Minty, C.D.& Bridgewater, S (1998) Booth River Survey. Expedition Report to Royal Geographical Society Minty, C.D (1997) Expeditions and Personal Development (1997) Project Report to Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Minty, C.D and Smith G (1997) Across the Atlantic Progress Report to Sinclair Technologies Ltd Minty, C.D and Bridgewater, S (1996). Booth River Survey Project Report to Programme for Belize Murray, M.R. Zisman, Minty C.D., (1998). Soil-plant relationships and a revised vegetation classification of Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Journal of Atoll Research (1999) Murray, M.R. Zisman, S. Minty, C.D. (1995) Vegetation Classification on Turneffe Atoll, Belize Project Report to Coral Cay Conservation Ltd. Minty, C.D (1994) Crofting in the Scottish Highlands - A Management Approach to Indigenous Conservation. Unpublished Masters Thesis Furley, P.A and Minty, C.D. (1994) Soil and sediment characteristics on the wetlands of Belize. The Wetlands of Belize: Ecology, Environment and Utilization Furley, P.A. and Minty, C.D. (1993) Patterns of soil and sediment distribution over coastal and island mangrove communities in Belize soil properties across coastal wetlands. Mangrove distribution, vulnerability and management in Central America, ODA-OFI Forest Research Programme, Edinburgh University/Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Furley, P.A. Minty, C.D. Stuart, N (1993) Terrestrial and Marine Resource Evaluation in Belize, Central America Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems, Vol. 2, Beijing. Sugden, D.E. Minty, C.D. and Knight, P.G (1992) Ice Flow around large obstacles as indicated by soil properties in Greenland Journal of Glaciology