Mikaela Weisse

As ART’s Associate Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Mikaela works with jurisdictions, buyers, NGOs, certification bodies, and others to improve understanding of ART and jurisdictional REDD+. Mikaela has over a decade of experience supporting efforts to reduce tropical deforestation through robust forest monitoring.

Prior to joining the ART Secretariat, Ms. Weisse served as the Director of Global Forest Watch at the World Resources Institute, where she oversaw implementation, strategy, and fundraising for the initiative. At WRI, she also led the release of Global Forest Watch’s annual forest loss statistics, provided technical trainings on the use of global monitoring data, and liaised with research partners. Earlier in her career, Mikaela analyzed the effectiveness of protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon during her graduate studies and identified priority areas for conservation as an intern with the Wildlife Conservation Society in Peru. Mikaela holds a master’s degree in Geography and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin.