Joseph Reynolds
Mr. Joseph J. Reynolds, MPP began his professional career in 1974 as a planner for the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council when Walt Disney World was changing the regional economy. Thirty-five years devoted to public, private and business sectors made him appreciate change. For a decade he investigated fraud at the federal level, which reinforced the need for integrity in sustainable business. He founded his own Philippine company as a franchisee of a major stateside personnel company. Within five years it ranked in the top 30% worldwide. He brought three start-ups to medium sized growth. He graduated from the University of Central Florida concentrating on the public sector. Graduate school prepared him for the understanding of public policy and taught himwhere to build a business and how to place it in the path of progress.
Having worked in more than 40 countries he currently sees globalization and climate change at the forefront. However, those at the grassroots level concentrate on issues more basic, such as the daily feeding and caring for their families. Nonetheless, by working with the grassroots on basic issues he is able to bring feasibility to reality by concurrently satisfying the global climate change needs as well.
Mr. Reynolds distinguished himself in college, in the military, in local and federal government service, in business and in consulting. His single most beneficial experience is when working for the US government overseas, collecting and analyzing political information. It taught him the power of the countryside and that if at the grassroots it is tapped for useful purposes this force can fuel unprecedented economic growth. In response he used Capacity Building Agro-forestry Advocacy ("CBAA") and developed the Reynolds Agro Forestry System as a technology.
He founded the IVAFMS Foundation in 1999 to create a grassroots-based-economy from barren land in western Mindoro Province. His knowledge of the forest developed during childhood when living in Panama Canal Zone. He repeatedly accompanied his father, who collected specimens for Stanford University on botanical collection trips into the rainforest. At age 19 he mined diamonds and gold in Guyana, S.A. and saw how sensitive the forest is to humans. In 2009 he created a peaceful relocation process for nearly 400 Filipino farmer families in a remote area mandated for public use. He moved to the area, met the people, identified the problems, created the solutions and presented his technology. Through private enterprise the project is on tract for the next two generations.
He is working with the Philippines league of municipal planners introducing CBAA, and in Papua New Guinea he is introducing technology to offset resource depletion and to manage sustainable forestry for the good of the resource owner.
Published
Reynolds, Joseph J.; Magno, Marlet T. (2006). “BPO Pacific Rim, Inc.: Business Process Outsourcing", Vibal Publishing House, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines.
Reynolds, Joseph J.; Declito, Adelardo (2010). “Are You the Treeman?”, Reynolds Agro Forestry System, How-to Manual, 234pgs., Sustainale Reforestation in the Philippines Using Biodiversity, 234pgs., PDF, IVAFMS Foundation, Inc., Makati, Philippines.
Numerous short articles on agro forestry for local magazine and Internet.
Numerous consulting studies on agro forestry and biodiversity in agro forestry development in the Third World, circa. 2008 - 2010.
Latest Articles
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Tradition and Deforestation, Wisdom and Reforestation
The chain saw and clear-cutting are traditional technologies, preceded by the push-pull hand saw and axe. Wisdom and sustainable reforestation are new.
Sep 28, 2010
- Joseph Reynolds
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Haiti - Environmentally Friendly Reforestation Solution
Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake last January , but is that the cause of its environmental quagmire or was it already near disaster?
Sep 14, 2010
- Joseph Reynolds
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Measuring Obscure Third World GHG Emissions Helps Form Policies
Quantifying GHG emissions from deforestation, charcoal making, and slash and burn practices in the third world lacks continuity for expert policy makers.
Jul 30, 2010
- Joseph Reynolds
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Biochar: Renewable Energy Without Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse gases produced in the Third World go unmeasured, while biochar, a partial solution to greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, is missed also.
Jul 21, 2010
- Joseph Reynolds
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Solutions for Waste and Pollution in the Third World
Third World countries are faced with growing quantities of solid waste but lack the resources to deal with it. Modern high tech solutions can help.
Jul 14, 2010
- Joseph Reynolds
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