Christophe Besacier is a Senior Forestry Officer and is currently coordinating the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) at FAO, where he provides technical assistance and implements restoration projects in more than 20 countries. He mobilized resources to scale-up restoration reaching a 40 million USD portfolio with multiple key financial partners. He is involved in major international restoration initiatives such as the Bonn Challenge, the GPFLR and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. From 2009 to 2014, he was in charge of Silva Mediterranea. From 2000 to 2009, he worked as a regional advisor for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Sahel and the Congo Basin regions.