Board of Trustees

Patience holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration of the University of Calabar,

Nigeria. She is a great grassroots women mobilizer towards participation in community-based

forest restoration activities. She has a lot of knowledge and experience on women’s rights and

participation in sustainable extraction of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs), especially in

Cross River State of Nigeria. Her other areas of interest include ecotourism development in

forest communities, mainstreaming of rural poverty alleviation programs for women especially

in public budgets, and gender equity in the distribution of opportunities in the forestry and

biodiversity sector. Her passion for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Nigeria’s rural

communities was why she was approached to join the Board of AERF, of which she gladly

accepted.