, (Zambian) national holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the Leeds University in the United Kingdom. He too holds an MSc and BSc in forestry from the universities of Stellenbosch (SA) and Copperbelt (Zambia) respectively
As an environmental scientist, Felix has made considerable contribution in the commercialization of non-timber forest products. While at the UNCCD/Foundation for Sustainable Development, Wageningen, the Netherlands, he contacted a baseline study for mapping, assessment and valuation of ecosystem services in Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa- involving identifying key ecosystem services. While at the Nature Conservation Research Centre, Accra, Ghana Organization, he contacted a baseline study on the implications of large-scale development on illegal export of hardwood timber to China
Felix has worked with the WWF Southern Africa; where he assessed the potential of payment for ecosystem services in Miombo region. He was further engaged in conducting a mid-term review of the poverty reduction and environmental management project among whose objectives was the promoting bee keeping (apiculture) as a strategy for improving livelihoods and improving forest management.
He is an excellent writer has published widely in the areas of biodiversity, natural resources, livelihoods and rural communities; Floristic composition, species diversity and carbon storage in charcoal and agriculture fallows and management implications in Miombo woodlands of Zambia; and Challenges and opportunities for carbon management in Malawi and Zambia; to mention a few. While lecturing at Copperbelt University in Zambia he won a research grant to determine the Poverty – Ecosystem Relationships on the Copperbelt Area of Zambia – An Ecological and Socio-economic Analysis of the Human – Environment Nexus.
His recent works include evaluation of the potential of bee-keeping in alleviating poverty in Kapiri-Mposhi district; on behalf of the Government of Zambia; mapping and assessment of ecosystem services in South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania; baseline study on the Implications of large-scale development projects on illegal hardwood timber exports to China.