Kevin Currey spent more than a decade in philanthropy, supporting efforts to halt and reverse tropical deforestation, conserve biodiversity, and mitigate climate change. He has worked with Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendants, and local communities (IPs, ADs, and LCs) to advance tenure rights and forest guardianship in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Professional experience
- Program Officer, Ford Foundation
- Global Initiative Lead, Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA)
- IP, AD, LC strategy lead, Forests, People, Climate (FPC)
Previous consulting clients
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Volunteers
- Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA)
- Brown University
Areas of expertice
- Rights recognition and tenure reform
- Rural development
- Indigenous rights
- Drivers of deforestation and land grabbing
- Territorial governance and defense
- Corporate/financial institution campaigning, strategic litigation, and policy reform
- Movement building and strategic communications
- Nature-based climate solutions
- Locally-led financing (territorial funds)
Services:
- Research and analysis (desk-based and field research, including ethnographic menthods, interviews, and simple data analysis)
- Writing and editing
- Strategy and program design and evaluation
- Meeting facilitation
- Executive coaching and support for organizational strengthening
- Advice on strategic planning, campaign design and implementation, financial planning and fundraising, networking, impact evaluation, and other topics.