Hélène Mbaididje

At Proforest, Hélène is part of our Beyond Supply Chain team and works on production landscape initiatives, focusing on supporting smallholders’ inclusion and enhancing capacity of local actors for long-term impact. She collaborates across regions to strengthen implementers’ capacity in areas like safeguarding, HCV work at scale and multi-stakeholders’ participation and engagement, particularly in palm landscapes.

Previously, she did research looking at programmes to stop deforestation in the Colombian Amazon and their impacts on Indigenous communities. She has also field experience in Thailand, Ecuador, and Senegal, where she supported projects in land-use mapping, biodiversity monitoring, and food security. Hélène has also GIS expertise, with a strong interest in IP&LC rights and participation. She speaks French, English, and Spanish.