Leonard Kwenda's Page

What is your name?

Leonard

What is your job title?

Senior Development Programme Facilitator

What organisation do you work for?

Africa 2000 Network Foundation

What aspects of biodiversity are you most interested in?

Agriculture, CBD negotiations, Communicating biodiversity, Climate change, Poverty and biodiversity, Protected areas, Trade and biodiversity, Traditional knowledge

What languages do you speak?

Shona, Ndebele, English

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Born in 1961 in rural Zimbabwe i have the love for the natural ecosystems. I trained in agriculture in 1985 and graduted with a certficate in Agriculture in 1987 and went further to train for the same at diploma level and graduated in 1989. My first job was at an International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in the training unit communicating the research output on small grain crops (sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet) until 1993. Worked as Forestry Officer till 1999graduted with bachelor of commerce and masters in development studies