Dr. Liz is a political scientist and activist scholar. She was born in New Zealand and is a citizen of Britain and Kenya, where she has been since 1988. Liz works directly with governments, civil societies, and communities to discuss customary land rights. Her ambition since 1974 has been to secure their recognition as existing and lawful property rights, including the forests and rangelands they typically own in common. Liz has also been instrumental in the evolving wave of community-owned and managed Protected Areas in Asia and Africa. She has facilitated community land networks in Africa, especially, and was a co-founder of www.landmarkmap.org, which maps community lands globally. She has assisted KI in relevant litigation in Kenya.