Francis Ebuta Bisong is Professor of Conservation Biogeography, Land use Systems and Natural Resource Management at the Department of Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria. He was a two term elected Dean of the Post Graduate School, and the Pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the University of Calabar. He served as a member of The World Bank Forest Investment Program (FIP) Expert Group, and the UN Environment International Resource Panel (IRP). He is currently a member of the UN Multidisciplinary Expert Group of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Prof. Bisong is the Convener and Initiator of the African Green Growth and Development Forum (AGDF), a Think-Tank civil society membership network focused on the promotion of circular economy in Africa through policy based research. He also chairs the CUSO International Project Technical Committee (PTC) on YouLead. Prof. Bisong has conducted extensive research in the field of conservation biogeography and natural resource governance with application to land use change and management at the forest edge. He is currently focused on green growth & sustainable development in the renewable natural resource sectors (land, forest & biodiversity) and on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and vulnerability assessments in the context of agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU). He has led several study teams funded by International & Pan African Development Agencies, some of which are in Collaboration with Federal and State Governments of Nigeria. A few of these include the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) on SESA/ESMF/RPF & PF for Nigeria’s REDD+ Readiness; African Development Bank (AfDB) study on Waste/Circular Economy Analysis for NDC Revision; CUSO International study on Green Economy and Green Jobs (GE/GJ) Framework for Cross River State; African Forest Forum (AFF) study on Adaptation Policies & AFOLU based Climate Change Mitigation in Anglophone Africa; Terr-Africa-World Bank Federal Government study on Nigeria Strategic Investment Framework For Sustainable Land Management (SLM); FAO-World Bank study on low carbon development in agricultural land use systems; CDKN High Level Dialogue on Climate Risk Communication Framework for Coastal Urban Development Policy; and Fadama 3 training module development & implementation on Integrated Resource Utilization & Management for Watersheds.