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Ecosystems
Musonda Mumba musonda.mumba@un.org
Expertise: ecosystem based-adaptation, climate change adaptation, conservation management

Maxwell Gomera  Maxwell.Gomera@un.org
Expertise: climate change, biodiversity, land use, socio-economic development

Levis Kavagi levis.kavagi@un.org
Expertise: biodiversity and ecosystems

Abdelkader Bensada abdelkader.bensada@un.org
Expertise: integrated landscape approach, sustainable pastoralism, rangeland conservation, forestry

Siham Drissi Siham.Driss@un.org
Expertise: international cooperation, sustainable development, food security, land tenure

Mary Njenga m.njenga@cgiar.org
Expertise: agroecosystems, natural resource management, biomass energy

Land and climate
Tim Christophersen tim.christophersen@un.org
Expertise: natural resources management, biodiversity, land restoration, and climate change

Marine and coastal ecosystems
Christopher Cox Christopher.cox@un.org
Expertise: marine environment, coastal and marine ecosystems

Wildlife and biodiversity
Julian Blanc Julian.blanc@un.org
Expertise: conservation, project and programme management, monitoring, GIS, information management, species databases, wildlife populations

Rights and gender
Esther Mwangi e.mwangi@cgiar.org
Expertise: property rights/tenure; Gender; Collaborative forest governance; Multi-level linkages in resource governance; Linking research to policy and practice.

Ana Maria Paez Valencia a.paez-valencia@cgiar.org
Expertise: gender equality and inclusion, social equality in agricultural and food security programmes

Finance
Guillaume Lescuyer g.lescuyer@cgiar.org
Expertise: value Chains, Finance and Investments, environmental economics

Forests
Christian Amani c.amani@cgiar.org
Expertise: forest management and restoration

Tony Simons t.simons@cgiar.org
Expertise: tropical agriculture/forestry; agroforestry systems; tree product marketing and extension; land health; climate change; environmental services and policies; and tropical forest margins.

Ravi Prabhu  r.prabhu@cgiar.org
Expertise: forestry, forest landscapes

Peter Minang p.minang@cgiar.org
Expertise: REDD+, landscape approaches, conservation, community forestry, environmental education, climate forestry, payments for ecosystem services, and development policy and practice in tropical forest landscapes

Agriculture and agro-forestry
Denis Sonwa d.sonwa@cgiar.org
Expertise: agroforestry, Clean Development Mechanism

Jonathan Muriuki,  j.muriuki@cgiar.org
Expertise: forest ecology, smallholder farming in Kenya, agro-forestry, seed and seedling systems

Malesu Maimbo m.malesu@cgiar.org
Expertise: smallholder agricultural research, improved land management, conservation farming, soil and water conservation, small/medium-scale irrigation and rainwater harvesting

Drylands
Phosiso Sola p.sola@cgiar.org
Expertise: water, food and income security, natural resources management, forest and agroforestry products commercialization, sustainable charcoal value chains

George Okwach g.e.okwach@cgiar.org
Expertise: soils, agriculture, environmental management

Susan Chomba s.chomba@cgiar.org
Expertise: Regreening Africa, smallholder livelihoods, agriculture, environment, climate change

Ademonla Arinloye Djalal a.arinloye@cgiar.org
Expertise: sahel-related issues, value chain development, monitoring and evaluation, governance issues, and public-private partnerships.

 

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