Speakers

President, UN Special Envoy
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), 2021 Food Systems Summit

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Parliamentary State Secretary
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg

Secretary General
Convention on Wetlands

Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director General, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF

Executive Director
Crop Trust

Director
Land Degradation Neutrality Fund and Mirova

University of Bern

Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Musician
International Artist and Humanitarian

Chairperson
Osukuru United Women’s Network (OWN)

Chief, External Relations, Policy and Advocacy
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

President & CEO
ONE Campaign

Director
South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO)

Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Founder
LEAD Foundation

Head of Programmes
TMG - Think Tank for Sustainability

Senior Manager of the Sustainable Land and Water Management
NEPAD

Global Research Leader, Soil and Land Health and Co-lead
Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH)

Forestry Officer, Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism Forestry Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Coordinator of the networks of communities managing natural resources
WWF Madagascar

Director
Eco-Innovation Foundation

Founder and Managing Director
E3D-Niger, UNITRAM

Pastoralists Focal Point, Rangelands Initiative Co-ordination Team
Rangelands Initiative

Senior Programme Officer
Environment and Climate Change at Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Malian singer-song writer / actress

Restoration Steward
Moilo Grass Seed Bank

Board member
Association Nourrir Sans Détruire, Burkina Faso

Forest environmentalist
ELTI alumni

Capacity development specialist
FAO

Lead Scientist
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Director General
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

International consultant, Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism, Forestry Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Social Scientist, PhD Candidate
Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Environmental Science & Policy Program (ESPP), Michigan State University

Founder
OKO Forests

Professor in Environment and Development
University of York

Senior Programme Officer, Drylands
IUCN

Research Scientist
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Administrateur de programme adjoint
Programme de Neutralité en matière de Dégradation des Terres (NDT) du Mécanisme Mondial de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la Lutte Contre la Désertification (UNCCD)

Technical Coordinator
Africa Adaptation Initiative

Regional Coordinator, West Africa
Groundswell International

Deputy Vice-Chancellor
University of Eldoret

Africa Managing Director and Global Partnerships
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Director, Forestry Division
FAO

Global Food Practice Leader
WWF

Policy Advisor
Oxfam Novib

Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources of the Republic of Malawi

Managing Consultant
Sozo Consulting

Departmental Director
Environment in the commune of Illéla in Niger

Coordinator of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
FAO

Global Coordinator
GEF-7 Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes, FAO

Deputy Director
Forestry Division, FAO

G20 Representative
Italian Sherpa office

MRV Coordinator
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mozambique

UNCCD Focal Point
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Burkina

Researcher
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Vice President of Corporate Finance & Strategy
Komaza

Research and Consultant
Forestoration International

Chairperson
Committee on Forestry Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems

Associate Professor
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Africa Project Manager
One Tree Planted

Executive Director
ODAM – NGO, India

Chairperson
Zambia National Forest Commodity Association (ZNFCA)

Reader
University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Director
UNDP RSCA

Gender and environment scientist
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Agricultural Officer and Policy advisor
FAO

Director
Indigenous Information Network

Deputy Director-General and Chair
Collaborative Partnership on Forests, FAO

Senior Scientist and Project Leader
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Director, Adjunct Research Scholar
Eco-Innovation Foundation, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Author & Conservationist
Conservation Solutions Afrika

Professor
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Country Director
Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles, Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa, The World Bank

Community of Practice Coordinator, Africa Chapter Manager
GLFx

Program Specialist
Cadasta Foundation

Wildlife Management Expert and the founding Chief Executive Officer
Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA)

Advisor for Environmental Affairs
President of the Republic of Angola

Senior Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility

Team Leader, National Forest Monitoring
FAO

Team Leader, Trees Genetic Resources and Biodiversity
CIFOR-ICRAF

Senior lecturer
Centre for Applied Systems Analysis, Malawi

Senior Soil Scientist
Biodiversity-CIAT

Director
Eco-Innovation Foundation

Director and Founder
GreenHut Trust, Youth in Landscapes Initiative

Professor
Martin-Luther-University Halle

Senior Forestry Specialist
The World Bank

Natural Resources Officer
GEF Impact Programs Drylands / Food Systems, FAO

Regional Representative West and Central Africa
ENDA Energie

Award winning reporter, journalist
Mail & Guardian (M&G)

Executive Director
African Conservation Center, Kenya

Senior Scientist-Multifunctional Landscapes
Alliance and Gender Research Coordinator for the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, Biodiversity-CIAT

Director General
Brazilian Forest Service

President
REFACOF

Land Health Scientist
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

President
SSC Forestry

Samburu herder

Professor
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)