Mamta Lama is a Program Officer at RECOFTC and a governing board member of the Engagement Forum at the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), where she works at the intersection of carbon market integrity, social safeguards, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. With nearly five years of experience across the Asia-Pacific region, she specializes in benefit-sharing governance, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and ensuring high-integrity carbon markets deliver equitable outcomes for those most affected by climate change. She holds an MSc in Applied GIS from the University of Sheffield and has recently completed an executive program at Yale University on corporate engagement in carbon markets.
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