Wahida Patwa Shah
Senior Regional Technical Advisor, Africa & FCPF Focal Point
Wahida, a Kenyan national, brings 25 years of experience in nature management policy, practice and project management, and has worked in the climate and forests space since 2009. She leads the team in Africa working with countries to define and implement innovative policies and programmes with non-state actors and the private sector and is the team’s focal point for Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’s projects delivered through UNDP.
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The African savanna, a diverse and complex ecosystem, plays a critical role in the global carbon cycle and harbors an immense biocultural heritage.
African countries are increasingly examining the potential of carbon markets to close the significant gap in climate finance in Africa.
