Personnel - Clive Lyle
Biog: Master of Engineering Science, Water Resources and Irrigation Management, University of Melbourne, Australia,1982
BE Agricultural Engineering, University of Melbourne, 1975
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
Irrigation Association of Australia
Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Clive Lyle is a water resource, river basin and catchment management specialist with over 25 years of experience in these areas. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Agriculture) and a Masters of Engineering Science (water resources and irrigation) from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
He has worked on many water resources and River Basin management projects in China including for the World Bank, UNDP, Chinese agencies (MWR, SEPA) and Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Clive has a strong understanding of the Chinese context and water resources management arrangements gained from working closely with Chinese counterparts and agencies at all levels from Central and Provincial agencies, River Basin, County, local WSCs and village WUA levels. Clive has produced a range of iwrm tools and case studies targeted at training and capacity building of counterpart staff at many of these levels.
Profession: Agricultural Engineer
Specialisation: Clive is highly familiar with international approaches to River Basin management having worked with water resource and River Basin organisations in Australia, Pakistan, China, Laos and Thailand. He has a thorough and practical understanding of the issues and planning approaches used in multi-jurisdictional River Basin management having worked at senior executive levels at the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC), as well as in the member State government agencies responsible for implementing water resources and catchment management with end users. He is highly familiar with institutional development, integrated planning, water sharing (quantity and quality), data sharing, and stakeholder engagement aspects of River Basin management.
Position: Case Study Leader and chief adviser on Case Study G1.
