Description
Join us for a virtual information session about ELTI's online certificate program, Tropical Forest Landscapes: Conservation, Restoration & Sustainable Use.
Meet a panel of past and current participants who will share their experiences in the program and with the Capstone project.
What is the program like? What do participants do in a typical week? What is the Capstone project? What are the program benefits? Get all of these questions and more answered in our upcoming information session.
Free and open to the public.
Participant Panelists:
1. Teresia Olemako, Founder and Executive Director, Natural Resources Research Organization (NARRESO); Part-time Lecturer, MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation, Arusha, Tanzania
- Program alumnus (2020-2021)
- Capstone project: Women empowerment through forest landscape restoration in Mkomazi, Tanzania
2. Khalil Walji, Scientist - Coordinator, Landscapes for our Future program, at World Agroforestry ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya
- Program alumnus (2020-2021)
- Capstone project: Lake Mburo Restoration Initiative, Uganda
3. Estefania Cortez, member, Young Peruvians Against Climate Change (JPCC), Peru
- Program participant (2021-2022)
- Capstone project: Community and natural ecosystem well-being through the preservation of the Relict Queñual Forest of Japaní, Peru