Josiane specialises in environmental governance, climate change policy, forestry, and wildlife management. She earned a PhD from Leeds University (UK) focusing on forest-based carbon emissions, along with an engineering degree in forestry and wildlife from Cameroon. Josiane has collaborated with international organisations, academia, and government agencies. She is passionate about creating and applying research-based policy solutions to tackle global issues affecting natural resources and the environment, which support our lives and livelihoods.
Dr Josiane Kakeu
Founder and Managing Director
Dr Polyanna Da Conceição Bispo
Advisor - Remote Sensing
Dr Bispo is Associate Professor at the University of Manchester, with a PhD degree in remote sensing from Brazil. She played a central role in the UK-sponsored Forests 2020 project, contributing to the project's goal of restoring 300 million ha of forests in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia, Kenya, and Ghana by developing and enhancing forest-monitoring systems using Earth observation technology. Dr Bispo is the founder and lead of the research group on Remote Sensing Applied to Tropical Environments (RSATE). RSATE Twitter Page
Dr Mantobaye Moundigbaye
Advisor - Statistics
Dr Mantobaye is an Engineer in applied statistics from the Sub-regional Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics of Central Africa (ISSEA), with a PhD degree in Applied Economics from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr Mantobaye worked for the Chadian statistical office and held a consultancy role with the Chad-based Research Centre for Organisations Dynamics. He is a lecturer at the Sub-regional Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics of Central Africa, based in Cameroon.
Ms Brunelle Feudjio
Junior Research Assistant
Dr Cyrille Narke
Advisor - Environmental Modelling
Dr Narke is a Research Associate in the Laboratory of Natural Risks Research of the National Institute of Cartography (Cameroon). He specialises in geographical information systems (GIS), environmental modelling and ecological monitoring. Mr Narke has worked for the National Participatory Development Program (PNDP), GIZ, Green Orange, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and various protected areas in Cameroon. He is pursuing a PhD in biogeography at the University of Maroua (Cameroon).
Mr Raoul Dokanda
Junior Research Assistant
Ms Massudom holds a Master’s degree in Geomatic from the University of Yaounde I (Cameroon). She specialises in mapping, applied remote sensing, spatial data analyses and geographical information systems (GIS). Ms Massudom is a Census Officer for the National Institute of Statistics and has assisted local NGOs such as Global Mapping and Environment Monitoring (GMEM) in collecting and analysing geospatial data as well as mapping degraded forests in protected areas
Mr Raoul Dokanda trained as a Sociologist at the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon and carried out voluntary work at Lobeke National Park, recording complaints from the victims of wildlife attacks in surrounding villages and conducting field expeditions to assess the damage. Mr Dokanda has led focus groups with indigenous and forest communities including the Baka and Bantu groups, to discuss biodiversity protection.
Ms Feudjio holds a Master's degree in geomatics from Yaounde I University (Cameroon). She trained in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, mapping, and database management. Ms Feudjio has mapped human settlements in rural areas for a water supply project sponsored by the African Development Bank, and contributed to monitoring forest degradation in the coastal region of Cameroon for Global Forest Watch (GFW).
Ms Suzie Massudom
Mapping and Data Management Officer
