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Roberto Borrero
Programs and Communications Coordinator
International Indian Treaty Council -
Lina Dolores Pohl Alfaro
Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Mexico
Food and Agriculture Organization -
Jacques Attali (Video address)
Economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant
Positive Planet; A&A -
Alec Baldwin (Video address)
Actor and Environmental Activist -
Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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Charles Batte
Founder
Tree Adoption Uganda -
Felipe Calderón
Former President of Mexico
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Joan Carling
Co-convenor
Indigenous Peoples Major Group for the SDGs -
H.E. Ameenah Gurib Fakim
President of the Republic of Mauritius
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Scott Goodson
CEO and Founder
StrawberryFrog -
Maulline Gragau
Co-founder
Tazanna -
Barbara Hendricks
Federal Minister
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) -
Uwase Hirwa Honorine
Miss Earth Rwanda 2017
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Coordinator, Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad
Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee -
Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility -
Karin Kemper
Global Director for the Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice
World Bank -
Gabriele Klingmüller
Deputy Mayor of Bonn
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Hiroto Mitsugi
Assistant Director-General of Forestry Department
FAO -
Robert Nasi
Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General, CIFOR
CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR -
Elsa Nickel
Head of the Department of Nature Conservation and Sustainable Nature Development
BMUB -
Maria Margarida Ribeiro da Silva
Co-founder
Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro do Rio Arimum Agroextractivist Cooperative -
Sadhguru
Founder
Isha Foundation -
Stefan Schmitz
Executive Director
Crop Trust -
Voré Gana Seck
President, GREEN SÉNÉGAL
Senior Advisor, CESE -
Erik Solheim
Executive Director
UN Environment -
Andrew Steer
Head of Bezos Earth Fund
WRI -
Achim Steiner
Administrator
United Nations Development Programme -
Marcos Terena
Professor of Traditional and Spiritual Knowledge of the Indigenous People and Coordinator of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
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Thelmo Muñoz Rodríguez
Autoridad de fiscalización y control social de bosques y tierras, Bolivia
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Janene Yazzie
Co-Convenor
Indigenous Peoples Major Group on Sustainable Development -
Martin Herold
Professor of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing
Wageningen University -
Wuletawu Abera
Technical Adviser
CIAT -
Salina Abraham
Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Silvia Abruscato
Youth leader
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Mauro Agnoletti
Director of the Laboratory for Landscape and Cultural Heritage
University of Florence -
Paola Agostini
Lead Natural Resources Management Specialist, Europe and Central Asia
World Bank -
Monique Andriamananoro
Senior Advisor
GIZ -
Andrea Athanas
Program Design Director
African Wildlife Foundation -
Tasso Azevedo
Coordinator MapBiomas & SEEG initiatives, former Chief
MapBiomas, Brazilian Forest Service -
Himlal Baral
Senior Scientist
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Aida Bargués Tobella
Researcher
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences -
Luna Bharati
Principal Researcher
IWMI -
Alice Bischof
Vice Chairperson and Co-Founder
Cities Without Hunger Germany -
Mary Bonet
Facilitator, K2W Glideways program
K2W Glideways -
René Boot
Director
Tropenbos International -
Hannes Böttcher
Senior Researcher
Öko-Institut -
Leo Bottrill
Founder and CEO
MapHubs -
Alexander Buck
Executive Director
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) -
Clement Chilima
Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Malawi
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Q”apaj Conde Choque
Co-chair
Global Indigenous Youth Caucus -
Andrew Collins
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer
Miro Forestry -
John Colmey
Managing Director
GLF -
Martin Cremer
Deputy Head
Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance -
Laure d’Astorg
French Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil -
Radhika Dave
Senior Forest Programme Officer, Bonn Challenge Barometer
IUCN -
Hannes Dempewolf
Head of Global Initiatives
The Crop Trust -
Sean DeWitt
Director
Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute -
Alue Dohong
Vice Minister
Ministry Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia -
Stephanie Doig
Director of Environmental, Health, Safety and Social Development
Miro Forestry -
Max Edkin
Acting Manager/Climate Expert
Connect4Climate -
David Ellison
External Expert
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences -
Christopher Eves
Zoological Society of London -
Sofia Faruqi
Manager
New Restoration Economy -
Jane Feehan
Senior Investment Officer
European Investment Bank -
Erick Fernandes
Adviser on Agriculture, Forestry & Climate Change
The World Bank Group -
Willem Ferwerda
CEO and Founder
Commonland -
Matthew Fielding
Deputy Director & Communications Manager
Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative -
Horst Freiberg
Restoration Expert
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Christine Fürst
Professor
Martin-Luther University -
Aster Gebrekirstos
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) -
Birgit Gerhardus
Head of Division
Rural Development, Land Rights and Forests of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) -
Klaus Gihr
Head
Urban Development and Natural Resources, KfW -
Vincent Gitz
Director of the Programme and Platforms Focal Point, Latin America
Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) -
Manuel Guariguata
Principal Scientist and Hub Leader, Latin American and the Caribbean
CIFOR -
Ewa Hermanowicz
Communications Specialist
European Forest Institute/EUFORGEN -
Elisabeth Hoch
Senior Advisor, Forests, Biodiversity, Agriculture
Department for Climate, Rural Development, Infrastructure, GIZ -
Holger Hoff
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
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Pippa Howard
Director of the Business & Biodiversity Programme
Flora and Fauna International -
Roberta Iley
Co-author of the joint PwC – Climate Development Knowledge Network paper
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sustainability & Climate Change team -
Shafi Noor Islam
Assistant Professor
Universiti Brunei Darussalam -
Hans Joosten
Secretary-General
International Mire Conservation Group -
Karin Kemper
Senior Director
World Bank - Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice -
Roeland Kindt
Senior Ecologist
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) -
Michael Kleine
Programme Coordinator
IUFRO-SPDC -
Nanno Kleiterp
Chair of the Board
Green Fund -
Werner Kornexl
World Bank, PROFOR -
Pierre Kruger
Nomad Lodges -
Steven Lawry
Senior Associate
Center for International Forestry Research Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Ludwig Liagre
Programme Officer
UNCCD -
Bruno Locatelli
Scientist
CIRAD - CIFOR -
Alexander Lotsch
Geographer
World Bank -
Anna (Ania) Madalinska
Co-founder
Agrofloresta Mesoamericana -
Elke Mannigel
Team leader international projects
OroVerde -
Adrian Martin
Professor of Environment and Development
School of Economic Development, University of East Anglia -
Maximilian Meyer
Researcher
ZEF; CIFOR -
Anthony McKenzie
Director of Environmental Management and Conservation
National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) -
Lera Miles
Team Lead
UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) UN-REDD Programme -
Peter Minang
Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Alisher Mirzabaev
Senior Researcher
Center for Development Research (ZEF) -
Günter Mitlacher
Focal Point
WWF Germany -
Simon W. Moolenaar
Head of Science and Education
Commonland -
Saddiq Muhammad
Department of Horticulture, AKTH Kano Nigeria -
Gerhard Mulder
Oxylus Climate Advisors -
James Mulkerrins
Advisor
Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation -
Alexander Müller
Founder and Managing Director
TMG -
Daniel Murdiyarso
Principal Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Julia Naime
PhD Candidate
Norwegian School of Life Sciences -
Ann-Kathrin Neureuther
Senior Manager Farming for Biodiversity
Rare -
Ravic Nijbroek
Researcher
CIAT -
Francesca Nugnes
Project leader
FAST -
Tara O’Shea
Director of Forest Program
Planet -
Caroline Ochieng
Research Fellow
Stockholm Environment Institute -
Paola Ovando Pol
Postdoctoral Researcher
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology -
Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti
Scientist/Científico
Governance, Equity & Wellbeing -
Sabine Pallas
Partnerships, communications and gender justice
ILC -
Eric Patrick
Adaptation Specialist
IFAD -
Hannah Peck
Deputy Director
Cool Earth -
Terry Sunderland
University of British Columbia
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Mohammad Rafi Qazizada
Director General of Natural Resource Management
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) of Afghanistan -
Julian Quan
Adviser, Land Tenure and Policy
Department for International Development (DFID) -
Liva Hariniaina Ramiandrarivo
Secretary General
Ministry of Environment of Madagascar -
Sandra Reinstädtler
Doctoral Researcher
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg -
Eva Rood
Project Leader
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Commonland, ENABLE -
Felix Rurangwa
Senior Official
Rwanda Water and Forestry Authority -
Gideon Abraham Ole Sanago
Coordinator for Climate Change
Pastoralists Indigenous Non Governmental Organizations (PINGO's Forum) -
Daniel Ole Sapit
Executive Director
Indigenous Peoples Hub Africa -
Herman Savenije
Coordinator
Inclusive Financing and Business Programme, Tropenbos International -
Frank Martin Seifert
Focal point for land and forest services
European Space Agency -
Seth Shames
Director
Innovations in Policy and Markets, EcoAgriculture -
Violet Shivutse
CEO
Shibuye Community Health Workers -
Tony Simons
Director General, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF -
Juan Pablo Solís-Víquez
Manager
SAFE Platform -
Matt Sommerville
Chief of Party
USAID Tenure and Global Climate Change Program -
Jaspreet Stamm
Manager of Investment Finance
Finance in Motion -
John Stanturf
Coordinator (Research Group on Restoration of Degraded Sites), Deputy Coordinator (Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change)
IUFRO -
Franziska Tanneberger
Head
Greifswald Mire Centre -
Grit Techel
Head of the Regional Office East Africa
UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH -
Satya S. Tripathi
Assistant Secretary-General
UN Environment -
Panduh Tukat
Indonesia Representative and Program Manager
Fairventures Worldwide -
Emily Unwin
Senior Lawyer, Head of Programme, Climate & Forests
ClientEarth -
Marcelo Gabriel Cardozo Vacaflor
MINGA, Bolivia
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Ben Valk
Head, Food & Agri Partnerships
Rabobank -
Julie van der Bliek
Director
Partnerships & Knowledge Management at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) -
Carina van der Laan
Advisor
SNV -
Caroline van Leenders
Transition manager
Netherlands Enterprise Agency, employed by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality -
Meine van Noordwijk
Distinguished Research Fellow
World Agroforestry Centre -
Cora van Oosten
Head of capacity development & education
CIFOR-ICRAF -
Anna van Paddenburg
Head of Sustainable Landscapes
GGGI - Investment and Policy Solutions Division -
Aldert van Weeren
Cattail Farmer
Wetland Products -
Alexander Watson
Founder
OpenForests -
Jes Weigelt
Head of Programmes
TMG - Think Tank for Sustainability -
Leslie A.C. Weldon
Deputy Chief
USDA Forest Service -
Andy White
Coordinator
Rights and Resources Initiative -
Sonia Whitehead
Head of Research Programmes
BBC Media Action -
Michal Zrust
CEO
Lestari Capital