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Isilda Nhantumbo

Consultant. Formerly senior researcher, Natural Resources (leaving IIED in October 2017)

Full biography
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.
Isilda Nhantumbo's picture
Telephone: 
+44 (0) 131 300 0164
Email: 
Isilda.Nhantumbo@iied.org
Twitter: @IsildaNhantumbo
Languages: English, English, Portuguese

Isilda Nhantumbo's blog posts

Slash and burn, pictured in the Mopeia district, Zambezia province, Mozambique, has a noble motive – feeding families - but it is not sustainable (Photo: Isilda Nhantumbo/IIED)

REDD+: missionaries, conservation fortresses and the politics of carbon landscapes in Africa

Blog, Dec 2015
Nepalese women carry wood harvested sustainably from a forest. Forests cover nearly half of Nepal (Photo: Bikas Rauniar/Department for International Development, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

REDD+ in Paris – what could be in it for people and forests?

Blog, Nov 2015
International experts on gender and employment participating in an IIED gender workshop in 2014 (Photo: Lucille Robinson/IIED)

Gender in the workplace: do families always have to lose out?

Blog, May 2015
Deforestation in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which has been pledged US$1 billion pledge of REDD+ finance from Norway (Photo: Josh Estey/Aus Aid, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

What's next for REDD+?

Blog, Apr 2014
Logging truck in Cameroon. Credit: World Resources Institute (Creative Commons)

What’s missing from private-sector REDD+?

Blog, Jan 2014
Sudanese Women selling charcaol. Rita Willaert/ Flickr (Creative Commons)

REDD+: 3 things to consider so men and women share the benefits

Blog, Dec 2013
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