Arend van Der Goes

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Arend van Der Goes

Extractives Industry | Climate Resilient Supply Chains | Central Africa

Having lived and worked extensively for over 20 years in Africa, Arend has a rich project design, acquisition, and management experience, in both English and French. Arend has worked for the UN, AFDB and World Bank and SNV and within the mining industry.

Areas of expertise include: deforestation free standards for mining, bio-diversity offsets, small scale agroforestry, renewable energy (wood-fuel, green charcoal and biogas), Climate resilient value chain development for agri-businesses (maize, cotton, soya, dairy, and horticulture) and carbon projects.

Arend holds a Masters’ degree in law of international organizations from Utrecht University, the Netherlands.