Mark Purdon Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Research project design; grant writing; currently collaborating on a EfD book project on forest tenure reform in developing countries to enhance forest-dependent livelihoods and environmental sustainability.

Montreal, Canada Area

IQCarbone was an important source of information and research on climate change policy in Quebec, Canada and internationally. To this end, the Institute will offer original and innovative research that will be distinguished by its quality and scientific rigor. The Institute also seeks to become one the largest group of specialists, experts and academics.

Montreal, Canada Area

London, United Kingdom

For my PhD I have compared the effectiveness of carbon offset projects involving afforestation, bioenergy, biomass cogeneration and improved cookstoves across states at different levels of development (Tanzania, Uganda and Moldova)--explaining project effectiveness as a function of state capacity.

Teaching assistant for political science courses, covering international relations and development.

Research project to investigate corruption risks in carbon finance instruments.

Montreal, Canada Area

Analysis of technical and governance issues for carbon finance in areas of agricultural, forest and other land use; business strategy development.

UNDP Bosnia & Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

Review and editing of studies developed in the framework of a UNDP-GEF biomass energy project.

Lecturer on environmental politics.

Ottawa

Helped shape RCEN policy and, through the Forest Caucus, organized a successful international community forestry conference in 2007.

UNDP Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)

Editing while also contributing two chapters to a publication on carbon finance in the forest and bioenergy sectors and its implementation in Eastern & Southern Africa.

Toronto And Vancouver

Coordination and development of a series of climate change policy studies from leading Canadian and international experts ranging from economic analysis to Canadian domestic legal framework. Graymont Ltd is one of Canada’s leading producers of industrial lime.

New York

Various consultations regarding carbon finance and climate change policy including developing screening tools for carbon project developers and research regarding biocarbon projects.

MDG Carbon Facility, New York

Worked towards the development of the carbon market in Africa focusing on analyzing approved methodologies under the Clean Development Mechanism and reviewing the UNDP-GEF project portfolio for carbon mitigation potential.

Research project and seminar in order to build-capacity of the Cameroonian government in regards to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol particularly for rural CDM projects: Yaoundé.

Limbe, Cameroon

Project to assist three rural communities in Cameroon achieve a community forest that will allow them to meet conservation and development objectives in a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot.

Main projects: Principles forest management and care of the land with regard to long-term acidification, nutrient degradation and eutrophication of soils; Methodology of Carbon Offset Monitoring for FACE projects; Forest health monitoring and environmental pollution. Other responsibilities: grant writing; managing sales for IFER’s GIS forest measurement.

Phd, Political Science

Msc, Nature, Society & Environmental Policy

Activities and Societies: Varsity Blues Ice Hockey For my dissertation I examined synergies between community forestry in West Africa and.

Msc, Environmental Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biology & English Literature (Double-Major)

Activities and Societies: Friends of the Christmas Mountains, Blue-Green Society, Creative Writing Society