Susan Chomba
Director, Vital Landscapes for Africa
World Resources Institute
Susan Chomba leads WRI's work on Forests, Food systems and People, which includes forest landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture/food systems and thriving rural livelihoods in Africa. She previously led the Regreening Africa Programme at CIFOR-ICRAF, whose primary objective was to restore degraded lands by scaling up proven and cost-effective technologies and practices across eight African countries. Susan is a member of the African Academy of Sciences and was named one of Global Landscape Forum (GLF) 16 Women Restoring the Earth in 2021. She also serves as a distinguished global ambassador for the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience under the UN High Level Champions for Climate Action.
