Jenitha Badul

Jenitha Badul is the Senior Manager/Policy Advisor for Sustainability Programmes and Projects, at the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and has been with the Department since February 2003. Her professional experience is on the coordination of green economy project planning and coordination and of implementation across spheres of government, in collaboration with United Nations Agencies and country donor partners; coordination of event greening programmes for 2010 FIFA World Cup, UNFCCC COP 17 meeting and the 2019 PAGE and AMCEN Ministerial Conferences; and coordination of the National Green Fund Programme. Dr Badul coordinates both multi-lateral (Partnership for Action on the Green Economy, Switch Africa Green and Partnership for Global Goals and Green Growth) and bilateral donor funded programmes. Jenitha holds a PhD in Plant Pathology (University of Durban-Westville), a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Management, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (University of South Africa) an Executive Certificate in Environmental Governance, (Graduate Institute on International and Development Studies, Geneva- Switzerland) and a Certificate in Strategic Business Management (University of Cape Town).