Ronnie De Camino

Nationality: Chile

Current Position within UPEACE

Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Peace since 1995

Education and Qualifications

• Postdoctoral residence in the Forestry Faculty. University of Göttingen as fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, research in management of natural forests, 1975-1976
• Dr.rer.nat., Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg i. Br. Dissertation in Forest Economics and Management. Magna cum laude, 1972
• Forest Engineer University of Chile, 1965, with honours
• Graduate studies in Agricultural Economics. Escolatina, Institute of Economics, U. of Chile, 1964, with honours
• Baccauloreat in Biology. University of Chile, 1958

Work Experience

• University for Peace, Costa Rica. Professor in the area of Natural Resources
• IICA/GTZ Regional Project for latin America. Natural resources Specialist.
• Invited Professor, Technological Institute of Costa Rica.
• Head. Forestry and Agroforestry Area. CATIE
• Regional Coordinator. Multiple Purpose Trees Research Project for Central America. CATIE/USAID.
• Professor. Graduate Program CATIE
• Planning and Research Manager. National Reforestation Company. Venezuela.
• Chief Forestry Officer. Precious Woods: Switzerland , Brasil and Costa Rica.
• President. RNT Consultants . Costa Rica.
• University of Wageningen, Holland. Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member.
• Director and member of Committees of many MSc. Thesis at CATIE.
• Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela. MSc. Thesis Director
• CIDIAT, Venezuela. Invited Professor
• Universidad Austral de Chile, Professor. Director of the Forestry Faculty.
• Land Reform Corporation, Chile. Director of the Forestry Program of Region X.
• Participation in international initiatives as member, member of boards: Bellagio Forestry Task Force, CGIAR Panel for international forestry research, Osborn Grant for Policy Research, TROPENBOS, Founding member of CIFOR Board.

Courses/Subjects Taught

• Analysis and Design of Forest and Natural Resources Policy
• Agriculture, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
• Forest Management
• Economic Theory
• Certification of Forest Management
• Economics of Watershed Management
• Project Formulation and Evaluation

Research

• Research in Forest Economics and Management. U. Austral de Chile as Director
• CATIE and CIFOR. Research on the sustainability of effects of Payment of Environmental Services.
• CATIE. Research on the consistence of standards of principles, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.
• Two research projects approved by RIMISP (with IDRC funds) developed in 1999 to early 2000 on Monitoring of Forest Management in Brazil and Honduras in Association with the University of Amazonas in Brazil and the ESNACIFOR in Honduras.
• University for Peace, Area of Natural Resources and Peace, research in forest policy and in monitoring forest management.
• CCT (Scientific Tropical Center)/ WRI (World Resources Institute) Research Project on the Depreciation of Natural Resources in the National Accounts of Costa Rica.
• IICA/GTZ Project, research on criteria and indicators of the sustainability of forestry and natural resources management.
• CATIE Head, Forestry and Agroforestry Production Area and Co-ordinator of the Multiple Purpose Trees Regional Project in, research in the economics of plantation forestry.
• Institute of Forest Economics and Management. Research and Planning Manager of CONARE (National Reforestation Company, Venezuela), Operational research on large-scale reforestation project.

Grants

• Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung for research in forest management in the University of Gôttingen.
• RIMISP/IDRC for research in monitoring of natural resources projects.
• BMZ fellow for Dr. studies at Freiburg University.
• University of Chile. Escolatina for studies in agricultural economics.
• Numerous grants for participation in congresses, conferences, symposia and workshops.

Consultancy Work

• Experience as a consultant in the design, formulation and evaluation of many research, development and investment projects and institutions in watershed management, reforestation, natural forest management, research, policies, forest certification, economics, etc. as member of team and as team leader, with institutions like FAO, UNDP, UNCTC, OEA, IICA, CATIE, COSUDE, GTZ, ASDI, USAID, IDB, AID, KfW, FSC, CGIAR, WB, AID, DFID, IDB, World Bank, FSC, etc. In almost all the countries in Latin America, some European Countries and some African Countries.

Publications

Book and Reports
• De Camino, R; Segura, O; Arias, L.G; Pérez, I. 2000. Costa Rica. Forest strategy and the evolution of land use. Evaluation Country Case Study. Operations Evaluation Department. The World Bank. Washington D.C. 128 pgs.
• Maldonado, T; de Camino, T; Campos, J; Ortiz, R; Smith J; Finegan, B: de Camino , R. 2000. Almacenamiento de carbono y conservación de biodiversidad por medio de las actividades forestales en el área de conservación Cordillera Volcánica Central. Costa Rica. CATIE/CIFOR. Colección de manejo Diversificado de Bosques Naturales Serie Técnica, Informe Técnico n° 314. Turrialba. Costa Rica. 70 pgs.
• De Camino , R; de Camino, T; Vega, M. Indicadores para el manejo forestal sosteniblede acuerdo con los principios, criterios e indicadores del FSC: algunas propuestas desde la pràctica. CD interactivo. UPEACE. GTZ.

Book Chapters

• De Camino, Ronnie. 1999. Plantations and Natural Forests in Latin America. Chapter 24. Of the Book: World Forests, Society and Environment. Volume I. Edited by Matti Palo and Jussi Uusivouri. Published by the European Foresty Institut, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/London/Boston
• De Camino , Ronnie . 1999. Sustainable Management of Natural Forests: Actors and Policies. Chapter 6 of the Book: Forest Resources Policy in Latin America. Kari Keipi Editor. Interamerican Development Bank. John Hopkins University Press. Washington D.C.
• De Camino, R; de Camino, T; Alvarado, C; Ferreira, O; Ferreira, S; van Eldik, T.2000. Desarrollo de una metodología práctica de seguimiento y evaluación de la sostenibilidad del manejo forestal en Bosque Húmedo Tropical Primario en Brasil y Bosque de Pinares Naturales en Honduras. Capítulo 3 del libro Berdegué, J; Escobar, G. editores, 2000. Seguimiento y evlaución del manejo de recursos naturales. IDRC/RIMISP. Santiago de Chile.
• De Camino, R. 2001. Hacia polìticas de manejo forestal comunitario (MFC) y la certificaciòn en Amèrica Latina. Capìtulo "Algunas consideraciones sobre el manejo forestal comunitario y su situación en América Latina. En Taller: Manejo Forestal Comunitario y Certificación en América Latina - estado de experiencias actuales y perspectivas futuras-. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. WWF/GTZ / Holanda.
• De Camino R., Segura O, Kelly L. 2002 Costa Rica: at the Cutting Edge. In Chapter 2, Lele U. Editor. 2002, Managing a Global Resource. Challenges of Forest Conservation and Development. World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development, Volume 5. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick and London.

Articles and Papers presented in different Congresses, Seminars and Workshops and published in the proceedings.

• De Camino, Ronnie. 1999. Las nuevas dimensiones y perspectivas para el desarrollo forestal: la certificación forestal en el contexto regional e internacional. Conferencia invitada. Congreso Forestal Latinoamericano. Lima . Perú. 8 - 11 de diciembre de 1999."Hacia un nuevo desarrolllo forestal integral y durable"
• De Camino , Ronnie. 1999. Manejo forestal sostenible en el neotrópico y necesidad de criterios e indicadores. Conferencia inaugural (Key note speach) Conferencia y taller internacional sobre indicadores para el manejo forestal sostenible en el neotrópico:fomento de acciones multisectoriales en el desarrollo e implementación de indicadores con base científica IUFRO/CATIE/GTZ. Turrialba. Noviembre de 1999.
• De Camino , Ronnie. 1999. Criterios e indicadores de manejo forestal sostenible.factores políticos, legales e institucionales. Conferencia y taller internacional sobre indicadores para el manejo forestal sostenible en el neotrópico:fomento de acciones multisectoriales en el desarrollo e implementación de indicadores con base científica IUFRO/CATIE/GTZ. Turrialba. Noviembre de 1999.
• De Camino , Ronnie . 1999. Mecanismos Organizativos para agilizar el acceso al mercado para productos maderables certificados en Centroamérica. Las Opciones y su Factibilidad. Taller en Ciudad de Guatemala sobre : Iniciativa para agilizar el acceso al mercado para productos maderables certificados en Centroamérica. AID/CCAD/IRG/PROARCA/CAPAS.
• De Camino, Ronnie . 1999. Forest conservation or production? A false dilemma. Forest Policy Roundtable. Inter-american Development Bank. Washington, June 28, 1999
• De Camino , Ronnie , 2000. Ambiente, política y ALCA. En Villasuso, Trejos. Comercio e Integración de las Américas. IICA. IICE-UCR, INTAL-BID.
• Pedroni,L; de Camino, R. 2000. Un marco lógico para la formulación de estándares de manejo forestal sostenible. CATIE/IRTERCOOPERATION, Turrialba/Berna. Informe Técnico n° 14.
• De Camino, R; Alfaro, M. 2000. Certification in Latin America: Experience to date. In Forest, Trees and People Newsletter n° 43. Rome.
• De Camino, R. 2000. Empezando a hacer diferencias. Consideraciones sobre el manejo de bosques naturales a escala industrial en el trópico americano, en Simpósio internacional de iufro/embrapa/cifor: Manejo integradode florestas úmidas neotropicais por indústrias e comunidades. Aplicando los resultados de pesquisas , envolvendo atores e definindo políticas públicas.Belém, Brasil. Diciembre de 2000
• De Camino, R. 2000. Presentación en el Panel de Discusión: Medios para Promover la Adopción del Manejo Forestal Sostenible. Comentarios sobre las presentaciones del Tema 3. en Simpósio internacional de IUFRO/EMBRAPA/CIFOR: Manejo integrado de florestas úmidas neotropicais por indústrias e comunidades. Aplicando los resultados de pesquisas , envolvendo atores e definindo políticas públicas.Belém, Brasil. Diciembre de 2000.
• Pokorny, B; Sabogal, C; de Camino, R. 2002. Metodologìas para evaluar la aplicaciòn de criterios e indicadores en el manejo forestal de bosques tropicales en Amèrica Latina. Revista Forestal Centroamericana. CATIE.
• De Camino, R. 2002. Secondary Forests and Poverty Alleviation: whath is the potential and how to use it? Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Forstwissenschaftlicher Fakultät.Conference: Management and transformation of degraded secondary forests in the tropics and subtropics.
• De Camino, R; Amigheti, A; Brenes, A. 2002. Tendencias y Perspectivas del Sector Forestal Latinoamericano en Materia de Producción y Conservación de Bienes y Servicios Ambientales. Ponencia Central. Congreso Forestal Latinoamericano. Guatemala.

Responsibilities at UPEACE

• Teaching as Professor, Dual Master Program with American University (Policies and Sustainable Development)
• Training in short courses in policies, natural resources management and forest certification.
• Students advise
• Research in the areas of Community Management of Natural resources, development of monitoring standards, natural resources policies.

Other Interests

• Community work and youth work
• Organic agriculture
• Writing
• Naturalism