Information Session: Participant perspectives and projects (ELTI Certificate Program)
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Summary
Join us for a virtual information session about ELTI's online certificate program, Tropical Forest Landscapes: Conservation, Restoration & Sustainable Use.
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. Meet a panel of past and current participants who will share their experiences in the program and with the Capstone project.
ELTI Certificate Program Information Session:
Participant perspectives and projects
Participant Panelists:
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
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
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