Alain André Saturnin Nonouka Gomat is Chief Engineer of Water and Forests and has a professional experience of about forty years. He is currently Coordinator of the Northern Congo Forest Landscape Project, funded by AFD.
He first worked in Congo in the fields of reforestation, forestry management, agroforestry, wildlife management and protected areas.
He then worked in international environmental diplomacy as First Counsellor of the Congo Embassy in Nairobi for 6 years, as Deputy Permanent Representative of Congo to the United Nations Environment Programme and with UN-Habitat.
He holds a Master 2 in Science and Technology, with a specialization in Environmental Management of Ecosystems and Tropical Forests obtained at ENGREF/ AGROPARISTECH/ SUPAGRO (Montpellier, France).
He also holds a Master 1 in Agronomy and Agri-Food obtained at the National Center for Agronomic Studies of the Hot Regions of Montpellier.
He has completed several training and development courses in forestry, afforestation, ecotourism, wildlife and protected areas, environmental and social impact studies in Italy, Japan, Burkina Faso, Canada and France.