Speakers

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director for Sustainable Supply Chains, agriculture and food systems
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Co-Founder & CEO
FarmWorks

Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

Co-Founder and CEO
Jacob’s Ladder Africa

Youth Program Coordinator
Global Landscapes Forum/Youth in Landscapes Initiative

South Africa
CDKN/ SouthSouthNorth

Head of Policy, Advocacy and Communications
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)

Head of Programmes
African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA)

Co-founder
Tanzania Conservation and Community Empowerment Initiative (TACCEI) & GLFx Maasai Steppe

Executive Director
Survivor Aid and GLFx Juba

Senior Officer, Environmental Management
Safaricom PLC

Founder
Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative

Co-Founder School Food Forest Initiative and 2025 Forests Restoration Steward

GLFx Network Intern
Global Landscapes Forum

Co-founder & CEO
Vambo AI

Founder and Managing Partner
Barka Fund

Co-Founder & Director of Women Concern, Coordinator of GLFx Kivu

Advisor for Forestry and Biodiversity
GIZ Forests for Future (F4F) project

Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel
CIFOR-ICRAF, Burkina Faso

Senior Lecturer
Southeastern Kenya University

Coordinator
GLFx Banjul

Youth Programme Officer
Global Landscapes Forum

Project Manager
Greater Regeneration for Evergreen Environment (GREEN), World Vision Kenya

Community and Action Communications Officer
GLF

Associate Editor and Reporter
ThinkLandscape, Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Executive Director of Sustain Africa
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Poet and Writer

Executive Director
Fandroakando Maroantsetra Madagascar (GLFx Farankaraina)

Director
AI & STEM Partnerships Hub

INUKA project Coordinator
Youth4Nature

Senior Policy Officer, Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy
African Union Commission

Programmes Officer for East Africa
Futurelect

Indigenous Community Leader, Executive Director, NourishAfrica and Coordinator, GLFx Mwanza

National FMNR Scaling Lead
World Vision Kenya

Consultant, Environment and Development
CIFOR-ICRAF

Media Coordinator
Women in Nature Conservation (WINCO), Nigeria

IT and Media Director, GLFx Nyanza
Dufatanye Organization

Regional Partnerships Strategist & Resource Mobilisation Officer
International Land Coalition (ILC)

Director
Youth Pawa

Youth in Landscape Intern for Africa
Global Landscapes Forum

Resident Representative, UNDP South Africa, Director of the UNDP Africa Sustainable Finance Hub
UNDP

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Climate Journalist and a Storyteller

Senior Agricultural Technician and Knowledge Coordinator
Youth Development Organization (YODO)

Nature Finance Lead, FSD Africa and Head of African Natural Capital Alliance Secretariat

2025 Dryalnds Restoration Steward

Coordinator & President
Rights and Resources Initiative

2025 Oceans Restoration Steward

Gender Inclusion Officer
GLFx Harare chapter

Head of project
GIZ Forests for Future (F4F) project,

GLFx LAC hub Officer
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Forest Governance Advisor
Tree Aid