Grassroots Leadership
LMMA Network International is governed by a Council made up of representatives from its Country Networks. Representatives from the Country Networks are best connected with communities, and best able to keep the LMMA Network grounded in the people it serves.
LMMA is also registered in Fiji as a charitable trust and has established a Board of Trustees to provide additional institutional oversight.
The Council
Consisting of representatives from each country network – governs the overall network.
Alifereti Tawake
Chair & FLMMA Council Member
Joyce Beouch
Belau Palau LMMA Network
Simon Morin
Indonesia LMMA Network
Simon has been supporting LMMA in the Indo-region since 2002 and was one of five Papuan participants who participated in the first LMMA Network Gathering Workshop in Fiji back in 2004. He is referred to as one of the “best community mappers and facilitators” and works with Indonesia’s LMMA Network to support programs such as The Nature Conservancy’s Raja Ampat and WWF’s Community Development Program.
Billosane M Badal Jr.
Philippines LMMA Network
Kisokau Pochapon
Papua New Guinea CLMA
Mike Chipen
Pohnpei LMMA
Jimmy Qoloni Kereseka
Solomon Islands LMMA
Jimmy brings experience in science and conservation education and traditional owner land management. From 1999 – 2004 he was a teacher in Honiara for math, physics and biology subjects and was a member of the Science Syllabus review panel at the Curriculum Development Centre. In 2006 he joined The Nature Conservancy and serves as the Secretary of Lauru Land Conference of Tribal Community Environment and Conservation committee from 2006 to 2017. He is currently the Provincial Airports Upgrade Project Coordinator and Safeguards officer, under the Ministry of Communication and Aviation in Solomon Islands Government.
Board of Trustees
Established in 2017 when the LMMA Network International became legally registered in Fiji as a charitable trust, the Board of Trustees provides additional institutional oversight.
Kesaia Tabunakawai
Randolph ‘Randy’ Thaman
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