Kenya
Nkamunu Patita is an Indigenous Woman of the Maasai tribe from Kenya. She is a Co-founder and Project Lead at EarthAcre, a nature asset development company whose mission is to amplify community knowledge with technology to advance nature stewardship. She is an impact-driven conservation professional with experience in natural resource conservation, policy lobbying, advocacy and public engagement. Her work integrates conservation and climate change mitigation in Africa, using capacity building, cross-sectoral partnerships, research, and the empowerment of both women and indigenous communities. Patita is a board member of the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association -National Conservancies Council, Member of Verra Sustainable Development Advisory Group (SDAG), Friends of Nairobi National Park, and Vice Chairperson of the Athi Kapiti Wildlife Conservancies Association. She is a recent graduate of the Master’s Degree in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridge.