Jürgen Carls

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Jürgen Carls

Jürgen Carls (born December 6, 1939 in Neuenkirchen ) is a German agricultural scientist. He studied international rural development at the TU Berlin and completed his doctorate. He was involved in international development cooperation projects in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Since 2001 he has been teaching sustainable development at the United Nations Mandated University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica .

Life

Jürgen Carls was project manager of the German Society for International Development (GIZ) in Asia (1972–1975), Africa (1978–1981) and Latin America (1993–1998). From 1981 to 1984 he was government advisor to the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Lisbon with a view to preparing for Portugal's accession to the European Community . Between his assignments he worked as a freelancer for the FAO , GIZ , EU , BMZ , World Bank , Humboldt University Berlin , IDB , IICA and the governments of Costa Rica and Bolivia . From 1993 to 1998 he was the coordinator of the German-Latin American cooperation program on sustainable development, based in San Jose, Costa Rica. From 1998 to 1999 he was coordinator of the advisory group for development research of the German Federal Government (BMZ) in Bonn. Since 2001 he has been Associated Professor at the UN Peace University (UPEACE) in San José, Costa Rica in the fields of environment and development. His professional focus is on sustainable development, management of natural resources, strategic planning, project management, evaluation and impact analysis of development projects, fundraising for sustainable development and environmental conflict resolution. Since 2001 he has been teaching sustainable development at the United Nations Mandated University for Peace in San José, Costa Rica. His specialist areas of expertise are sustainable development, management of natural resources, strategic planning, project management, evaluation of development projects, conflict resolution in the environmental sector and, last but not least, he was involved in the mobilization of financial resources for sustainable development projects.

Publications (selection)

  • How does the political situation in the Philippines influence technical cooperation? development + rural area. 1/88
  • Land-use systems in marginal highland areas. ILEIA, March 4, 1988, No. 1.
  • Counterpart training - effects and effects development + cooperation. 2/89.
  • Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture. : German Center for Development Technologies - Gate, GTZ, Eschborn; Publisher: Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, Vol. 1 - 1988, Vol. 2 - 1989, Vol. 3 - 1990, Vol. 4 - 1991, Vol. 5 - 1992.
  • Sustainable highland cropping systems. development + rural area, 6/1990, pp. 22–25.
  • Effects and profitability of counterpart training in TC projects. Journal of Land and Agricultural Sociology, Volume 7, 1/1990, pp. 99–120.
  • Development Strategies and Natural Resource Management for Humid Tropical Lowlands. development + rural area, 1/92, p. 34.
  • Development Strategies for Fragile Lands Gate, 4/91, pp. 43-44.
  • Effects and profitability of counterpart training in TC projects. Journal of Land and Agricultural Sociology, Volume 7, 1/1990, pp. 99–120.
  • Position and strategy paper on erosion control BMZ / GTZ , Bonn / Eschborn, 1992.
  • Esquema de mejoramiento sostenible de cultivos arbóreos en las explotaciones agrícolas en América Central y el Caribe. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica y GTZ, Eschborn, 1992, 186 p. + Anexo
  • with E. Alarcón, LG González: Plant Genetic Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Institutional Overview Discussion Papers Series on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources No 6. IICA / GTZ, San José, Costa Rica, 1998.
  • with C. Reiche, M. Jauregui: Experiencias Internacionales en Protección de Suelos Series de Documentos de Investigación sobre Agricultura Sostenible y Recursos Naturales. IICA / GTZ / BMZ, San José, Costa Rica 1997.
  • Evaluación y Seguimiento del Impacto Ambiental en Proyectos de Inversión para el Desarrollo Agrícola y Rural. Series de Publicaciones Misceláneas IICA / GTZ. San José, Costa Rica, 1995.
  • with C. Reiche: Modelos para el Desarrollo Sostenible: Las Ventanas de Sostenibilidad como Alternativa. Series de Documentos de Discusión sobre Agricultura Sostenible y Recursos Naturales IICA / GTZ / BMZ, San José, Costa Rica 1996.
  • Radiofónica series “Sonido de la Vida”. Vol. 1 Estuche con 3 casetes con 56 charlas dramatizadas y un manual del facilitador IICA / GTZ, San José, Costa Rica, 1997.
  • Radiofónica series “Sonido de la Vida”. Vol. 2 Estuche con 3 casetes con 56 charlas dramatizadas y un manual del facilitador IICA / GTZ, San José, Costa Rica, 1997.
  • with Warren R. Haffar: Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project, Costa Rica. The Continuum International Publishing Group, New Work, 2010.
  • Courage to set out. German Wiss.-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-86888-036-6 .
  • Desarrollo de las Reservas Indigenas en el Sur de Costa Rica. University for Peace, 2014, p. 44.

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Carls, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuenkirchen