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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Surname: Prins
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Name: Erik
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Date and place of birth:
Gentofte, Denmark
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Nationality: Danish
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Civil Status:
Unmarried, no children
Address:
Hyldestykket 6, DK-2970 Horsholm, Denmark.
Tlf: + 45 4586 8518, Mobil: + 45 2621 8518,
e-mail:
prins@c.dk, webside:
http://Prinsengineering.com
6.
Education:
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Institutions: |
Inst. of Geography.
Univ. of Copenhagen,
Denmark |
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Date:
From
(months/year)
To
(months/year) |
August 1989
August 1982
August 1989
Human-Geography
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Degree: |
BSc (1985), MSc. Thesis
1989,
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Agro-forestry |
7.
Language skills: (1 – 5, 1 = highest)
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Language
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Level |
Passive |
Spoken |
Written |
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Danish |
Mother
Tongue |
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English |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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German |
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2 |
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3 |
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French |
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4 |
4 |
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Swahili |
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4 |
4 |
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8.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
New
York Academy of Sciences, Danish Space Consortium for Earth Observation. Service
Provider for ESA GMES GSE Forest Monitoring
9.
Other skills:
Super user in following Remote sensing and GIS software: ERDAS Imagine;
ARC/INFO, ArcGIS; ArcView incl.; spatial analyst; IDRISI32; Cartalinx; WinCHIPS
and a host of other programs including statistical packages as S-plus and PC-ORD.
10.
Present Position: Senior consultant/ Director
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Years of professional experience: 19
12.
Key qualifications:
Mr. Erik Prins is specialised in natural resource management by the use Earth
Observation (EO) and DB/GIS of information systems. Within his working area he
provides frontrunner results which recently are described in Nature. PRINS is
typically working as applied research and has developed several ground breaking
approaches to analyse the environment. He has conducted and implemented several
national scale studies of vegetation and forests for national environmental
reporting issues. Based upon EO data he has made forest cover analysis in more
than 10 countries, deforestation and change detection in seven and on four
continents. Within EO/GIS, he has established and made institutional build-up in
more than nine countries. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in most
development project components: Project formulation, management, execution, and
evaluation. Specialised working areas: Natural resource and protected area
management, natural forest types and deforestation and change monitoring
systems, land cover / use analysis, Kyoto reporting, N2000, habitat and
biodiversity modelling and mapping, EIA, field surveys and training. Further, he
has extensive theoretical and practical experience with ecology, forest,
biodiversity, sustainable land use, natural and semi-national habitats,
socio-economic issues in relation to human geography, national resources, de-
and afforestation and tropical land-use systems.
13.
Specific experience:
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Country |
Date: |
Name and brief description of the project |
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Denmark |
2008-12 |
NERI: SatMon
establishment and execution of
Land Use Land
Changes
in Denmark for the Danish Kyoto reporting based upon EO and GIS. |
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Tanzania |
June-Aug 2008 |
WWF UK: Providing background material to a GEF project for conservation of a
forest complex PRINS discovered in 2001 |
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Mozambique |
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Pro-Natura Int.: Preparation of EO based maps for analysis of East African
Coastal Forest Types. |
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Sudan |
Aug. 2006 - |
ECOS:
Land use changes in connection with Oil
Exploration sites in Southern Sudan |
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Denmark/EU |
Oct 2005-08 |
ESA GSE-FM:
Monitoring of Danish forest based upon EO data, for national
green house gas reporting on and biodiversity. |
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Sudan/ Denmark |
Dec 2005- March 2006 |
ECOS: EIA of Oil
Exploration sites in Southern Sudan |
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Denmark |
June-Dec 2005 |
Amnesty International: Study
/ report
on the use of Earth Observation data for documentation of human
right
crises. |
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Lithuania |
Aug 2004-
June 2005
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EU-PHARE program Ramboll, Copenhagen
Development of Management Plans in Protected Areas of Lithuania.
DB – expert: Design of a DB/GIS system for decision support to management
of N2000 sites |
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Sudan/ Denmark |
May
2004 ongoing |
Amnesty International: Documentation of the extent of village destruction in
Dafur, Sudan based upon Landsat data. |
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Malawi/ Denmark |
March 2004-ongoing |
WRI-Oxford University: Botanical classification of Mt. Mulanje based upon
Landsat data. |
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Malaysia, Sabah-Sarawak |
May
2003 – July 2003 |
UNDP-GEF-Malaysia:
MDAs for the Loagan Bunut National
Park (Sarawak) and the Klias Peninsula (Sabah).
Establishment of DB/GIS and monitoring system for Peat Swamp Forest. |
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Lithuania |
Jan. 2002-
May.
2004 |
(DANCEE/NepCon) RS/DB/GIS
Expert on the EMARALD /NATURA 2000 project |
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Belarus-Poland |
Nov. 2001 - April 2003 |
A independent part of
Publich Awareness EnvironmentalInformation:Poland-Belarus Cross-border
project (COWI/DANCEE) Establishment of a common map and DB/GIS platform
for management of forest and biodiversity in Bialowiza – Belovezhskaya
national parks. GIS and image processing, capacity building.
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Tanzania |
Aug. 2001- Aug. 2002
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UTUMI project Lindi,Tanzania.
(Danida). Technical assistance (RS/GIS and vegetation) Monitoring of forest
types in Lindi district, processing of Landsat data, designing,
co-ordinating and implementation of botanical fieldwork for biodiversity
assessment and mapping of coastal forest in Lindi region.
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EU
/ Denmark |
Nov. 2000 – 2002 |
Project (EU – MAST program): IMPRESS – Interactions between the maritime
environment, Predators, and pray: implication for sustainable Sandeel
fisheries. Remote sensing/ GIS expert, modelling interactions between
satellite data and various marine spatial layers in 2 and 3 D.
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Malaysia, Sabah |
Jan. 2000 - 2002 |
Project: ‘Collaboration
on Biodiversity between University Malaysia Sabah and Danish
Universities'
Technical assistance and capacity
building within the field of remote sensing, GIS and biodiversity mapping. |
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Malaysia, Sabah
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Sep. 1999 – Sep. 2002
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Management of
Maliau basin conservation area. Sabah, Malaysia.
Establishment of GIS and responsible for 140.000 ha aerial mapping,
capacity building, production of satellite based vegetation map,
establishing watershed, hydrological, biodiversity layers and modelling.
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Latvia |
Sep. 1997- April 2001
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CTA on
“Biodiversity management in Latvian farmland – a decision support system”
(DANCEE).
Setting up a GIS/RS based decision support system for monitoring agriculture
and biodiversity in the farmland of
Latvia. Developing remote sensing
based models for monitoring nature and biodiversity in the farm land. |
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Madagascar/Denmark |
June 1998 – Dec. 1999 |
Centre of Development
Research / Danida research council. Deforestation and land cover analysis of
SW Madagascar based upon multi-temporal Landsat analysis 1973-96. |
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Senegal |
June 1996 – June 1998
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Project:
‘Integrated Management of Biological
Diversity in Ferlo, sahelian
Senegal’.
(Danida). Analysis of natural resource
and interactions with socio economic conditions for National Park
management, biodiversity assessment, establishment of monitoring system,
definition of core area for conservation. |
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Poland |
August 1997 -1999 |
Mapping of forest and
biodiversity in the Bialowieza lowland forest of Poland -
Satellite and GIS analysis of forest cover and changes. Biodiversity
assessment and zonation for strict reserves. |
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Philippines/Denmark |
June 1997 |
(Danish Red Cross) Disaster planning – producing manual for disaster
planning in the coastal areas of Philippines. |
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Latvia |
March-August 1996 |
(DANCEE)
Satellite mapping of habitat areas in
Latvian open rural areas, designing of satellite and GIS based environmental
monitoring centre, for a biodiversity assessment program in Latvia. |
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Ghana |
Aug. 1995- Mar. 1996
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Project:
‘Ghana
Environmental Resource Management Project’
(GERMP), (World Bank/Danida.). Remote Sensing adviser and trainer for the
implementation of a national 1:250.000 mapping of land cover and use in
Ghana. |
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Denmark / Ecuador |
Jan. - Jun. 1995 |
Project DIVA:
National Environmental Research Institute. Satellite analysis of land
cover/use of the eastern Ecuador.
Advanced
digital remote sensing analysis of forest /vegetation types on the eastern
slops of Andes. |
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Denmark/Italy/EU |
Sep. 1994 - Feb. 1995 |
(Danish Center for
Tropical Biodiversity). Biodiversification “hotspots” and ecological
stability measured by NOAA AVHRR GAC data in cooperation with MTV, RSA, EU
JRC - Ispra, Italy. |
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EU/Denmark |
May - June 1995 |
(EU. DG. XII. - Danish
Natural Forest and Nature Agency). Development of satellite based
methodology for mapping of land covers within Heath land areas in Denmark. |
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Denmark / Greece |
April – Oct. 1994 |
(Danish Ministry of Industries, 1994). Development of Methods for
Eco-mapping and typology via satellite remote sensing. (in co-operation with
Epsilon, Greece) |
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Uganda-Sudan/ Denmark |
Feb. 1994 – Jan 1998 |
(Botanical Museum/Danish
Centre for Tropical biodiversity, Univ. of Copenhagen) Digital
satellite analysis of the vegetation on mountains of Southern Sudan and
Northern Uganda. |
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UNDP/Denmark |
Aug. - Nov. 1993 |
(UNDP). Three month course
in land use mapping by digital satellite remote sensing, set up for
Sudannese land use planners. |
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Denmark / Burkina Faso |
August 1993 |
(Ramboll/Danida) Advising
and processing satellite images for enhancement of hydro-hydrological
structures for a DANIDA founded water project in Burkina Faso. |
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Denmark / Tanzania |
Dec. 1991 to Feb. 1994
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Danida
program: ’Agricultural and Ecological Consequences
of Deforestation and Afforestation in
Tanzania
and Zambia based on Satellite Remote Sensing'.
Modelling and assessing deforestation in miombo woodland by multi-temporal
change detection. Further, training in digital remote sensing and field
survey, software handling and installing of computers.
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Denmark |
June 1990 |
(Inst. of Geography, Univ.
of Copenhagen). Assisting in practical execution in of a research program,
concerning slash and burn experiment - estimation of temp. biomass and
nutrients. |
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Denmark |
Jan 1990 |
(Center of Development
Research. Copenhagen). Advising in multivariable statistical analysis for a
complex statistical material, Concerning analysis of household
questionnaires from Kenya. |
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Tanzania |
July – Sep. 1987 |
(COWI Ltd / Danida).
pre-appraisal to the HIMA project in Tanzania. Farming system
analysis, monitoring of soil erosion, afforestation and agro-forestry
systems. |
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Denmark |
May – June 1987 |
(Danish Ministry of
Agriculture) Practical execution of detailed soil sampling in connection
with the National Danish NPO scheme. |
14.
Professional experience:
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
Oct 2002 to Present |
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Location |
Denmark |
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Company / Organisation |
PRINS Engineering |
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Position |
Director / Senior Consultant |
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Job
Description |
Consultancy in various
RS/DB/GIS related natural resource management issues, especially in relation
to biodiversity. |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
Feb. 1994 to Oct. 2002 |
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Location |
Denmark |
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Company / Organisation |
ORNIS Consult Ltd. |
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Position |
Senior project manager
/
senior consultant
/
researcher |
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Job
Description |
Natural resource management
by the use of remote sensing and GIS. Carrying out project management,
applied development of RS/GIS applications for analysing forest, open land
and biodiversity. |
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Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) |
Dec. 1991 to Feb. 1994 |
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Location |
Denmark-Tanzania |
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Company / Organisation |
Inst. of Geography, Univ.
of Copenhagen |
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Position |
Research Assistant |
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Job
Description |
Primary
working for the DANIDA program: ’Agricultural and
Ecological Consequences of Deforestation and Afforestation in
Tanzania and Zambia based on Satellite Remote Sensing'.
Main duties: Satellite data processing, analysis and training, development
of satellite methodologies for forest and deforestation assessment. |
15.
Others: Annex include publications, seminar contributions and other assignments
of relevance. More details on projects can be viewed on:
http://Prinsengineering.com
References:
Soren
Hastrup, Dir. PFF Consult, Denmark,
sh@pffconsult.dk
Jan Durinck, Independent Consultant , Denmark
Jan@durinck.dk
Jan Peter Fiel, Senior Consultant, NepCon, Denmark
JPF@nepcon.dk
15a.
Publications and Seminars:
Scientific:
PRINS, E (2008): Use of low cost Landsat ETM to
spot burnt villages in Darfur, Sudan..
International Journal of Remote Sensing,
(04),
pp. 1207 - 1214. DOI:
10.1080 / 01431160701730110
PRINS, E.
(2008 |
