Founder
Isha Foundation

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia

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

GLF Africa Coordinator
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

Founder and Chief Executive
Agrolay Ventures View profile

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
BirdLife International

Forest Practice Leader
WWF

Director
Rome Centre for Sustainable Development Nature, Climate and Energy

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

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) a.i. Director General
CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR

Executive Director
Crop Trust

Under-Secretary-General
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Musician
International Artist and Humanitarian

Founder and Managing Director
TMG

Lead Coordinator
International Tropical Peatland Center

Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

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

Research Fellow
Africa Centre for Green Economy

Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Director of Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director
The International Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Global Food Practice Leader
WWF

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
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

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

Director of Projects
Lestari Capital 

Founder
ILead Climate

Program officer
LandScale

Wageningen University Youth for Landscapes Forum

Head of Freshwater, Land and Climate Branch
UNEP

Senior Forestry Officer
FAO

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

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

GIZ

Youth Indigenous Activist
Kaninde Environmental Defence Association

Director of Programs and Research
Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC)

Director, Smallholder Support Programme
Proforest

Project Manager
GIZ

Global Network Coordinator
International Land Coalition (ILC)

Senior Analyst
CPI

Founder and President
A Growing Culture

GLF Community Specialist

Senior Analyst
Climate Policy Initiative

Executive Director
Conexsus

Managing partner and co-founder
Kaeté Investimentos

Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Manager of New Restoration Economy
World Resources Institute

Vice President of Corporate Finance & Strategy
Komaza

Director of Vital Landscapes
WRI Africa

University of British Columbia

AOCC Lab Manager
ICRAF

Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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

Lead Environmental Specialist
Global Environment Facility

Principal Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

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

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

Agroeconomist
CIRAD

Scientist
ICRAF

Senior Producer
Al Jazeera

Editor
WoBistDude

Forage Gene Bank Manager
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Principal Scientist
ICRAF

Programme Management Officer
UN-Habitat / Global Land Tool Network

Climate Change Officer
FAO

Team leader international projects
OroVerde

President
REFACOF

Chef, Author, Activist and Entrepreneur

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

Expert on Climate Change Adaptation & Rural Development
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung

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

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

Food forever campaign manager
Crop Trust

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

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

Communications specialist
Global Landscapes Forum

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

Programme Officer on Science and Interim Regional Coordinator for Asia and Pacific
UNCCD

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
CIFOR

GLF Africa Regional Manager
GLF Africa Hub

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)

Scholar and environmental activist
India

Senior Scientist, Animal and Human Health
International Livestock Research Institute

German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Senior Scientist
ILRI, Italy and Ethiopia

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

Co-Founder and Director, Coordinator
Oceanus, GLFx Mindanao Chapter

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
UN-REDD Programme

Director of the Serious Games Initiative
Wilson Center

GRASP Programme Manager and GRASP Coordinator
United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP)

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

Director
Indigenous Information Network

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

Deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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

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

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)

Head of the Climate Change Unit
Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya

Founder and Coordinator
Shibuye Community Health Workers, Kenya

Secretary of Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development
State of Oaxaca, Mexico

Senior scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Professor of Food Safety Systems at Natural Resources Institute, UK

National Service for Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP), Peru

Anchor, Deep Demonstration of Resilient Food Systems
EIT Climate-KIC

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 - Think Tank for Sustainability

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

Postdoctoral researcher
Wageningen

Senior Forestry Officer & Team Leader Climate Change & Resilience
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Deputy Director-General
National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), South Africa

Vice President For Food, Forest, Water & The Ocean
World Resources Institute