Pekka Virtanen
Adjunct Professor, Science Advisor
Summary
Long experience in research and development cooperation activities from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, particularly in areas of natural resource management, protected areas, climate change, democratization and decentralization.
Profile
Researcher info
Institution
University of Jyväskylä
Department/faculty
Department of Social Sciences and Philopsophy
Contact information
pekka.k.virtanen@jyu.fi
+358 40 805 4219
Keywords
democratization development cooperation identity politics. natural resource management
Research projects
The project seeks to increase Mozambican research capacity on forestry, sustainable natural resource and land-use planning considering different aspects of impacts (ecological, social and economic). In addition to joint teaching activities, it includes collaborative research on environmental and socio-economic aspects of forestry and natural resources management. The fieldwork activities take place in Manica and Zambézia Provinces.
Team
Almeida Sitoe, Valério Macandza, Ana Monteiro, Luis Cristovão, Elisa Vallius, Anssi Lensu, Irmeli Mustalahti