Research Output per year
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 2014 2018
African Forest Honey: an Overlooked NTFP with Potential to Support Livelihoods and Forests
Lowore, J., Meaton, J. & Wood, A. 8 Mar 2018 In : Environmental Management. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Deforestation
nontimber forest product
honey
Conservation
commercialization
Wetland entrepreneurs: diversity in diversification in Zambian farming
McElwee, G. & Wood, A. Aug 2017 In : Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Farmers
Diversification
Wetlands
Entrepreneurs
Farming
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
SWFLG Briefing Note 15: Biodiversity Assessment - Sheko Forest, South West Ethiopia
Tolera, M., Wood, A., Awas, T. & Hesselden, F. (ed.) Apr 2016 University of Huddersfield. 4 p. (Wild Coffee Conservation and PFM Project (WCC-PFM))Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open Access
forest management
biodiversity
coffee
management practice
gene
Forest spice development: The use of value chain analysis to identify opportunities for the sustainable development of ethiopian cardamom (Korerima)
Meaton, J., Abebe, B. & Wood, A. P. 1 Jan 2015 In : Sustainable Development. 23, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
spice
value chain
Agriculture
Sustainable development
sustainable development
Activities 2015 2015
- 3 Oral presentation
In-situ conservation of wild forest coffee - Exploring the potential of participatory forest management in South West Ethiopia
Peter Ohara (Speaker), Wood, A. (Speaker), Motuma Tolera (Speaker), Mulugeta Lemenih (Speaker)7 Sep 2015
Activity: Oral presentation
Conservation Logic in the Forests of South-West Ethiopia: Linking honey producers to markets and the implications for sustainable forest management
Wood, A. (Speaker), Janet Lowore (Speaker)7 Sep 2015
Activity: Oral presentation
Wild Coffee Conservation in Ethiopia: Exploring the Potential of Participatory Forest Management
Wood, A. (Speaker)20 Feb 2015
Activity: Oral presentation