Mary Mbenge is the chief officer for Natural Resources, Environment and Climate change in Makueni County. She is a work oriented, team manager, hawk eyed on details of building local democracy through devolution by involving local governments and public participation,...

Irene Ojuok in an Environmentalist with over 10 years’ experience working with rural communities in Kenya while working with World Vision Kenya. She holds a Bachelors in Environmental Studies, Masters in Project Planning and Management and recently has commenced her...

Patrick Mugi is a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Kenya Representation. He is the lead monitoring expert for the Kenyan ASAL chapter of The Restoration initiative (TRI)programme which has been...

Ms. Nkatha Kobia is a program manager at OikoDiplomatique, an NGO registered in Nairobi and Geneva Switzerland. OikoDiplomatique works around issues relating to peace, conflict resolution, land, and climate.  Her academic background is in law, media communications and...

Kelvin is a climate change adaptation specialist dedicated to changing mainstream perception about drylands being unproductive and continuously seeks platforms to work and be able to deliver exceptional results towards Livelihood Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction...

Professional Background Masters: Development Studies (Community Development & Project Management), Egerton University BSc: Agriculture (Agricultural Education & Extension), Egerton University Certificate: Evidence Based Integrated Water Resources Management...

Tor-Gunnar Vågen has a varied background of soil science, hydrology, landscape ecology, statistical modeling, and remote sensing (earth observation). Dr. Vågen has been leading the development and application of the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF),...

Issa Mohamed is the Founder and CEO of Isiolo Conservationists Trust. He is also a Drylands Conservationist. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources Management from the University of Nairobi

His Excellency Alex Tolgos EGH is the current Governor of Elgeyo Marakwet County serving his second five-year term since ascending to the position in 2013. He also serves the Council of Governors (COG) as Chief Whip. He is an astute leader with an entrepreneurship and...

Dr. Peter A Minang is the Director for Africa / Directeur Afrique at CIFOR-ICRAF, Global Coordinator, ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins; & Flagship Leader, Landscapes- Forest Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) Research Programme of the CGIAR.  He received...