Adrian Wood

Personal profile

Biography

Adrian joined the Business School in 2012 after being a Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Geographical Sciences between 1985 and 2006. Prior to that he was a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Zambia for 10 years.

He has been involved in research, teaching and field activities concerned with African development and the environment for more than four decades. His work links field research to teaching and advisory support for a number of NGOs and government agencies. He has also worked with a range of international development agencies such as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Bank and UK AID / DFID. He has also worked with the governments of Zambia, Ethiopia and Malawi, and with the World Conservation Union and the Ramsar Convention.

He has been the Director of the Centre for Wetlands, Environment and Livelihoods at the University and is also a Director of a European based NGO, Wetland Action.

Research Expertise and Interests

Natural resource management and livelihoods in Africa
Wetland and forests

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Research Output 1981 2019

21 Article
8 Chapter
1 Book
1 Other report

Community forest management (CFM) in south-west Ethiopia: Maintaining forests, biodiversity and carbon stocks to support wild coffee conservation

Wood, A., Tolera, M., Snell, M., Ohara, P. & Hailu, A., 1 Nov 2019, In : Global Environmental Change. 59, p. 1-11 11 p., 101980.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

coffee

Ethiopia

biodiversity

forest management

conservation

6 Citations (Scopus)

African Forest Honey: an Overlooked NTFP with Potential to Support Livelihoods and Forests

Lowore, J., Meaton, J. & Wood, A., Jul 2018, In : Environmental Management. 62, 1, p. 15-28 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Deforestation

nontimber forest product

honey

Conservation

commercialization

Agricultural Management and Wetlands: An Overview

Everard, M. & Wood, A., 16 May 2018, The Wetland Book: I: Structure and Function, Management, and Methods. Finlayson, C. M., Everard, M., Irvine, K., McInnes, R. J., Middleton, B. A., Van Dam, A. A. & Davidson, N. C. (eds.). Springer Netherlands, p. 1009-1019 11 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

agricultural management

Wetlands

wetland

wetlands

management

2 Citations (Scopus)

Wetland entrepreneurs: diversity in diversification in Zambian farming

McElwee, G. & Wood, A., 1 Aug 2017, In : Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 25, 5, p. 752-768 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Diversification

Farmers

Wetlands

Farming

Entrepreneurs

Baro-Akobo River Basin Wetlands: Livelihoods and Sustainable Regional Land Management (Ethiopia)

Wood, A., Sutcliffe, J. P. & Dixon, A., 4 Aug 2016, The Wetland Book: II: Distribution, Description and Conservation. Finlayson, C. M., Milton, G. R., Prentice, R. C. & Davidson, N. C. (eds.). Springer Netherlands, p. 1-8 8 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

land management

river basin

wetland

community resource management

traditional knowledge