Mr. APUDO Musa Gweya, MSc, BSc Assistant Lecturer, School of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Department of Agroforestry and Rural Development, University of Kabianga, P.O. Box 2030-20200. , . Phone: 254 713 746601/ 254 735 399102 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

INSTITUTION AND YEAR FIELD OF STUDY Kenyatta University 2012 to date Registered For PhD, in the School of Environmental Studies University of Wales, 1991 MSc. Environmental Forestry Moi University, 1987, BSc. Forestry

FIELD OR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Agroforestry: Social Forestry: Urban Forestry: Tropical Forest Silviculture and Ecology

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Forester

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2010 to date Assistant Lecturer, University of Kabianga January 2000 to December Consultant with The Natural Resource Environment 2009 Management, a local NGO based in town. September 1987 to December Served with the GoK as a Forest Officer in, Meru, 2000 , , , Nyandarua and Laikipia

PUBLICATIONS

International publications

1. Otsieno Fredrick Sikuku 1, Musa Gweya Apudo 2 and Gilbert O. Ototo3. : Factors Influencing Development of Farm Forestry in Lugari District, County, Western Kenya. 1 Kenya Forestry College, Londiani, Kenya ; 2 School of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, University of Kabianga, P.O. Box 2030 – 20200, Kericho, Kenya; 3School of Natural Resource Management, University of Eldoret, Kenya. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS) e-ISSN: 2319-2380, p-ISSN: 2319-2372. Volume 7, Issue 7 Ver. II (July. 2014), PP 06-13 www.iosrjournals.org Corresponding author, E-mail: [email protected]

2. Andrew Owino Omam 1 and Musa Gweya Apudo 2 : The Influence of Socio-Cultural Aspects of Ethnobotany on Tree Species Propagation in Home Gardens: A Case Study in Miwani Division, County, Western Kenya. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS) e-ISSN: 2319-2380, p-ISSN: 2319-2372. Volume 8, Issue 3 Ver. II (Mar. 2015), PP 18-25 www.iosrjournals.org

1 Kenya Forest Service, Ol’Bolossat Forest Station, P.O. Box 289, Ol’Kalou, Kenya. 2 School of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, University of Kabianga, P.O. Box 2030 – 20200, Kericho, Kenya Corresponding author, E-mail: [email protected]

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INTERESTS

1 The impacts of land use on river water quality and river bank channel stability, in the farming landscape 2 Influence of agroforestry systems on micro climate moderation in the face of global climate change

PEER RECOGNITION IN ACADEMIA/PROFESSIONAL UNDERTAKINGS

1 Member, Forestry Society of Kenya