Kahlil Baker

Kahlil is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Taking Root , where he works to develop reforestation and agroforestry carbon projects with smallholder farmers. He has spent over 15 years dedicated to tropical reforestation and agroforestry with smallholder farmers and has served as an advisor for leading forest carbon standards including Plan Vivo and the Gold Standard. A featured CBC changemaker and a recipient of Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross, Kahlil holds a Masters in Forest Statistics and a PhD in smallholder economics from the University of British Columbia.