Catja Orford is the Director at EnviroDesign in Botswana, where she leads innovative, community-driven approaches to rangeland management, livestock health, and human–wildlife coexistence in the eastern panhandle of the Okavango. She oversees the implementation of the Herding4Health programme and has been instrumental in developing rural enterprises, which aims to improve livelihoods. Under her leadership, Envirodesign has strengthened cross-sector partnerships with government, academia, and NGOs, while expanding wildlife friendly enterprise-based solutions. Catja’s work focuses on building local capacity, integrating indigenous knowledge with applied research, and ensuring conservation delivers tangible benefits to rural communities.More...