Dr. Malanding S. Jaiteh is the Project Manager of the Large-Scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Project at the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources, The Gambia. Funded by GCF, this transformative project aims to restore over 10,000ha of degraded landscapes, benefit directly over 11,000 households through diversified income sources and build institutional capacity for climate change adaptation. He has previously worked as the environmental minister advisor in The Gambia and senior lecturer at Columbia University, USA.