Bupe Banda is a conservation leader from Zambia, championing community inclusion in policy events since 2015. As a key figure in the Zambian CRB Association, she helped establish its independent secretariat. She contributed to DNPW, FZS, and Resource Africa in community engagement and advocacy. She is a member of Women in Conservation Zambia and the Community Leaders Network and serves on the IPLCs Steering Committee and chairs the IPLCs Working Group of CIC. She recently got her Master’s in Conservation Leadership at Cambridge University.