REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa
Insight, 23 December 2015
Isilda Nhantumbo
Consultant. Formerly senior researcher, Natural Resources (leaving IIED in October 2017)
Expertise
Forestry, REDD+, forestry economics, natural resources management and policy analysis.
Before IIED
Independent consultant on natural resources management and policy analysis for FAO (Ghana, Zimbabwe and headquarters), the UN Drylands Development Centre in Nairobi, the World Bank in Mozambique, and IIED.
Between 2000 and 2006, country programme coordinator, then coordinator for the Development of the Southern Africa Forestry Programme, at IUCN.
Current work
Forests and climate change with particular emphasis on the Reduction of Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).
The work involves:
- Supporting development and implementation of forest-based climate strategies with partners in sub-Saharan Africa, Vietnam and Brazil;
- Undertaking broader international work to ensure local forest rights, practical governance and capacity development approaches are integrated into REDD preparations and other forest-based climate strategies linked to the post-2012 UNFCCC agreements.
