Development Aspects Impressum Editors

Chan, Ngai Weng

Univerity Sains Malaysia

Professor Ngai Weng Chan has a BA (Hons) in Geography (1977), an MA in Clima- tology & Meteorology (1981) from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and a PhD in Environmental Hazards Management from Middlesex University, UK. He is cur- rently Professor of Physical Geography in Universiti Sains Malaysia and President of Water Watch Penang. He has worked mostly on hydroclimatological aspects of water management in research and consultancy. He is active in campaigning for water conservation and has published 20 books and more than 100 papers in professional journals. He was winner of the Asia Water Management Excellence Awards 2010 Individual Category (national).

Coates, David

CBD

Dr. David Coates is an Environmental Affairs Officer at the Secretariat Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada. Immediately after completing a biology degree and subsequent Masters in tropical marine ecology in the U.K., David embarked

on a long career overseas involving teaching, research and development project management. Interests in coral-reefs continued but were gradually overtaken by involvement in freshwater-related issues. He spent four years as Chief Technical Adviser for the Mekong River Commission, working in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam, assessing the regional impacts of water management on fisheries. David joined the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, based in Montreal, in August 2003. He is currently responsible for freshwater biodiversity, water resources and agriculture. His interests remain broad but centre on the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in water resources management.

Gumbo, Bekithemba

UNDP Cap-Net

Dr. Bekithemba Gumbo has more than 20 years working experience in the water sector spanning from being a practicing civil engineer, lecturer and researcher to network manager and water infrastructure development financier.

Currently he is the Director of Cap-Net, an international network within the UNDP Water and Ocean Governance Programme, which consists of partnerships of au- tonomous international, regional and national institutions committed to capacity- building in sustainable water management.