David Gwenzi, Phd. Email and Phone Number

The VCS AG serves as a strategic resource to support the development of the VCS Program. The AG’s guidance ensures the VCS Program meets the needs of the carbon market as it evolves and scales up its climate benefits. The AG also helps ensure that the VCS Program includes rules and requirements insupport of the ambition to halve global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and reach net zero GHG emissions by mid-century.

Forest Monitoring, Geospatial Due Diligence, and Overal NBS Methodologies Alignment

Geospatial Due Diligence and NBS Project Development

Teaching Geospatial Science coursesResearch and extension

Lead the carbon accounting division responsible for:- delivering VCS and CCB verification,- conducting pre-viability studies,- impact monitoring, - forest monitoring- biodiversity monitoring, - geospatial analysis and data management

- Hyperspectral remote sensing for monitoring and mapping of vegetation regeneration/recovery in response to the Colorado high park fire - Lidar remote sensing of semi-arid vegetation structure - Remote sensing methods for monitoring tropical forest phenology and productivity

- Acquired and processed geospatial (mainly lidar) data for ecological research- Presented research output at high profile conferences such as the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting- Developed manuscripts for publication in scientific journals as lead or co-author

- Successfully supported and trained 100+ customers of Trimble and ESRI Survey and GIS field and office software- Distinguishingly researched and performed troubleshooting on Trimble and ESRI GIS and Survey hardware and software as related to customers’ experiences- Was technical manager for a breakthrough development, testing and training on a novel customised Mapping and GIS software- Was technical manager and lead researcher for development of the company’s first ever remotely… Show more - Successfully supported and trained 100+ customers of Trimble and ESRI Survey and GIS field and office software- Distinguishingly researched and performed troubleshooting on Trimble and ESRI GIS and Survey hardware and software as related to customers’ experiences- Was technical manager for a breakthrough development, testing and training on a novel customised Mapping and GIS software- Was technical manager and lead researcher for development of the company’s first ever remotely controlled shallow water depth monitoring system Show less

Coordinated focus group interviews and analyzed data related to research on ethnic minorities' sexual health and social relationships

Designed, taught/co-taught and evaluated 3 undergraduate courses in public and private forest resources ecology and managementSupervised undergraduate students in their laboratory work and industrial attachment research projects

Co-managed Silviculture, Planning, Environmental Work and Welfare at Estate Level