Loretta Alethea Pope Kai
Area of Expertise: Awareness Expert, Capacity Building Expert, Customary Land Rights Expert, Governance Expert, Individual Tenure Expert, Land Rights Expert, Multi-Stakeholder Expert
Experience:
Loretta is a Liberian activist with extensive experience in forestry, environmental education, conservation, fundraising, and community organizing. She has over 15 years of experience in the natural resource management sector, where she has consistently promoted gender justice and inclusive governance.
Over the years, Loretta has been a strong advocate for improved forest management and land tenure reforms, contributing to the passage of Liberia’s Land Rights Act and the establishment of the Women’s Land Rights Task Force. She has worked closely with communities to develop Community Forestry Management Plans, with a strong focus on women’s inclusion in decision-making processes.
Her work emphasizes how benefits from natural resources can serve the collective interests of communities, support rural livelihood development, and advance sustainable outcomes through integrated land-use planning and collective customary land formalization.
Highest Level of Education: MA Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Kofi Anna Institute, University of Liberia
Languages Spoken: English
Country of Residence: Liberia
NELGA Alumni Status: No
LinkedIn / Website: http://linkedin.com/in/loretta-alethea-pope-9751481a2/%20Loretta%20Alethea%20Pope%20Kai