Management Profile

Ahmid Said Ali is an Ethiopian forestry and natural resource management professional with over 25 years of extensive experience in participatory forest management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable rural development. He holds an M.Sc. in Agroforestry and Soil Management, a B.Sc. in Forestry, and a Diploma in General Forestry from Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is fluent in Amharic and Afaan Oromo, with strong working proficiency in English, and has been a member of the Ethiopian Foresters Association since 2001. Currently, Ahmid serves as Natural Resources and Forestry Program Director at the head office of Ethio-Wetlands and Natural Resources Association (EWNRA) in Addis Ababa, where he leads forestry programs at national and regional levels across Gambela, Oromia, and Southwest Ethiopia. His role involves strategic planning, program oversight, technical backstopping, and coordination of multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on sustainable forest management, REDD+, participatory land use planning, and climate-resilient livelihoods. Throughout his career, Ahmid has held senior technical and leadership positions, including Project Coordinator, Area Coordinator, Senior PFM Team Leader, and Participatory Natural Resource Management Expert, working with national and international partners. His expertise spans program and project management, community empowerment, policy support, and capacity building for government institutions, NGOs, and local communities, contributing to effective implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning across complex natural resource and rural development initiatives.