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Dr. M. Hosny El Lakany Adj. Professor, Forest Resources Management Department Faculty of Forestry, UBC |
Dr. M. Hosny El-Lakany holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and M.Sc. in Forestry from Alexandria University, Egypt, a Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a D.Sc. honoris causa from Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
He began his professional career as an instructor in Agriculture, then in Forestry at Alexandria University, Egypt. He studied and did research in Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding in Canada and became professor of Forestry and subsequently Chairman of the Forestry Department at Alexandria University, then served as Professor and Director of the Centre for Integrated Desert Development of the American University in Cairo. He was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, member of the committee to introduce Forestry into the CGIAR, which eventually led to the establishment of CIFOR; and a member the CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, TAC.
In 1995, Dr. El-Lakany joined FAO as Assistant Directeur de Cabinet, and in 1998 he was appointed Assistant Director-General of FAO/Head of the Forestry Department until his retirement in December 2005. Part of his responsibilities as ADG was to advise the FAO Director-General on policy and political matters related to Forestry and Sustainable Development. He was the inaugural chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) comprised of 14 International Organizations in support of the United Nations Forum on Forests.
Dr. El-Lakany is a member of several international scientific and professional organizations including the Boards of Trustees of CIFOR (Chairman, since Jan 2011) and ICRAF, the Canadian Institute of Forestry, the Executive Board of the Commonwealth Forestry Association, the External Advisory Group on the Forest Strategy of the World Bank (2003-2009), and the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Food and Nutrition. He has published more than 110 scientific papers and co-edited one book.
As an International Forestry Policy Consultant, Dr. El-Lakany has worked with the World Bank, ITTO, UNDP, UNEP, FAO, IUCN, GIZ, RRI, and other inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Currently, Dr. El-Lakany is Professor Emeritus at Alexandria University, Egypt and Adjunct Professor and Director of International Forestry at the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada. He Chairs the International Partnership on Forestry Education (IPFE) and lectures; supervises research and consults in International Forest Policies and Natural Resource Management. He is the founder and president of the International Forest Policy Consulting (IFPC) based in Vancouver, Canada.