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Emadelyn “Lynn” Monsanto is an environment and social safeguards specialist with over 20 years of experience in these fields. She has been strongly involved in development projects funded by the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), mostly in the Philippines but also internationally. She has worked on projects related to roads, bridges, expressways, bridges, drainage system, urban transport, ports and harbors, flood control, irrigation, water supply, agriculture, multipurpose water resource development, integrated water resources management (IWRM), solid waste management and watershed/river basin management. She acts as Team Leader in environmental, resettlement and real estate projects, working with inter-disciplinary team of technical experts. She also serves as consultant on environment and resettlement in big ticket real estate development projects in the Philippines. Lately, she has been actively involved in start-up ecosystem in Philippines and has been leading many local green growth and sustainable solution-based social enterprises. These include housing development, waste-to-energy solutions, natural farming systems and health and wellness. Her work includes communicating and advancing locally-led sustainable development programmes to international communities for access of relevant technical expertise, setting up partnerships and access to financial resources. She studied BS Geology at the University of the Philippines in Diliman; BS in Education major in Science at the University of Southern Mindanao; and MS in Environmental Studies at the University of the Philippines Mindanao. She also completed a Certificate in Program and Project Management (Carbon Reduction Technology) at the HIDA-Tokyo Kenshu Center in Japan. Lynn is a PRC-licensed environmental planner and real estate service professional.