Annual Report 2009

Our staff hold citizenship in 21 countries. The big- gest contingents are Norwegians (16) and Canadi- ans (6). Collectively, we have experience working in 69 countries. We have a wide range of educational backgrounds, in- cluding 41 degrees at the masters level and 9 doctor- ates. Our areas of specialization include: geography, marine geology, environmental science and policy, natural resources management, agriculture, environ- mental engineering, oil and petrochemical engineer-

ing, wildlife biology, marine biology, chemistry, zoology, tropical coastal management, environmental toxicology, journalism, forest and wild life management, business administration, finance, design, and computer science.

GRID-Arendal continues to be closely associated with friends and colleagues of Zoi Environment Network, a spin off of GRID-Arendal in Geneva, founded

in December 2008. www.zoinet.org

Spoken languages in addition to English

Norwegian

German

Spanish

Swedish

Dutch

Serbian

Catalan

French

Fluent speakers Moderate skills

Russian

Estonian, Latvian, Swahili, Shona, Macedionian, Croatian, Ukrainian, Tagalog, Cuyonon, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Runyakitar, Ndebele. Other language spoken by at least one person

Italian

Danish

2

4

10

15

20

25

21