Berta Rafael is an environmental management and community development specialist and program director at Centro Terra Viva in Mozambique. Her research spans land, forests, gender, and climate change, with a focus on the rights of rural communities and women. She trained as an agricultural technician and studied environmental management, planning, and community development at Mozambique’s Pedagogical University before earning a master’s degree at Eduardo Mondlane University. With Borges Chivambo, she studied how land governance can support climate resilience in Búzi District, Sofala Province.