Tony Rinaudo

Principal Natural Resources Advisor
World Vision Australia

The life work of Tony Rinaudo has been in the environmental and humanitarian spheres, focusing on forest and landscape restoration and helping farmers to become self-sufficient. He is widely recognized for his influential contribution to heightened international awareness on the impact and efficacy, and uptake of simple, low cost, scalable methods of reforestation known as Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). Since joining World Vision Australia in 1999, Tony started and/or oversaw important land regeneration projects worldwide. Serving now as Senior Climate Action Advisor, he promotes forestry and agroforestry initiatives globally within the World Vision partnership, and beyond.