
Jonathan Muledi
Summary
Jonathan Ilunga Muledi is an agricultural engineer with a Master of Science in Plant Biology and Environment. His PhD research focused on the functional ecology and management of Miombo woodlands in Upper Katanga, giving him in-depth expertise in tropical forest ecology, management, and restoration, particularly in the Miombo ecoregion. Since 2018, he has been the Deputy Director of the DRC Open Forest Observatory and serves as a consultant and scientific advisor to the national Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development on issues related to Miombo ecosystems in the DRC. He also lectures on forestry and dendrometry at the University of Lubumbashi in the Department of Management of Renewable Natural Resources (MRNR) within the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
Jonathan is an active member of global scientific networks, such as ForestPlots.Net and SEOSAW, that focus on sustainable natural resource management in tropical environments.