CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Gorettie Nsubuga Nabanoga
PRESENT ADDRESS:
C/O Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation
Department of Community Forestry and Extension
Makerere University
P. O. Box 7062, KAMPALA.
Female
Married
27-02-1969
Ugandan
University Lecturer
EDUCATION PROFILE
Year
2001-2005 (April)
1996-1998
1989-1993
1986-1989
1982-1985
1976-1981
Programme
Doctor of Philosophy
studies (PhD) in Gender
Institution
Forest and Nature Conservation
policy Department, Wageningen
and Natural Resources
Management
Agricultural University, The
Netherlands.
Master of Science in
Management of Natural
Resources and
Sustainable Agriculture
(MNRSA)
Bachelor of Science in
Forestry
Uganda Advanced
Certificate of Education
(UACE)
Uganda Ordinary
Certificate of Education
(UCE)
Primary leaving
Examinations
Centre for International
Environment and Development
studies, (NORAGRIC)-Agricultural
University of Norway
Department of Forestry
Makerere University
Mt. St. Mary's College Namagunga
Mt. St. Mary's College Namagunga
St. Andrew’s Matale
Award
PhD Certificate
MSc.
Certificate
BSc. (Hons)
Certificate
UACE
Certificate
UCE
Certificate
PLE Certificate
PRACTICAL SUBJECT COVERAGE AT PHD LEVEL
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Gender in Natural Resources Management
Indigenous Forest Management Systems and Practices
Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) in Forestry Systems
Ethno-botany/Ethno-ecology
Ethno-science
Institutions, land tenure, Property Rights and Development
Statistics and Data Processing
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PRACTICAL SUBJECT COVERAGE AT MSc. LEVEL
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Applied ecology, conservation and
Management of Natural Resources.
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Research methods and project
planning.
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Watershed management and
conservation
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Participatory Research Methodologies
(PRA, RRA, RPA, PLA etc)
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Statistics and data processing
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Resource economics- Social Appraisal
of Projects (CBA, basic EIA and LFA).
Communication skills, pedagogy and
andragogy
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Sustainable tropical agriculture
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Political Economy
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Policy and Institutional analysis.
Tropical production and Agriculture
systems.
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Social Anthropology
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Seminar presentations
PRACTICAL SUBJECT COVERAGE IN BSc. (FORESTRY)
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Micro & Macro-Economics 
Community/Social forestry. 
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Forest Economics
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Rural Sociology
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Resource economics
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Statistics and biometrics
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Forest Engineering
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Soil and water conservation 
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Forest Resource
Management
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Land Use Policy and Law
Agricultural and Forestry
Extension methods
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Social Research Methods
Wildlife Ecology and
management
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Program planning and
evaluation
Forest protection
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Resource Utilisation for
Sustainability
Special project
development.
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Ecology and Entomology
Computer Application
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Botany and Mycology
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Silviculture
WORK EXPERIENCE
April 2006 to date
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation-MAK
Jun.’98 to April 2006 Lecturer, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation-MAK
Aug. '94 –May ‘98
Assistant Lecturer, Forestry Department, MAK.
Aug. '93-Aug. '94
Teaching Assistant on the Forestry Department's staff Development
Program, MAK.
Jul. '93-Oct. '93
Assistant Herbarium Curator, Nakawa Forestry Research Institute; ECfunded Natural Forestry Management and Conservation project.
May ‘89-Oct. ’89
Technician trainee, Telecom Systems Ltd.
Mar. ‘88-Aug. ’88
Trained and worked as copy typist, Alkas International Ltd.
Dec. ‘85-Sept’86
Sales girl, JAMCO Scales Ltd.
WORKSHOPS AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING ATTENDED
8th – 12th May 2006
Attended a training workshop on Modelling for Integration of
Socioeconomic and Biophysical Processes in East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam,
Tanzania organised and conducted by Cornell University, New York.
21st – 27th Feb 2004
Attended a short course on integrating gender in natural resources
management, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
3rd – 10th June 2001
Attended the MNRSA networking workshop in Addis Ababa- Ethiopia.
13th Sept-1st Nov. 99
Attended a short course on Environmentally Sustainable Agro-forestry
through a Symbiotic System of Human and Natural Resources in Japan,
conducted and sponsored by JICA.
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15th Mar. – 6thJun 99
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Facilitated the MNRSA training in Morogoro-TZ
5 Feb - 8 Mar.’96
Attended a Regional Training Course for the Promotion of Social forestry in
Africa at Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), sponsored by KEFRI
and Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).
8th - 28th Aug. ‘95
Attended the 3rd GEF Regional Biodiversity workshop for Community
participation in Biodiversity Conservation, Arusha, Tanzania.
26th - 30th Jun. '95
Participated in the Community Forestry Unit Training of trainers (TOT)
Workshop at Mukono-Uganda.
14thMay-3rdJun'95
Participated in the Training on Agro-forestry Research for Integrated land
Use, Nairobi Kenya.
22nd - 25th Feb. '95
Attended the Forest, Trees and People Program (FTPP) at the District
Farm Institute (DFI) Mukono-Uganda.
16th - 29th Oct. '94
Attended the East African Biodiversity Conservation Workshop, Eldoret,
Kenya.
11th – 25th Sept.'94
attended the AFNETA Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) training, Nairobi,
Kenya.
25th – 30th Jul. '94
Participated in the ICRAF National Workshop for the integration of Agroforestry Education, Research and Institutions, Mukono-Uganda.
13th - 28th May '94
Attended the Biodiversity Conservation In-service Course at Nyabyeya
Forestry College, Masindi.
7th – 12th May '94
Participated in the Community Forestry and Biodiversity Curriculum
Development Workshop at Mukono- Uganda.
17th - 20thApr. '94
Participated in the Forest Trees and People Program (FTPP) Networking
Workshop at Mukono-Uganda.
Sept. '93-Oct. '93
Attended the International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI)
workshop at Makerere University, Funded by USAID. Trained in social data
collection methods and spearheaded the PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal)
team that collected data for the development of the Uganda Forestry
Resources and Institutions Centre (UFRIC) Database.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED
30th Sept. -3rd Oct.2007 International Symposium on Agricultural Information. Cornell University in
Ithaca, N, USA
1st – 5th July 2007
21st Annual Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology, Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
14th – 15th Dec. 2006 Uganda Society for Science and Technology Conference, Kampala, Uganda.
3rd – 7th July 2006
Regional Congress on Women in Science for Food and Nutrition Security in
Africa, Entebbe, Uganda.
13th – 17th Jun 2004
Ninth International
Canterbury, UK.
18th –22nd Feb. 2002
Second International Workshop on Participatory Forestry in AfricaDefining the Way Forward: Sustainable Livelihoods and Sustainable Forest
Management through Participatory Forestry, Arusha, Tanzania.
3rd – 7th May 2000
Higher Education for Peace conference in Tromso- Norway.
Congress of Ethnobiology, University of Kent,
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RESEARCH WORK- ON-GOING
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Decentralization Reforms and Property Rights: Potentials and Puzzles for Forest
Sustainability and Livelihoods- SANREM- Uganda (2005 to date).
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Bridging restoration and multi-functionality in degraded forest landscape of Eastern and
Indian Ocean Islands. A FOREAIM project implemented in Uganda, Kenya and Madagascar
with European partners in France, Norway and United Kingdom. Funded by the European
Union as a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP). EU Contract INCO-CT-2005510790. A 4 year project for the period 2005-2009.
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‘Pathways for Ensuring Women’s Access to Assets: Land Tenure Reform and Beyond’ - BASIS
CRSP- in collaboration with Yale University, IFPRI, University of Liberia and Makerere
University. (2007-2009)
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Protected Areas and Poverty in Africa (PAPIA)- in collaboration with NINA,
UMB/NORAGRIC, FFNC-SUA, FFNC-MAK and University of East Anglia, UK. (2006-2009)
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Relationship between Access to Forest and Tree Resources and Livelihoods: A case of Poor
households and Female-headed Households in Central Uganda - NORAD/NUFU.(2006-2008).
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Privatization Reforms in Forestry Sector: Potentials and Challenges for Poverty Alleviation
and Sustainable Development- NORAD/NUFU. (2006-2008)
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Mapping Poverty, Vulnerability and Resource Rights in East Africa- Coordinated by Institute
of Law, Environment and Governance (ILEG) Kenya; Funded by Ford Foundation. (2006-2008)
RESEARCH WORK UNDERTAKEN-COMPLETED
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Contribution of selected forest foods to poverty alleviation and household food security in
Uganda - I @ Mak.com project (2005)
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Capacity building for natural resources conservation for sustainable livelihoods at local
government levels in Uganda - I @ Mak.com project (2005)
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Gender and indigenous knowledge for forest resource use and management (2001 to 2005)
Ph.D. research
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Participatory Integrated local level Management, Gender Training and Skills Development – I @
Mak.com project (2001-2002)
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Capacity building for sustainable watershed use and management for local livelihoods in
selected communities- Uganda - I @ Mak.com project (2000-2002)
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In service Agroforestry Practical Diagnosis and Design Training-I @ Mak.com project (20012002)
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Spearheaded research on Non-timber forest products and user groups in selected GEF- Cross
Boarder Biodiversity Conservation project, (Aug-Nov. 2001)
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Evaluated Open Forest Degradation Processes in Uganda- Nakasongola District, under the
Open Forest Degradation Processes in the Sub-Saharan Africa- EU project, (1999).
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Assessed the Socio-Economic and Political factors for Sustainable Forest Resource Use and
Management in Uganda, (1998).
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Institutional capacity building for sustainable natural resource use and management for local
livelihoods in selected districts- Uganda - UFRIC project (1997-2002)
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Analysis of the socio-economic and institutional changes in communities close to selected
Natural Forests in the four climatic zones of Uganda for the IFRI Data Base development
project, (1993; 1997- 2002).
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Evaluated the profitability of Eucalyptus growing in Mpigi District, Uganda, (1993).
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GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Charles Galabuzi 2006-2008: Conservation and Local Utilization of key Malaria Medicinal
plants in the Sango Bay area, Southern Uganda. (FFNC-MAK).
Bob Kazungu 2007-2008:
The Socio-economic Effects of forest plantation development to
Poverty Alleviation: A Case of Wakiso and Mubende Districts.
(FFNC-MAK).
Fred Yikii 2007-2008:
The Dynamics of access to forest and tree resources for rural
livelihoods: A case of Poor Households and Female Headed
Households in Rakai and Luweero Districts. (FFNC-MAK).
Lucy Mulugo 2007-2008:
Traditional Ecological Knowledge on Tree Management and
Restoration: A case for Mabira forest reserve, Uganda. (FFNCMAK).
Jane Niwandinda 2008-2009:Evaluation of Collaborative Forest Management Approach: A case of
Communities around Sango Bay Forest Reserve, Rakai District.
(MINUER-MAK)
Allan Bomuhangi 2008-2009: Gender, Land, Legislation and Property Rights in contemporary
Uganda. (FFNC-MAK).
PUBLICATIONS
Buyinza M., G. Nabanoga, J.R.S. Kaboggoza A. Ntimanyire, 2008. Bio-Energy Production and
Consumption Options for Forest Conservation in Uganda. Environmental Research Journal 2 (1),
pp. 37-43.
Buyinza M., J.R.S. Kaboggoza, G. Nabanoga, A. Nagula and M. Nabalegwa, 2007. Site
Specific Soil Conservation Straategies Around Mt. Elgon National Park, Eastern Uganda.
Research Journal of Applied Sciences 2 (9), pp. 978-983.
Howard P. L. and G. Nabanoga 2007. Are There Customary Rights to Plants? An Inquiry among
the Baganda (Uganda), with Special Attention to Gender. World Development, Vol.35, No. 9,
pp.1542-1563.
Nabanoga G.N.K. 2005. Transgressing Boundaries: Spaces, Species and Gendered Indigenous
Management of Forest. Wageningen University, The Netherlands. PhD Thesis. ISBN 90-8504160-0
Nabanoga G.N.K. 2005. Transgressing Boundaries: Spaces, Species and Gendered Indigenous
Management of Forest. Tropical Resource Management Papers, No. 60. ISBN 90-6754-902-9
Nabanoga G. and P. Howard 2004. Transgressing Boundaries: Gendered rights within forested
landscapes in central Uganda, Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Nabanoga G.N. and W.S. Gombya-Sembajjwe , 2001. The effect of household endowments and
entitlements on sustainability of natural forests. The International Forestry Review 3 (1), 3441.
Nabanoga G.N.K, 1998. Socio-Economic and Political factors for Sustainable Forest Resource
Use and Management in Uganda, Noragric Norway.
Gombya-Sembajjwe, Bahati J., Nabanoga G.N., Kapiriri M, 1993. Analysis of the socioeconomic and institutional changes in communities close to selected Natural Forests in the four
climatic zones of Uganda, IFRI Uganda.
Nabanoga G.N., 1993. The profitability of Eucalyptus growing in Mpigi District, Uganda.
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CONSULTANCY WORK DONE
2007
Study on social, economic and environmental impact of allocating public land and
land held in trust to investors on local economic development-A case of Mabira FR
commissioned by Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) and Collaborative Actions for Land
Issues (CALI).
2002
Trained trainers in Strategic Forest Management Planning Process for the EUProject, Forest Department Uganda.
2001
Preparation of a discussion paper on Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and
their user groups for the GEF-Biodiversity East African Cross-Boarder project.
2000
Carried out a training needs assessment for ANAFE in Rwanda and Burundi.
1994
Evaluation and Impact study of the Pilot Wood farmers’ component of the PerUrban Plantations Project- funded by the Norwegian Forestry Society.
1993-1994
Feasibility study for the establishment and maintenance of Fuelwood plantations
for the Uganda Tea Growers Corporation (UTGC) within the framework of the
Small holder Tea Development Programme (STDP).
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
June 2006 to-date:
Head of Department of Community Forestry and Extension, Faculty of
Forestry and Nature Conservation-MAK.
June 1999 –Jun 2006: Acting Head of Department of Community Forestry and Extension, Faculty
of Forestry and Nature Conservation-MAK.
Jan 2001 to date:
Coordinating activities of the Norwegian regionalised MSc. MNRSA
program funded by NORAD-MAK and NORAGRIC-UMB.
Jan 2006 to date:
Coordinating activities of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
Bachelor of Development Studies program at Makerere.
Jan 2007 to date:
Director, Royal Suites Ltd, Bugolobi, Kampala Uganda.
Jan 2007 to date:
Patron – Buganda Kingdom Environment Development Association
MEMBERSHIPS HELD
1994 to date:
Member of Uganda Foresters’ Association (UFA)
2006 to date:
Member of Uganda Society for Science and Technology
Feb 2007 to date:
Member of the Uganda Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA)
Steering committee-MOF Uganda.
2008
Member of the Buganda Kingdom Development Programme-Agro Sector.
CONTACT
Tel:
256-414-543647/543118 (Off)
256-312-263816/7/8 (Res.)
FAX:
256-414-533574 (Off)
256-414-505818 (Res.)
256-772-520404 (Mobile)
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