Khalil works as a scientist at CIFOR-ICRAF in Nairobi, Kenya. There, he is also the coordinator of the ‘Landscapes for our Future’ programme, which aims to design and implement sustainable and innovative solutions to land-use challenges across 23 funded projects. He was previously a capacity development specialist in FAO’s Department of Forestry, where he focused on a wide range of topics – from people and forests to ecosystem restoration monitoring.He has also served as the deputy coordinator of the Task Force on Monitoring of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Khalil holds a master’s degree in Integrated Studies of Land and Food Systems with a focus on nitrogen cycling, and a BSc in Forest Sciences, from the University of British Columbia.
Khalil Walji
