{"id":15978,"date":"2017-03-16T13:50:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15978"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:55:25","slug":"vbijaro-prof-matt-fini-akpo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/vbijaro-prof-matt-fini-akpo\/","title":{"rendered":"VBIJARO, Prof. Matt Fini Akpo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, JP, Ph.D.FRES, FEDN; agriculturist and university teacher, b: March 15, 1947, ht:Ughe!li, Delta; m: Eunice Cordu Forster, 1979; nc: one s, three d; ed: St. Joseph&#8217;s College, Ondo, 1962-65; University of Ibadan, 1967- 75;United Nations University, Mysore, India, 1977. cr: Research Officer I, Biodeterioration, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho, Ibadan, 1975; Lecturer, Zoology and Research f. II, University of Ibadan, 1975-81; Research f. I, Crop Protection University of Ibadan, 1978-81; snr. Research f., 1981-83; snr. Lecturer, Crop Protection, University of Ibadan, 1983; presently, prof. University of Ibadan; d-dir.\/Head, Environmental Conservation, Federal Environment Protection Agency, 1991-93 and 1997; Pioneer Head, Federal Environmental Impact Assessment, FEPA, 1993-94; Co ordinator, Delta State Environmental Protection Agency, 1994-96; comm. Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delta State, 1994-95; comm. Ministry of Education, Delta State, 1995-96; Agricultural Consultant to Federal and State Governments and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Ibadan; Consultant to House of Reps, and UNESCO on Environment; Leader, Nigeria Delegation United Nations meetings and conference, on Biological Diversity Management, Wetlands Managements, Desertification Control and Integrated Coastal Zone Management; mm: Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa; New York Academy of Science; Asian Ecological Society; f. Royal Entomological Society of London; ch. Entomological Society of London; Entomological Society of Nigeria, Ibadan branch, 1987; Asian Ecological Society, Nigerian Agricultural Society, hob: gardening, jazz music, yoga, meditation, philosophical writing, off: Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan, OyoState, res: 42, Adebajo Street, Kongi, Ibadan, Oyo State; tel: 02-8105492; e-m: ivibijaro@skannet.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15978","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15978"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}