Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Experts & Staff
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Program Experts & Staff
Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration
Samuel Kabiru
Manager, The Land Accelerator, WRI Africa
Tshims Mbala
Driver and Logistics Assistant, DRC Office
Peter Ndunda
Senior Associate, AFR100, Global Restoration Initiative
Lawrence Ng'ang'a
AFR100 Restoration Monitoring Associate, WRI Africa
Tina Schneider
Deputy Director, Forest Legality Initiative
Guy Shemisi
Accountant, Central Africa Forest Initiative
Martin Sommerschuh
Program Manager, Land & Carbon Lab Summit
Yulia Stange
Director, Nature Crime Alliance
Arief Wijaya
Program Director, WRI Indonesia
Tesfay Woldemariam
GIS Research Associate I
