Katherine GALIDO

Katherine (Kate) Mana-Galido has dedicated her career to environmental advocacy, community empowerment, and sustainable resource management. She began her professional journey with the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) in Palawan, where she worked for a decade in different capacities—as researcher, paralegal, Scientific Advisory Team and Advocacy Coordinator, and later as Program Manager for the community-based coastal resource management program. In these roles, she worked closely with indigenous and fishing communities, supporting their efforts to protect their rights and sustainably manage their natural resources.

From 2008 to 2020, Kate was with NTFP-EP Philippines, serving for 12 years in various positions including Resource Management Officer and Advocacy Coordinator. She gained extensive, hands-on experience in the field, facilitated multi-stakeholder partnerships, and engaged diverse actors to advance issues that matter for forest-based communities. 

Since 2021, Kate has been the Programme/MEL Coordinator of NTFP-EP Asia, where she leads regional monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes to strengthen knowledge and accountability across the network. In addition, she leads the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) 2 program, being implemented in four Southeast Asian countries—Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. She also coordinates the GLA Global PMEL Working Group, a role she has taken on since May 2024, supporting alliance-wide monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. In 2001, she also completed a six-month training on environmental restoration with EarthCorps in Seattle, Washington. Beyond her institutional roles, Kate is also one of the co-founders of Back to Basics (BTB) Ecostore, a pioneering zero-waste refillery in the Philippines.