Curriculum vitae

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EMMANUEL O. NUESIRI
Curriculum vitae
Fellow, Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy (SDEP), University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, Tel: +1 217 417 9342, Email: enuesiri@illinois.edu
Visiting Scholar, International Politics Unit, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences,
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Email: nuesiri@uni-potsdam.de
Academia webpage: https://illinois.academia.edu/EmmanuelNuesiri
Education
DPhil. (2010) School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE), University of Oxford, UK
MPhil. (2002) Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK
BSc. (Hons.) (1999) Environmental Science and Geology, University of Buea, Cameroon
Previous Academic Positions
2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandenburg Research Academy and International Network
(BRAIN) / Marie Curie Fellowship, International Politics Unit, Faculty of
Economics and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany
2011 – 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Forest Governance and Climate Change, Geography and
GIS Department, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA
2007 – 2011 Research Associate Climate Change and Forestry, Commonwealth Policy Studies
Unit (CPSU), University of London, UK
Book Publications
Nuesiri E. O., (ed.) (forthcoming) Global forest governance and climate change: interrogating
representation, participation and decentralisation, London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.
Davies J., Herrera P., Ruiz-Mirazo J., Mohamed-Katerere J., Hannam I. and Nuesiri E., (2016)
Improving governance of pastoral lands: implementing the voluntary guidelines on the
responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food
security. Governance of Tenure Technical Guide 6, Rome: FAO.
Denton F. et al. (2015) Africa's journey in the global climate change negotiations: a summary
for policy makers. Addis Ababa: UNECA African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC).
Book chapter
Nuesiri E. O., (2018) Strength and limitations of conservation NGOs in meeting local needs, In:
The anthropology of Conservation NGOs: rethinking the boundaries (eds. Larsen P. B. and D.
Brockington), London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, pp. 203 – 225.
Nuesiri E. O., (forthcoming) Climate change governance and local democracy: synergy or
dissonance, In: Climate change and its impact: risks and inequalities (eds. Gardoni P., C.
Murphy, R. McKim, D. Wuebbles, and P. Kumar), Springer Press.
Articles
Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Local government authority and representation in REDD+: a case study
from Nigeria, International Forestry Review 18(3): 306 – 318.
Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Decentralised forest management: towards a utopian realism, The
Geography Journal 182(1): 97 – 103.

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Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Decentralised forest management as utopia: a response to Asiyanbi, The
Geography Journal 182(1): 107 – 108.
Nuesiri E. O., (2015) Representation in REDD+?, Arborvitae 46:11.
Nuesiri E. O., (2014) Assessing monetary and non-monetary benefits from the Bimbia
Bonadikombo community forest Cameroon: policy implications relevant for carbon emissions
reducing programmes, Community Development Journal 50 (4): 661 – 676.
Nuesiri E. O., (2006) Poverty and b iodiversity in the Cross River f orest r egion of Nigeria,
Policy Matters 14: 363 – 369.
Nuesiri E. O. and Fombad E. E., (2006) Apiculture and Poverty Alleviation in Cameroon –
Part 2, Bees for Development Journal Issue 80: 10.
Nuesiri E. O. and Fombad E. E., (2006) Apiculture and Poverty Alleviation in Cameroon –
Part 1, Bees for Development Journal Issue 79: 8.
Nuesiri E., (2004) Economic Globalization and Institutions of Global Governance: A Response
to Griffin, Development and Change 35(3): 601 – 606.
Articles in press
Nuesiri E. O., (forthcoming) Feigning democracy: performing representation in UN-REDD
funded Nigeria-REDD Programme, Conservation and Society.
Nuesiri E. O., (forthcoming) Managing climate risks in coastal communities – strategies for
engagement, readiness and adaptation, Book Review, Community Development Journal.
Articles under review
Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) Impact of godfather politics on adoption of carbon forestry in Cross
River State, Nigeria, under review in Review of African Political Economy.
Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) When NGO networks fight over representation of local communities
in REDD+: case study of the conflict between the CSO-REDD and the CFP Cameroon, under
review in Society and Natural Resources.
Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) Strengths and limitations of NGO representation and participation in
REDD+: comparative case study from Cameroon and Nigeria, under review in Geoforum.
Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) How strengthening forest conservation impacted charcoal livelihood
in Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest, Cameroon: implications for inclusion of community
forests in REDD+, under review in AREA.
Nuesiri E. O, (submitted) Evaluating governance of the Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest
Cameroon: implications for community forestry policy in Central Africa, under review in
Development Policy Review.
Nuesiri E. O., (submitted) Migrants, decentralised forestry and citizenship in Cameroon, under
review in Journal of Asian and African Studies.
Working papers
Nuesiri E. O., (2016) Accountability of powerful actors for social and environmental outcomes,
NRGF Conceptual Paper, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN and CEESP.
Nuesiri E. O., (2015) Representation in REDD: NGOs and chiefs privileged over elected local
government in Cross River State, Nigeria, RFGI Working Paper No. 11.
Nuesiri E. O., (2012) The re-emergence of customary authority and its relation to local
democratic government, RFGI Working Paper No. 6.

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Policy brief
Nuesiri E. O., (2014) Secure tenure must be the foundation of adaptation in East and Southern
Africa, IUCN TECS CSA/IPACC Policy Brief 4.
Magazine and newspaper
Privatization pains and property rights in Africa (Africa Week Magazine 8 October 2007).
Climate change: fact, figures and uncertainties (The Herald No. 719, 8-9 February 1999).
Reducing the pressure on forest timber (The Post No. 0104, 18 January 1999).
Women and environment (The Post No. 0079, 15 June 1998).
Join the bandwagon of conservation (The Post No. 0060, 10 April 1998).
Blog
Utopia and saving the African rainforest – should Bob Geldof board this train?
http://blog.geographydirections.com/2014/12/01/utopiaand-saving-the-african-rainforest-should-
bob-geldof-board-this-train/)
Grants
2009 Awarded US$10,000 by the Rufford Foundation for wildlife conservation activities in the
Bimbia-Bonadikombo community forest (BBCF) Cameroon
2008 Awarded US$7,000 by the Commonwealth Foundation UK to convene CPSU workshop
on ‘Pro-poor forestry and carbon finance in the Commonwealth’
2006 Member of SWECSON team that was awarded US$3,000 by the Netherlands
Development Organisation (SNV) to convene first regional workshop on ‘Decentralised
forest management in the South West Region Cameroon’
2006 Member of RCDC team awarded US$25,000 from the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens
Conservation Fund USA for community forestry in Tali-Bara forest Cameroon
2005 Awarded US$10,000 by the Rufford Foundation UK for wildlife conservation through
community forestry in the Ebensuk-Mambo forest Cameroon
2004 Awarded US$5000 by the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) USA for introduction of
community forestry in the Ebensuk-Mambo forest Cameroon
Consultancy
2017 Free prior informed consent (FPIC) expert for Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth
Netherlands global review of FPIC policies and processes
2016 Resource person conceptual development of the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) Natural Resources Governance Framework (NRGF) initiative
2015 REDD+ expert with United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
reviewing the participation of African governments in the UNFCCC process
2005 Livelihood expert for the UNDP / Cameroon Mountains Conservation Foundation
(CAMCOF) US$10 million proposal submitted to the World Bank
2002 Biodiversity conservation policy expert for the Fauna and Flora International (FFI)
comparative review of Nigerian and Cameroonian biodiversity conservation policy and
programmes in the transboundary Cross River forest region

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Selected Presentations
2017 Anglophone problem in Cameroon. Presentation at the Centre for African Studies (CAS)
Lunchtime Seminar, February 15, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Climate finance and non-state actors – The power of the private sector. Presentation at
the 6th
Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-VI) Conference on ‘The Paris
Climate Agreement: What Next for Africa?’ October18-20, United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2016 Climate change mitigation and local democratic governance. Presentation at the Teach-In
on ‘Climate Change, International Policies and Human Impacts’, April 05, Bevier Hall
180, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Climate change governance and democracy: Synergy or dissonance. Presentation at the
International Workshop on ‘Climate Change and Its Impact: Risks and Inequalities’,
March 10-11, I-Hotel Conference Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
2015 Agroforestry and REDD+ in Africa, Discussant at the World Agroforestry Center
(ICRAF) Event, December 11, UN Climate Change Conference 2015 (Paris COP 21)
2015 Recognition and rights to optimal economic benefits from natural resources in Africa.
Presentation at the CODESRIA / OSISA Panel on ‘Economic Justice in Africa:
Globalization, the State and Civil Society’ at the World Social Science Forum 2015,
Durban, South Africa
2015 Democratic representation and climate change governance: lessons from the UN- REDD
funded Nigeria-REDD programme. Presentation at the 5th
Climate Change and
Development in Africa (CCDA-V) Conference on ‘Africa, Climate Change and
Sustainable Development: What is at Stake at Paris and Beyond’, October 28-30, Victoria
Falls, Zimbabwe
2015 Scale and democracy: a discussion guide for the IUCN Natural Resources Governance
Framework (NRGF). Presentation at the NRGF Working Group Technical Meeting, June
2-4, UNECA Complex, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2015 Representation in REDD: who speaks for vulnerable local people? ICARUS IV Global
Conference, May 7-10, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
2014 Boko Haram: a private indirect government? Presentation at the Centre for African
Studies (CAS) Brown Bag Seminar Series, September 24, University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign
2014 Symbolic democracy as social safeguard in REDD+: the case of the UN-REDD
Programme in Nigeria. Geography and Geographic Information Science (GGIS)
Departmental Colloquium Series, March 14, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
2014 All adaptation is local: local government capacity and climate change. Presentation at the
Postdoctoral Scholars Research Symposium, 31 January, University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign
2013 Reframing justice in the new carbon economy, Poster Presentation at the Beckman Open
House, March 8-9, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
2012 Not by participation alone: assessing the UN-REDD Programme and its likely impact on
local democracy. ICARUS III Global Conference, May 18-20, Columbia University, NY

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Teaching Experience
School of International Service (SIS), American University, Washington DC
SIS 636: Micropolitics of Development, Spring 2016
Delivered guest lecture on ‘Climate change governance and democracy: Synergy or
dissonance’
Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) / Open Society
Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) Economic Justice Institute, 7 – 18 September, 2015,
Durban, South Africa; I delivered the following lectures:
Lecture 5: Development and Sustainable Development
Lecture 6: Management of Revenue from Natural Resources in Africa
Lecture 7: Commodification and Market Expansion
Lecture 10: Power, Control and Access
Department of Geography, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
GEOG 210: Instructor ‘Contemporary Social and Environmental Problems’ Spring 2013
GEOG 595: Guest discussant ‘Climate and Social Vulnerability’ course in Fall 2012
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
DSOC 6940/NRES 6940: Guest lecturer ‘Tomorrow's Nature: Critiques and
Constructions of Market Logic in Environmental Governance’ course in Spring 2009
Open University (Online Programmes), Milton Keynes, UK
Associate lecturer for U316 ‘The Environmental Web’, a final year online undergraduate
course on global warming, environmental change and biodiversity conservation
(duration: February to October 2008)
School of Geography, University of Oxford, UK
Teaching assistant for the ‘African Societies: Geographies of Development and
Inequality’ course in Trinity term 2004 and Trinity term 2005
Oxford Programme for Undergraduate Studies (OPUS), tutor in 2004/2005 academic year for:
Globalization and Development
Development Economics
Property Rights in the Developing World
African History and Colonialism
Language Proficiency
Language Writing Reading Speaking
English Proficient Proficient Proficient
West African Pidgin English/
Guinea Coast Creole English Proficient Proficient Proficient
French Competent Competent Basic
Referees
Will be provided as needed