About
Regional Planning Officer (Climate Change, Marine Conservation and Environment Safeguards)
GIZ
riibeta.abeta@giz.de
Summary
I'm a trained Environment & Climate Change Adaptation Practitioner/Specialist with over 10 years of practice and consultancy experiences. Provided technical advice to Governments of Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu on policy changes, marine resource use, climate change. Area of expertise includes; policy analysis, environment management systems, V&A, M&E, mainstreaming climate change adaptation interventions into planning processes, MPA, community engagement and workshop facilitation. Authored book on, Climate Change Adaptation and the Coastal Zone of S.Tarawa (2014), "Kiribati: the inter-linkages and the array of adaptation barriers and limits". Co-authored the "Kiribati Second National Communication Report to the UNFCCC" (2013) and other technical reports.
Publications
Title: Second Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Publisher: UNFCC Link: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kirnc2.pdf
Title: Climate Change Adaptation and the Coastal Zone of S.Tarawa, Kiribati: The inter-linkages and the array of adaptation barriers and limits Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing Link: http://www.amazon.com/Climate-Adaptation-Coastal-S-Tarawa-Kiribati/dp/3659506591
Title: Climate Change Adaptation and the Coastal Zone of S.Tarawa, Kiribati: The inter-linkages and the array of adaptation barriers and limits Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing Link: http://www.amazon.com/Climate-Adaptation-Coastal-S-Tarawa-Kiribati/dp/3659506591
Qualifications
Degree: Masters in Climate Change Adaptation Period: 2009-2010 Status: Completed Education institution: University of Sunshine Coast Country: Australia
Degree: Bachelor of Science Period: 1999-2001 Status: Completed Education institution: University of South Pacific Country: Fiji
Training: Sustainable Development Training Period: 2000 Status: Completed Education institution: National University of Singapore Country: Singapore
Professional society: Australian/New Zealand EIA Professional Society Highest position held: Member Period: 2010
Language: English Reading: Excellent Speaking: Excellent Writing: Excellent Understanding: Excellent
Degree: Bachelor of Science Period: 1999-2001 Status: Completed Education institution: University of South Pacific Country: Fiji
Training: Sustainable Development Training Period: 2000 Status: Completed Education institution: National University of Singapore Country: Singapore
Professional society: Australian/New Zealand EIA Professional Society Highest position held: Member Period: 2010
Language: English Reading: Excellent Speaking: Excellent Writing: Excellent Understanding: Excellent
Work Experience
Area of expertise: M & E specialist Experience: 4
Area of expertise: Knowledge management specialist Experience: 5
Area of expertise: Proposal writing/Report writing Experience: 5
Area of expertise: Capacity building specialist Experience: 6
Area of expertise: Environmental and social safeguards specialist Experience: 8
Area of expertise: Climate Change Adaptation Experience: 8
Employment date: Tue, 01/01/2002 - 12:00 - Wed, 01/10/2003 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development Position: Fisheries Officer (Research & Aquaculture) Location: Kiribati
Employment date: Sat, 01/11/2003 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/12/2012 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development Position: Senior Environment Officer (Climate Change & Environment Enforcement) Location: Kiribati
Employment date: Thu, 01/03/2012 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation International Ltd Position: Environmental Safeguard Consultant Location: Kiribati
Employment date: Sun, 01/09/2013 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Position: Regional Planning Officer Location: Fiji
Project name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project In Kiribati Client: Ministry of Public Works & Utilities Govt of Kiribati Project period: Mon, 01/10/2012 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 Position: Environmental Safeguard Consultant Location: Kiribati Deliverables - Basic Environment Impact Assessment Report
Project name: Benthic Ecology, Coastal & Turbidity Baseline Study Client: Environmentally Safe Aggregates for Tarawa Project, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Devel Project period: Tue, 01/01/2013 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 Position: Team Leader Location: Kiribati Deliverables -Conduct field study and deliver a baseline report on status of benthic ecology, coastline & turbidity of the ESAT Channel in Betio, Tarawa. Kiribati. - train relevant Government authorities on monitoring the changes to the baseline status of benthic ecology, coastline & turbidity in the vicinity of the ESAT dredging channel.
Area of expertise: Knowledge management specialist Experience: 5
Area of expertise: Proposal writing/Report writing Experience: 5
Area of expertise: Capacity building specialist Experience: 6
Area of expertise: Environmental and social safeguards specialist Experience: 8
Area of expertise: Climate Change Adaptation Experience: 8
Employment date: Tue, 01/01/2002 - 12:00 - Wed, 01/10/2003 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development Position: Fisheries Officer (Research & Aquaculture) Location: Kiribati
Employment date: Sat, 01/11/2003 - 12:00 - Sat, 01/12/2012 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development Position: Senior Environment Officer (Climate Change & Environment Enforcement) Location: Kiribati
Employment date: Thu, 01/03/2012 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation International Ltd Position: Environmental Safeguard Consultant Location: Kiribati
Employment date: Sun, 01/09/2013 - 12:00 Current: No Company: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Position: Regional Planning Officer Location: Fiji
Project name: South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project In Kiribati Client: Ministry of Public Works & Utilities Govt of Kiribati Project period: Mon, 01/10/2012 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 Position: Environmental Safeguard Consultant Location: Kiribati Deliverables - Basic Environment Impact Assessment Report
Project name: Benthic Ecology, Coastal & Turbidity Baseline Study Client: Environmentally Safe Aggregates for Tarawa Project, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Devel Project period: Tue, 01/01/2013 - 12:00 - Mon, 01/07/2013 - 12:00 Position: Team Leader Location: Kiribati Deliverables -Conduct field study and deliver a baseline report on status of benthic ecology, coastline & turbidity of the ESAT Channel in Betio, Tarawa. Kiribati. - train relevant Government authorities on monitoring the changes to the baseline status of benthic ecology, coastline & turbidity in the vicinity of the ESAT dredging channel.