Malawi
Leadership for Environment and Development Southern and Eastern Africa (LEAD SEA)is an established branch of LEAD International, a non-profit making organization based in London. LEAD SEA is based in Malawi (at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College) and under leadership of Professor Sosten Chiotha (project leader), is leading social change processes associated with social-ecological systems responses and capacity building more widely in Africa. LEAD SEA is engaged in a substantive social learning and development programme at the climate-food-social justice interface involving various natural resource depend communities including fishers, wetland bird hunters and subsistence farmers in the Lake Chilwa Basin (the case).
Main roles and responsibilities: Case study development, contributing to theoretical and methodological development and research capacity development focussing on women. Potential policy contributions.
Main roles and responsibilities: Case study development, contributing to theoretical and methodological development and research capacity development focussing on women. Potential policy contributions.
Prof. Sosten Chiotha
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Professor Sosten Chiotha holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences obtained from the University of Maryland, USA in 1990. He has served as a University of Malawi lecturer and professor for over 25 years. He has held a number research leadership positions including Chairman of the National Commission for Science and Technology (2012 to date), Principal Investigator for Attaining Sustainable Services from Ecosystems through Trade-Off Scenarios (ASSETs) (2012 to date), University of Malawi Research Coordinator (1991-1996), Chief Editor of the Malawi Journal of Science and Technology (2007). He is a specialist in climate change adaptation and mitigation having managed a number of projects including the Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme (2010-2014) and the Building Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation in West and Southern Africa (2008-2011). He has published more than 100 articles in both local and international journals in the fields of environment and sustainability.
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Gibson Mphepo
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Gibson Mphepo is a Biodiversity Expert after having worked for the Department of National Parks and Wildlife for 11 years first as a Wildlife Biologist before rising to the post of Division Wildlife Manager. Serving as Wildlife Biologist, he conducted a number of biodiversity related research projects and he was one of the principal investigators’ in the famous bio-search expedition in Nyika National Park from 1998 to 2004. He has done a number of consultancies related to biodiversity including training on introduction to Convection on Biological Diversity (CBD) Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) and production of national guidelines for sustainable use of biodiversity. Gibson is currently in charge of all biodiversity related projects in Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), the NGO he is currently working with. He has vast experience also in climate change adaptation and mitigation being a Project Manager for “The Building Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation in West and Southern Africa from 2008 to 2011” and after co-developing the Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme (LBCCAP) and participating in its implementation from 2010 to 2013. Gibson was among the first people to attempt a REDD+ initiative in Mkuwazi Forest Reserve and Nyika National Park
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