{"id":17829,"date":"2017-03-28T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17829"},"modified":"2017-05-05T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:50:40","slug":"nyong-dr-anthony-okon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nyong-dr-anthony-okon\/","title":{"rendered":"NYONG, Dr. Anthony Okon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D; university teacher, administrator, DOB: September 13, 1963; EDUCATION: University of Calabar, 1983; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1987; Mc Master University, Hamilt Ontario, Canada, 1998; 1999;&#8217;cn Lecturer, Dept. of Topographic Sciences, College of Environmental Studies, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, 1983-84; GIS\/Database Coordinator, EEC funded Collaborative project between the University of Durham. UK and the University of Jos, Nigeria,1987-98; Research Assistant A CIDA-funded collaborative actor research project between McMaster University, Canada and University of Jos, Nigeria, 1994-99; Lecturer\/Senior Lecturer\/ Research Scientist, Dept of Geography and Planning, University of Jos, Nigeria, 1987-02; Consultant, DFID,(UK), IDRC and CIDA; Start visiting Scientist Stockholm Environmental Institute, Oxford, 2003; Associate Professor Acting Director Centre of Environment Resources and Hazards Research, University of Jos, since 2002: mm: Science Advisory Committee, Global Environmental change and food systems. Since 2006; scoping committee for Global Environmental change, ICSU Africa Regional Office; Pan-African Committee for Start (PACON); Interim Task Force to set up an African Network on Global Environmental Change; AACC Data, methods and synthesis steering Group; Facilitator, UNDP and Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria; Consultant National Centre for Remote Sensing, Jos, Plateau State, since 2001; Consultant, Dept. of Drought and Desertification Control, Federal Ministry of Environment Abuja, since 2003; Graduate Students Coordinator, School of Geography and Geology, Mc Master University, Hamilton, Canada, 1997-98; presd: Nigerian Remote Sensing Society, Plateau State. 1989-92; ch: Nigerian Cartographic Association, Plateau State, chapter 1992-94; mm: Nigerian Association of Hydrological Sciences; Nigerian Cartographic Association; Remote sensing and Geomatrics Association of Nigeria; Canadian Cartographic Association, Canadian Regional Science Association award; Start visiting scientist, Stockholm Environmental Institute, Oxford Office; PhD. Research Fellowship, Canadian International Development Agency, 1995-98;Junior Research Associate (Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Trieste, Italy 1989-93; Publ; impacts of climate change in the Tropics: The African Experience in Avoiding Dangerous Climate change, Cambridge University Press 2006: coauthor: The value of indigenous knowledge systems in integrating mitigation and adoption to climate change, Journal of Mitigation and Adaptation, 2006; coauthor Municipal waste Audit for Abuja Federal Capital City, A final Report Submitted to DFID and the Federal Capital Development Abuja 2004; coauthor: A decision support system for Citing Rural Water facilities in Katarko in Yobe State, Nigeria using GIS, International Journal of Environmental Dynamics, 2003; co author, characteristics of Female Child Labour in Jos Metropolis, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2002; coauthor: A Survey of Household Domestic Water Use Patterns in Rural Semi-Arid, A survey of domestic water use in rural northern Nigeria. Journal of Arid Environments, 2001: coauthor Water availability and its Influence on Population Distribution in Northern Nigeria, Journal of Environmental Science, 19%; etc, off: Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Jos,Plateau State; tel:+234-9-273 0595+234-803 7039980; e-m:nyongao@hisen.org, tonvnvong@yahoo.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17829","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17829","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17829"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}