Elizabeth Kaidong is the acting Climate Change Officer with the REDD+ and Climate Change Branch under the Resource Planning and Development Directorate of the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, with 10 years of experience in this role. Elizabeth has been working on climate change activities, mostly REDD+ elements such as NRS, NFMS, FRL and SIS, with close collaboration with the Climate Change Ministry of Papua New Guinea. She has a background in forestry and she was involved in the first Multi-purpose national forest inventory for the country. Elizabeth Kaidong has also been involved in using the Open Foris tools since its inception in Papua New Guinea in updating the forest and land use information.