- Founder
Isha Foundation - Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
- Executive Director
UN Environment Programme - Chief Water Commissioner
The Anishinabek Nation - Co-founder
350.org - Zero waste chef, environmentalist and author
- Founder
US Youth Climate Strike and Earth Uprising - Director General
Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) - Climate activist and Founder
Rise Up - Astronaut
European Space Agency - Director of Earth Observation Programmes
European Space Agency - Director General
WWF - Parliamentary State Secretary
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) - Miss International Indonesia 2019
- Editor-in-Chief
Science Family of Journals - Vice Minister
Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Peru - World's strongest vegan
- Managing Director
The Good Food Institute - Garrell Founder & Chef
Semproniana restaurant - Food For Life Campaigner
Greenpeace Africa - Vice Minister
Ministry Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia - Indigenous farmer
Member of the Colombian Parliament - CEO and founder
African Clean Energy - CEO
Solar Foods - National Director
Peru Cacao Alliance - Founder
Menos 1 Lixo - Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
BirdLife International - Chair
Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration - Mayor of Bonn
President of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability - Managing Director, Climate and Water
Rare - Executive director
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition - Director General, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF - Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Managing Director, CIFOR-ICRAF - Executive Director
Crop Trust - International Artist and Humanitarian
- Lead Coordinator
International Tropical Peatland Center - President
Livelihoods Venture - Scientist and Country Representative of CIFOR in Vietnam
CIFOR - Senior Programme Manager Forest and Climate, lead on the Land Use Bankable projects Hub
WWF Germany - Administrator, Youth Development and Environmental Advocate
NextGEN Africa President - President
International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) - Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Principal Scientist
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - Director
The International Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre - Global Food Practice Leader
WWF Gregory McGann
Programme Officer- Photographer and marine biologist
SeaLegacy - Wildlife Biologist
Asociación Territorios Vivos El Salvador - CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility - Landscape architect and spatial planning
- Practice Manager, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy (ENB)
Global Platform Unit at the World Bank - Biologist
- Director of Production
Conservation International - Filmmaker, surf photographer and founder
Pocket Bread - Conservation professional
- Local Communities representative FECOFUN
GSC member/Nepal - Indigenous Peoples – representative NEFIN
GSC member/Nepal - Communications specialist
- Head
Climate Investment Funds - Director, Ecosystems Division
UN Environment Programme - Environmentalist
Global Landscapes Forum - Independent Multimedia Journalist
- Lecturer
Anthropology Department University of Riau, Indonesia - Science journalist
Mongabay India - forest and climate change team leader for Asia Pacific
UNEP/UN-REDD - Founder
Disarmament Center on Climate Change Crises For Peace Security Equality & Climate Governance - Program officer
LandScale Esther Milberg
Wageningen University Youth for Landscapes Forum- Head of Freshwater, Land and Climate Branch
UNEP - Senior Forestry Officer, REDD+ Team Leader
FAO/UN-REDD - Co-Chair
The International Resource Panel - CEO
Water Journalists Africa - Director
CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana - Journalist
- Global Conservation Director
WWF - Managing editor
Earth Journalism Network - Consultant
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) - Bec Hellouin farm
- Forest Practice Leader
WWF - ESG venture and impact investor
- Volunteer
- Ishiyama Provostial Professorship at the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences and the Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University - Regional director for Latin America
Forest Stewardship Council - Journalist
Deutsche Welle - Director of global advocacy
Rainforest Alliance - Senior Manager of Advisory for Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services sectors
International Finance Corporation - Scientist
Center for International Forestry Research - Head, Olam Ghana Cocoa Sustainability portfolio
- Senior Programs Officer
Partnerships for Forests Youssif Kamil-Abdulsalam
GIZ- Youth Indigenous Activist
Kaninde Environmental Defence Association - Organic Farmer
IFOAM Ambassador - Director of Programs and Research
Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) - Director, Smallholder Support Programme
Proforest Ousmane Djibo
Project Manager
GIZ- Global Network Coordinator
International Land Coalition (ILC) - Senior Analyst
CPI - Founder and President
A Growing Culture Daniel Owiredu
GLF Community Specialist- Senior Analyst
Climate Policy Initiative - Executive Director
Conexsus - Managing partner and co-founder
Kaeté Investimentos - Team Leader,Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods
CIFOR - Manager of New Restoration Economy
World Resources Institute - Director of corporate finance
Komaza - Project Manager
Word Agroforestry (ICRAF) - University of British Columbia
- AOCC Lab Manager
ICRAF - Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Soil and Land Health Leader
CIFOR / ICRAF - Lead Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility - Principal Scientist
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Project Coordinator
TMG Research - Scientist
Bioversity International - Co-Chair of the European Green Party
Member of the European Parliament - Associate Professor
Virginia Tech University - Research Associate
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Anthropologist
Mexico’s National School of Anthropology and History Caleb Tata Yengo
FOREP- Markets Transformation Manager
Rainforest Alliance - Deputy director general research and development–Integrated Sciences
International Livestock Research Institute - Assistant Professor of Geography, African Studies, and Anthropology (courtesy)
Penn State - Head, Communications and Knowledge Management
International Livestock Research Institute - Associate Professor
Wageningen University & Research - Indigenous activist and researcher
- Scientist
ICRAF - Programme Coordinator
Tropenbos International François Ruf
Agroeconomist
CIRAD- Scientist
ICRAF - Senior Producer
Al Jazeera - Editor
WoBistDude - Gene Bank Manager
ICRAF - Principal Scientist
ICRAF - Programme Management Officer
UN-Habitat / Global Land Tool Network - Climate Change Officer
FAO - Team leader international projects
OroVerde - President
REFACOF - Chef and Author
- Head of UN Forum on Forest Sub-Commission; Focal Point Major Group Children and Youth to the UN Forum on Forest
YIL Representative - Director AHA International
Andreas Hermes Akademie - Director
Catie Nora Boehm
Expert on Climate Change Adaptation & Rural Development
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und EntwicklungJens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø
Senior Researcher
University of Copenhagen- International Relations & Communications
- Founder
The Cacao Project - Director of Global Programme
INBAR - Deputy director
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - Environment and Climate Change Advisor
Vi Agroforestry - Coffee producer
Owner of Finca Bethania in Nicaragua, final borrower of the eco.business Fund Yusuf Suleiman
- SEWOH Lab Project Coordinator
TMG Research - Founder and director
Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) - NGO and civil society liaison officer
UNCCD Secretariat - YIL alumni representative
- Founder
TraSeable Solutions - Senior Programme Coordinator
Science and Technology Policy at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) - Special Projects Manager
Defend Our Future - Environmental scientist and economist
- Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - Food forever campaign manager
Crop Trust Felix Schilling
Advisor
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH- Technical Specialist
Crop Trust - Managing Director
Finance in Motion - Journalist
Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster - Chief of External Relations, Policy and Advocacy
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - Head, Division of Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Kenya Ministry of Health - Senior representative of Pope Francis in the Vatican
Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development - Global Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice
World Bank Christa Franke
German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation, BMZ- International Water Management Institute (WMI)
- Chief Freshwater Adviser
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Founder
The Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace - Executive Director, Just Rural Transition Secretariat
Meridian Institute - Associate Academic Officer
UNU-EHS Antje Hecheltjen
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)- Journalist and Author
- Professor of Ecological Linguistics
University of Gloucestershire - Knowledge Management officer
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD - Co- Leader, Tree Productivity and Diversity
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) - Regional Coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe
UNCCD Secretariat Xiaoxia Jia
Programme Officer on Science and Interim Regional Coordinator for Asia and Pacific
UNCCDChris Brett
Lead Agribusiness Specialist
World Bank- Junior researcher in the Resilience Programme
European Forest Institute - Moderator and biologist
- University Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics Senior Scholar
Colorado State University, USA - CEO/Founder
Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative (FBIN)/Alexijan Consults - Associate
CIFOR - Senior Policy Advisor, Division Rural Development, Land Rights, Forests and Animal Husbandry
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) - Scientist
ICRAF - Scientist
World Agroforestry - Scientist
CIFOR - Senior learning officer
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) - Acting Director General for Health, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Vice President to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) - Special Envoy of WHO Director General on COVID-19
World Health Organisation (WHO) Vandana Shiva
Scholar and environmental activist- Senior Scientist, Animal and Human Health
International Livestock Research Institute - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
- Governance Scientist and Technical Coordinator
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) - Head Chef & Head of Operations
Lavaash By Saby - Coordinator
Zambia National Forest Commodity Association (ZNFCA) - Director of The Sustainable Land Use Team
EIT Climate-KIC - Advisor on Soil Protection and Rehabilitation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Coordinator
REDD+/NFM – Forestry Department, FAO - Marine conservationist and community manager
- Associate Programme Officer
UN Environment Programme - Media theorist
- Global Director: Water Sustainability at Anheuser-Busch InBev
Anheuser-Busch InBev - Co-head Zoonotic Disease Unit, One Health
Ministry of Health, Kenya - Chief for Wildlife
UN Environment Programme - Global Food Lead Scientist
WWF - Head of
UN-REDD Programme Secretariat - Director of the Serious Games Initiative
Wilson Center - GRASP Programme Manager and GRASP Coordinator (OIC)
UN Environment Programme - Senior Forestry Officer, Global Forest Resources Assessment Coordinator
FAO - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Senior Researcher - Head of Conservation and Development
Burung Indonesia – BirdLife Partner in Indonesia - Executive Director of the Indigenous Information Network (IIN)
Chair of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group of the GEF - Co-Founder/President
E-Line Media - Deputy Director-General
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar - Head of the Service for watershed management
Ministry of Environment, Madagascar - Senior Researcher & Filmmaker
University of Bonn - Director
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar - Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Olam International - Yerba Mate Initiative Coordinator
Guyra Paraguay – BirdLife Partner in Paraguay - Specialist
Center for International Forest Products Trade, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China - Forest Programme Officer
BirdLife International - Programme Manager
SAVE Brasil - BirdLife Partner in Brazil - Cambodia Programme Manager
BirdLife International – Cambodia Programme - Co-Director
International Climate and Forest Initiative, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway - Forest Programme Officer
BirdLife International - Strategic Partnerships Program
- Consultant Ennuonline - "All about learning supported by (social) technologies"
Ennuonline - Fiction author
Naomi Weiss
Deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit (GIZ)Martin Herold
Professor of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing
Wageningen University- Executive Director
RECOFTC - Administrator
United Nations Development Programme - Artist and curator
Emergence Network - Advocacy Officer
Rainforest Alliance - Global Gender lead
Rainforest Alliance - Regional Programme Officer for Asia-Pacific
FAO/UN-REDD - DRC National Coordinator and Focal Point of Peatlands, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Senior researcher
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - Forestry Officer
FAO Daniel Tsegai
Programme Officer
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)- Policy advisor for environmental economics
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ - Project Manager, Global Forest Watch
World Resources Institute - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Plant biologist
Marco Arenas Aspilcueta
National Service for Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP), Peru- Agroecologist, Poet & Lecturer
- Climate Change Decision Scientist
World Agroforestry (ICRAF) - Senior Manager for Data & Fisheries
Rare Indonesia - Director General
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) - Director
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) Veronica Ndetu
Head of the Climate Change Unit
Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya- Founder and Coordinator
Shibuye Community Health Workers Floriberto Vasquez Ruiz
Secretary of Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development
State of Oaxaca, Mexico- Managing Director
Think Tank for Sustainability - Senior scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Professor of Food Safety Systems at Natural Resources Institute, UK Raúl Martin Reategui Suncion
National Service for Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP), Peru- Anchor, Deep Demonstration of Resilient Food Systems
EIT Climate-KIC Belinda Margono
Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia- Group Leader, International Forest Policy and Professor, Department of Forest Sciences
University of Helsinki - YIL alumnus, climate activist, development campaigner and writer
- Documentary filmmaker, cinematographer
- Head of Programmes
TMG Research - UNEP-WCMC
- Forest Farmer Group - Kelompok Tani Hutan
- YIL alumna
Founder and director, Empodera Clima - Food and farming systems expert
- Plant-for-the-Planet & Global Focal Point, UN Major Group for Children & Youth
- Association des Femmes Pygmées de l’Équateur (l'AFPEQ)
- YIL Alumna
Fellow at the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness - Conservationist
PhD candidate, National Autonomous University of Mexico - Independent international moderator and journalist
- Team Leader Outreach and Engagement
CIFOR Niki de Sy
Postdoctoral researcher
Wageningen- Senior Scientist in the Climate Change, Energy & Low Carbon Development Team
CIFOR - Deputy Director-General
National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), South Africa - Vice President For Food, Forest, Water & The Ocean
World Resources Institute - Professor of Physical Geography
University of Leicester, United Kingdom - Communities Coordinator
Lac Télé Community Reserve, Republic of the Congo - Director-General of Sustainable Development
Ministry of Tourism and Environment, Republic of the Congo
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