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Dr. Humberto Jiménez-Saa

Summary

First Name: Humberto
Family Name: Jiménez Saa
Born in Corinto, Cauca, Colombia. September 12, 1938
Married to Ligia Granados Bloise, born in Costa Rica. Four children.

Home address: P.O.Box 86-1200 /Pavas, San José, Costa Rica
Home telephone: (+506) 231-1236; 291-0862
Office address: P.O.Box 8-3870-1000 / San José, Costa Rica
Office telephone: (+506) 253 3267
Fax: (+506) 253-4963
E-mail: hjimenezsaa@racsa.co.cr
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I have academic studies and experience in Forestry (Dendrology and Plant Ecology) and in the management of technical and scientific information, including the production of video programs.I have experience as Professor both at undergraduate and graduate levels, and have written project proposals and conducted special projects for international institutions. I keep good relationships with persons involved with agriculture, forestry, natural renewable resources and technical information. I have experience at local level in ecological and scientific tourism.

Academic Titles

Ingeniero Forestal (1958-1963, Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia)

Magister Scientiae (1965-1967, Plant ecology; Dendrology; IICA, Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Doutor em Ciencias Florestais (1985-1988, Information, Silviculture; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil)

Professional Experience

University professor: 1963-1971; 1993-96 Colombia and Venezuela; Costa Rica

FAO consultant: 1966, 1969; 1971-1972; Costa Rica, Colombia; Surinam

Information Officer: 1973-1975; CIAT, Cali, Colombia

Agricultural Documentalist: 1975-1977; IICA-CIDIA, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Information Specialist and Professor: 1977-1984; CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Doctoral studies: 1985-1988; UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil

Private Consultant: 1987 to present: I was the Head of the Training Program and Consultant at the Tropical Science Center, San José till 2001 and I continue being international consultat at such Center, Costa Rica

Different activities in tours guiding, and scientific tourism: 1991 to the present. San José, Costa Rica

35 publications; ca 20 international meetings; belongs to 4 associations; has been granted fellowships from Colombian Government, the OAS, and Kellogg Foundation.

I have traveled over Central Europe, Central America, The Caribbean, Mexico, USA, and South America.

Languages

Spanish: native language

English and Portuguese: read, write and speak

French and Italian: read

Surinaams: speak

As for Dendrology

A new species (Licania jimenezii) from the Amazon was name on my sake by Dr. G. Prance, Former General Director of the Kew Garden in London. It is still a valid species

I acted as botany consultant for FAO in Costa Rica, Colombia and Surinam

For years I worked as Professor of Dendrology in Colombian, Venezuelan, and Costarican Universities

Since 1993 I have been working as Instructor and Academic coordinatior of the Tropical Dendrology course given every year in English and in Spanish

I have published 5 Field Manuals for the Identification of Tropical Trees and Shrubs

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