-
Haidar El Ali
President
Oceanium -
Winnie Mwaniki
Senior Program Manager
IDH -
H.E. Mr. Kebede Yimam Dawd
State Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forest
Ethiopia -
Kipkirui Lang’at
Consultant
IDH/ISLA Kenya -
Richard Mwendandu
Director
Ministry of Environment and Forestry -
Ross Conroy
Senior Field Operations Associate
Komaza -
Anicet Ngomin
Head of unit of Monitoring, Regeneration, Reforestation and Extension
Ministry of Forest and Wildlife (MINFOF), Cameroon -
Mohammed Elmi
Chief Administrative Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Kenya -
Marius Ekué
Scientist
Bioversity International, FTA -
Stephen Justice Nindi
Director General
National Land Use Planning Commission (NLUPC), Tanzania -
Mark Nicholson
Director
Plants for Life International -
Mark Schauer
Coordinator
ELD Initiative -
Barbara Vinceti
Scientist
Bioversity International, FTA -
Tim Rayden
Technical Advisor, Forestry and Climate Change
Trillion Trees Programme -
Anne Onyango
Ministry
Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, Agriculture Secretary of Kenya -
Peter Kitelo
Ogiek Community of Mt. Elgon in Kenya
Kenya Forest Indigenous Peoples Network (FIPN) -
Esther Kasalu-Coffin
IFAD Country Director
-
Milka Chepkorir
anthropologist, Forest Peoples Programme
member of the the Sengwer Indigenous peoples, Kabolet forest -
Raymond Samndong
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting Manager
The Tenure Facility -
Joyce Msuya
UN Environment Deputy Executive Director
Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations -
Luis Neves Silva
Lead, New Generations Plantations
WWF -
John Agboola
Agriculturalist and Farmer from Nigeria
Youth Representative -
Patrick Mugenyi
Chief Executive Officer and Head of Mission
New Forests Company Uganda -
Hans Loth
Global Head UNEP Partnership
Rabobank Group Executive -
Cassia Moraes
Founder & CEO
Youth Climate Leaders -
Daniel A. Ofori
Director
CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana -
Teresa Gitonga
International Tree Foundation -
Joy Abraham
Communication officer
The Centre for Earth Works (CFEW) -
Munhamo Chisvo
Chief Executive Officer and Head of Mission
FARNPAN -
Kanja Thuku
Manager Sustainability and Certifications
Kenya Tea Development Agency -
Grace Kinyanjui
Tea lead farmer
Entrepreneur -
Abdelkader Bensada
Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -
Nahid Naghizadeh
Senior Expert & Research Associate
Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA) -
Christian Mensah
Senior Manager West Africa
Rainforest Alliance -
Jason Sircely
Ecosystem Ecologist
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) -
Elijah Kofi Owusu
Cocoa farmer
Landscape Management Board -
Edward Mudibo
Managing Director
EATTA -
Shadrack O. Omondi
Executive Director, RECONCILE
Chairman, ILC Africa -
Martin Ngare
General Manager
Coffee Management Services -
Julius Rono
Programme Manager Sustainable Landscapes
Solidaridad Network -
Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi
Women's Major Group of the UN
Women and Gender Constituency of the UNFCCC -
Louis Wertz
Communications and Strategic Partnerships Director
EcoAgriculture Partners -
Disikalala Gaseitsiwe
Deputy Executive Secretary
Gaborone Declaration For Sustainability in Africa Secretariat -
Erick Fernandes
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, and Climate Change
The World Bank -
Henry Wanjala
Founder Henry Wanjala Clothing
-
Emmanuel Kisiangani
Leading stand-up comic and producer
-
Siham Drissi
Programme Management Officer
UN Environment -
Ciiru Waweru Waithaka
CEO
Funkidz Limited -
Charity Muthoni Munyasya
Deputy chief Conservator of Forests
-
Elizabeth Prician King’au
Manager
Naibunga Conservation Limited in Laikipia County -
Alfred Gichu
Assistant Chief
Conservator of Forests -
Jerome Mwanzia
Assistant Chief Conservator of Forests
Kenya Forest Service -
Francis Merinyi Piroris
Program Officer
National Cohesion and Integration Commission of Kenya -
Kelvin Sauroki
Youth leader & farmer and chairperson of an irrigation scheme
-
Perianton Ngochila
Secondary school teacher
-
Jane Nimpamya
GEF Programme Officer
UN Environment -
Paul Elvis Tangem
Coordinator for the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWSSI)
African Union Commission -
Ramadhan Ally Kilewa
Research and Biosafety Officer
Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (TPRI) -
Keriako Tobiko
Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment And Forestry
Kenya -
Basiru Isa
IPMG -
Josphat Mwamba Mtwana
Project Coordinator
Mikoko Pamoja Community-Based Organization -
Francine Tumushime
Minister of Lands and Forestry
Rwanda -
Habtemariam Kassa
Team Leader, Forests and Human Well-being
CIFOR -
Tangu Tumeo
Principal Forestry Officer (AFR 100 National Focal Point)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) -
Ntare Bright
Program Manager
Rwanda National Fund for Environment and Climate Change (FONERWA), Rwanda -
Sévérin N’Guessan
2nd Vice-President
Conseil Régional de San Pedro, Cote d’Ivoire -
Jean Roland Zedia
Head of the quality department
Safety and Environment Department at the Société des Caoutchoucs de Grand Béréby (SoGB), Cote d’Ivoire -
Julien Noël Rakotoarisoa
National Focal Point
AFR100, Madagascar -
Moses Kemibaro
Founder & CEO
Dotsavvy -
Marlène Elias
Senior Scientist-Multifunctional Landscapes
Alliance and Gender Research Coordinator for the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, Biodiversity-CIAT -
Milagre Nuvunga
Executive Director
MICAIA FOUNDATION -
Robin Chazdon
Professor Emerita
University of Connecticut -
Teun Vogel
Founder
Cambisol -
Leonidas Nzigiyimpa
2018 National Geographic Buffett Awards for Leadership in Conservation
-
Arne Witt
Regional Coordinator for Invasive Species
CABI -
Douglas Bwire
Research Officer
CIFOR -
Albert Katako
Head of Programmes
Civic Response -
Rezene Fessehaie Gebresellassie
Former senior weed science researcher
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research -
Zipporah Matumbi
Voices from the Landscape
NACOFA -
Ladé Araba
Africa Region Representative
Convergence Finance -
Ben Chikamai
Executive Secretary
NGARA -
D. Andrew Wardell
Senior Research Associate
CIFOR -
Jordy van Honk
Program Director
IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative -
Amos Abu
Senior Environmental Specialist
World Bank -
Lawrence Afere
Founder and CEO
Springboard -
Paola Agostini
Lead Natural Resources Management Specialist, Europe and Central Asia
World Bank -
Enkh-Amgalan Tseelei
Chairwoman
Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups of Herders -
Ulrich Apel
Senior Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility -
Martin Asiimwe
Forest and Biodiversity Program Coordinator
WWF Uganda -
Georgina Avlonitis
Head of Programmes
Greenpop -
Solange Bandiaky-Badji
Coordinator & President
Rights and Resources Initiative / Group -
Nora Berrahmouni
Senior Forestry Officer
FAO -
Kendi Borona
Conservation Professional
-
Salvador Ernesto Nieto Cárcamo
Executive Secretary
Central American Commission for Environment and Development -
Mustapha Chehhar
Directeur Exécutif de la Fondation ARDI pour le Microcrédit
Crédit Agricole Group of Morocco (GCAM) -
Emanuel Chibesakunda
Founder
Munich Advisors Group -
Marc Daubrey
Chief Executive Officer
Impaktum -
Rocky Dawuni
Musician
International Artist and Humanitarian -
Siriki Diakite
Regional Representative
UTZ Program/Rainforest Alliance -
Nancy Githaiga
Head of Policy Research and Innovation
World Wide Fund for Nature - WWF -Kenya -
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Coordinator, Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad
Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee -
Felipe Jaramillo
Country Director for Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
World Bank -
Chris Kettle
Biodiversity-CIAT -
Patrick Kipalu
Director, Africa Program
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) -
Daniel Kobei
Founder and Executive Director
Ogiek Peoples' Development Program (OPDP) -
Audace Kubwimana
Africa Regional Coordinator
ILC -
Janet Kabeberi Macharia
Head of the Gender and Social Safeguards Unit
UN Environment -
Wanjira Mathai
Africa Managing Director and Global Partnerships
World Resources Institute (WRI) -
Corrie Mauldin
Director – East Africa
Trees for the Future (TREES) -
Peter Minang
Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Keikabile Mogodu
Spokesperson of Botswana Khwedom Council
IPMG -
Concepta M. Mukasa
Program Manager, Forestry and the Environment
AUPWAE -
Laura Mukhwana
Stakeholder Engagement with Evidence Associate
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Musonda Mumba
Secretary General
Convention on Wetlands -
Walter Mwachande
Coordinator
Action for Environmental Sustainability (AfES)- Malawi -
Herbert Mwalukomo
Programmes Director
Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy, Malawi -
Esther Mwangi
Principal Scientist
Center for International Forestry Research -
Robert Nasi
Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General, CIFOR
CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR -
Cécile Ndjebet
Founder and President
African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests -
Mary Njenga
Researcher
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) -
Steve Nsita
Director
Havilah Company Ltd -
Anthony Ochieng
Conservation Photographer and Filmmaker
TonyWild Foundation -
Erick Omollo
Research Fellow
LARMAT -
Frank Place
Senior Research Fellow
Policies, Institutions, and Markets CGIAR Program, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) -
Terry Sunderland
University of British Columbia
-
Simon Rafanomezantsoa
Senior Officer on Terrestrial Biodiversity
WWF Madagascar Country Office -
Valérie Ramahavalisoa
Head of the Service
Ministry of Environment -
Ben Roberts
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
Liquid Telecom Group -
Ina-Marlene Ruthenberg
Country Manager for Zambia
World Bank -
Lisa Ryser
Regional representative Southern Africa
Rainforest Alliance -
Stefan Schmitz
Executive Director
Crop Trust -
Voré Gana Seck
President, GREEN SÉNÉGAL
Senior Advisor, CESE -
Tony Simons
Director General, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF -
Nigel Sizer
Chief Program Officer
Rainforest Alliance -
Erik Solheim
Executive Director
UN Environment -
Caroline Toroitich
Project Manager
Rainforest Alliance -
Mónica López Conlon
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) Program Officer
-
Caroline van Leenders
Transition manager
Netherlands Enterprise Agency, employed by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality -
Hiwot Workagegnehu Tafere
Head of project
Forests4Future Ethiopia, GIZ -
T.Serge Zoubga
Program officer
Northern Burkina Faso Tiipaalga Association
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