C.V.
Personal
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Brian
Long Vognmandsmarken
58, 2th 2100
København Ø Phone.:
39 20 13 50 Cell:
40 58 45 46 E-mail:
WWW:
www.long.dk |
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Education_______________________________________________________________________
2006 MSc.
in Geography and International Development Studies from
Specialisations___________________________________________________________________
Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource
Management
Throughout
the course of my studies I have worked extensively with natural resource
management and environmental planning, in
Land tenure
Land tenure is my core specialisation and the
focus of much of my graduate work. Tenure struggles refer to the terms and
conditions on which natural resources are held and used making it a matter of
relationships between individuals and groups of individuals over the use rights
and obligations with respect to control and use of natural resources. Resource
tenure is in this way closely linked to political ecology because it refers to
the struggle to access natural resources and land as a highly political
struggle (a struggle for power).
GIS & Planning (ArcMap)
As part of my studies I have worked intensively with
acquiring an in dept understanding of GIS and I am trained in the use of ArcMap
and general cartography as a tool for spatial analysis. I have a conceptual
understanding of GIS and as well as an in-depth understanding of the use of GIS
in private and public sector planning. On a technical level I have an
up-to-date knowledge of ArcMap, but I have previously worked with Modular GIS
Environment and IDRISI.
Regional planning, industrial geography and
network theory
I have done
analytical studies of the geographical organisation and localisation of
different labour tasks and businesses, which are important if one wants to
understand some of the mechanisms behind the international division of labour.
Specifically I have worked with innovations and innovative network relations
and its significance for the development of IT products in relation to the
geography of the market and the users of the products. Among other things I
have studied the mechanisms behind so called knowledge centres in order to
understand the dynamics behind much regional development and planning.
Work
experience_________________________________________________________________
1998-Now Environmental coordinator,
Contents:
·
The outlining of an
environmental policy for
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Assessment of the
Motel’s consumption
·
Development of a
environmental management plan to cut down on environmental impact and energy
consumption
·
Development of
information material for employees and guests
Goals:
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To limit consumption
based costs
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To introduce and use
more environmentally friendly products and technologies to limit the impact on
the environment
·
To profile the Motel
through a profiling of the work we do for the environment
·
To motivate the
employees and guest through information and participation
·
To become
environmentally certified according to the Green Key certification scheme
Results:
·
We have made cost cuts on resource consumption
·
We have gained valuable advertisement of the
Motel through our profiling of the Motel as environmentally certified
·
In 2005 we were awarded
2003
Student worker with
the Danish Refugee Council (2 months)
Contents:
·
To establish a database with names
and addresses of local political party members around
Goals:
·
To contact local
political party members in order to get them to assist in the annual fund
raising campaign in their constituency
Results:
·
Increased focus on the
annual fund raising
·
Increased collection
of funds on a local level
2000
Project
worker with PACOS Trust,
Contents:
·
Work with land rights
of indigenous people
·
Profiling the NGO work
with regards to fund raising and knowledge of their work with marginalised
indigenous people
·
Dialog and the
establishment of cooperation between different organisation, both government
organisations, private companies/organisations and NGO’s
·
Development of a
curriculum for a planned Community
Forestry Training Center, with
regards to establishing:
§
An introduction to
traditional productions methods and natural resource management methods among
indigenous people
§
An introduction to
forest rehabilitation (silviculture)
§
Focus on creating a
dialog between State officers, environmentalists and indigenous people
§
Courses in
participatory research methods for State officers and others
Goals:
·
Development of a
curriculum
·
Creating focus on a
range of natural resource management problems between the State, logging
contractors and local communities in and around commercial forest reserves
·
To create a forum in
which these different stakeholders can address common problems and commence in a
dialogue
Results:
·
Completion of the curriculum
·
Managed to establish cooperation between Sabah
Wildlife Department and a local NGO
·
A strengthening of the dialogue between the
State and local communities with PACOS Trust as a mediator
Field
experience__________________________________________________________________
2001 3 months field work in
A
case based study of natural resource tenure conflicts between the State and
local communities comprised of indigenous people.
1999 1 months field course in
A
field course/work studying resource conflicts on the border of a National Park.
The field study was part of a formal scientific expedition on invitation from
the Malaysian Government titled: ”Crocker Range Scientific Expedition”.
1998
2
months field work in
An
analysis of the international division of labour through a study of the outsourcing
of software production from Danish to Indian IT companies.
1997
1½ month field course in
·
A study of the urban
development of
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A study of local farming structures and local
environmental conditions in Badra in the
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A study of the management of fresh water
resources in
Organisational experience_________________________________________________________
2001 – Now SLUSE Alumni Administrator
Founder
and administrator of the SLUSE alumni mailing list for former and present SLUSE
students from
2002 – Now Treasurer
and member of the board, ”Farlige Lyn” Football Club
2005 – Now Member
of Amnesty International
Coordinator
for the Africa Action committee, charged with campaigning in order to spread
information about human rights violations in so called prioritised countries in
2001 – 2005 Head
coordinator for ATTAC at
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Writing articles for
the
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Planning and holding
information meetings for new and old students
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Coordination of study groups,
workshops and seminars.
Publications &
reports____________________________________________________________
Land Tenure in relation to Crocker Range National Park. In I. Ghazally (ed.): A Scientific Journey Through
The Political Ecology of Tenure Struggles in
The Struggle for
Access to Land in Sabah, Borneo. A study of the establishment of national parks and the effect is
has on access to natural resource among local communities.
Local Knowledge in Development. A critical assessment of the significance of local knowledge i
relation to development and environmental management projects in the third
world.
The software industry and the international division of labour. A study of the spatial significance for the localisation of high
technology production in relation to users and producers and its significance
for the international division of labour.
These
texts and others can be read at http://www.long.dk/
under the heading:”Academic work”
IT experience____________________________________________________________________
- Geographical Information Systems (ArcMap, Idrisi and
introduction to MGE)
- Extensive experience with the “MS Office” pack
- Development of websites
Language skills___________________________________________________________________
- Danish (native language)
- English (secondary native language)
- Rudimentary German
Hobbies_________________________________________________________________________
Literature,
plays football, scuba diving, travels a lot and has a keen interest in
politics, the environment and culture.