Richard Eba’a has more than 25 years of experience working in forestry, especially in tropical forest management planning, forest economics, forest certification and forestry institutions. Prior to joining CIFOR-ICRAF where he currently serves as Regional Coordinator for Central Africa, Richard worked as a Lecturer at the University of Dschang, Cameroon, and then as African regional project manager for the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and for the European Commission-funded project, African Forests, on the development of an Observatory for the Forests of Central Africa.