David Sumares

With an academic background in Environmental Policy (PhD and Master’s), David has over ten years of experience as an international consultant in assignments across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, working on the design, implementation, and evaluation of international development and environmental programmes.

His areas of expertise include biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, sustainable land and natural resource management, sustainable agrifood systems, environmental governance, inclusive decision-making and social safeguards. He also brings extensive experience in project design, evaluation, capacity development and stakeholder engagement, having worked with organisations such as IUCN, FAO and UNDP.

David’s formulation and evaluation work is complemented by field-based project implementation in Africa. He has also developed practical experience in urban agriculture, agroecology and landscape restoration, with a special focus on farm-level water management in semi-arid climates. David has full professional proficiency in Portuguese and English and is fluent in French, Spanish and German.

David has worked in the following countries:
Europe: Belgium, Portugal
Africa: Angola, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique
Asia: Lao PDR, Nepal
Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia