Governance

PRESA is governed by an International Advisory Group (IAG) made up of site-level collaborators, national contact points, and donors. The current chairperson is Byamukama Biryahwaho from Uganda.

The full membership of the IAG is:

Guinea
Serge Ngendekumana, ICRAF – Cameroun

Kenya
David Nyantika Onsare – Ministry of Agriculture
Sjef Kauffman – Green Water Credits Project Manager, ISRIC – World Soil Information

Tanzania
Thapa Balaram, Care-Tanzania
Monica Kagya, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism – Department of Forest and Bee Keeping
Jeremias Mowo – Coordinator, African Highlands Initiative

Uganda
Ronald Kaggwa, NEMA, National Contact Point (Uganda)
Pauline Nantongo Kalunda, Executive Director – Ecotrust (Uganda)
Byamukama Biryahwaho, IAG chair and Project Leader, Nature Harness Initiatives (Uganda)

Regional and International
A representative of the East and Southern Africa Katoomba Group
Ilaria Firmian – International Fund for Agricultural Development

Implementation

PRESA is implemented by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the European Commission and the Government of Finland. The views expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders.

The PRESA team at ICRAF

Coordinator: Dr Sara Namirembe
Scientific Advisors: Dr Meine van Noordwijk, Dr Delia Catacutan and Dr Fergus Sinclair
Advisor on forest carbon: Dr. Peter Akong Minang
PhD student: John Kimani Mwangi
Administrative Assistant: Catherine Kimengu
Communications Assistant: Godfrey Kimega Mwaloma