Ms Issufo Taquidir is a Senior Officer at Forest Department, Ministry of Land and Environment in Mozambique and a Member AFF Governing Council. She is a Mozambican citizen with more than 32 years of work experience on the field of Forest Management. She has worked in various fields related to Tree Breeding, Afforestation Programs, Sustainable Forest Management, Community Base Forest Management, Climate Change, Desertification, Biodiversity, Development of Forest and Wildlife Policies and Strategies, etc.

She holds a Master degree in Silviculture from Stellenbosh University, South Africa and BSc Honors degree in Forestry Engineering from Eduardo Mondlane University, in Mozambique.

She has held several positions of technical and administrative responsibility in the Mozambican Forestry administration. She was Director of Forest Research Center, Head of Afforestation Program, Coordinator of the NFP Facility Program, Head of Forestry Department, Coordinator of REDD+, Head of Inventory Department and a part time lecture at Eduardo Mondlane University.