GLF Forests 2025: Speakers

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF

Indigenous leader

Senior Director and Programmes Coordinator
UNFCCC

Executive Director and Coordinator GLFx Pichis-Pachitea Chapter
Bari Wesna Intercultural Association

Head of the Extraordinary Advisory Unit for COP30
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Brazil

Acting Director & Senior Adviser
Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)

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

Director General
FSC International

Director
CLARIFI

Executive Director
IPAM Amazonia

Director
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat

Senior Advisor, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Emission Development
CIFOR-ICRAF

Senior Advisor, Climate and Environment
Fairtrade International

Africa Regional Coordinator
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Social Media and Communications Manager, Bari Wesna and GLFx Pichis-Pachitea

GLFx Imbabura and Fundación Tierra Viva Project Manager (Ecuador)

Peruvian Forest Engineer and Country Representative
International Network of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)

Legal Consultant
Development Law Service (LEGN) and the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme (SWM), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Senior Researcher and Head of the Land Use Group in the Energy and Climate Division
Oeko-Institut

Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

President of Quinta Essencia Taller, GLFx Tolima chapter member

Founder & GLFx Kalimantan
Ranu Welum Foundation

2025 Mountains Restoration Steward
Katutubong Kabataang Umuugat sa Kabundukan ng Sierra Madre (UGBON)

Tropical Wetland Ecologist
Albrecht-von-Haller Institute

Global Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Team leader, Directorate-General International Partnerships
European Commission

Youth Programme Officer
Global Landscapes Forum

Founder and Chairperson, Dulungun Youth and Coordinator, GLFx Panay

President
Latin American Model Forest Network (RLABM) Board of Directors

Director of Impact for Land and Carbon Lab, Global Forest Watch
World Resources Institute’s (WRI)

Member
International and Latin American Model Forest Networks (IMFN and LAMFN)

Journalist and Editor
Deutsche Welle (DW)

Lecturer
University of Salford

Researcher & Forestry Engineer
Imaymana Foundation

Coordinator of GLFx Nairobi
GLF

Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles

Consultant
Climate Focus

Director of the Africa II Directorate
German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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

Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Focal Point
REPALEAC funds

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Senior Associate, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development, CIFOR-ICRAF, Professor of Public Policy at Flinders University, Australia

Founder and Director
Women in Conservation (WINCO)

CEO
Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)

Postdoctoral fellow
University of Liège

Researcher and Doctoral Candidate
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

Indigenous Leader, Founder and Lead Coordinator of GLFx Zág Xokleng
Zág Institute

Land Gap Report lead author and Senior Research Fellow
The University of Melbourne

Theme Leader, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development Team
CIFOR-ICRAF

Chief Technical Advisor
FAO, Roma

Forestry Expert
Face the Future

Indigenous Leader
Laklãnõ-Xokleng Community

Professor
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway

Educator, Environmental Advocate, Community Builder
Sierra Leone Environment Matters

Technical Assistant
Central African Forest Observatory (OFAC)

Researcher
Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes

Director of Forestry Division
FAO

Policy Officer for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management
Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Head of Policy – Forest Practice
WWF International

Stakeholder Engagement Officer
Center for Applied Systems Analysis (CASA)/ GLF x Lilongwe Malawi

General Secretary
Mediterranean Model Forest Network Secretariat

Co-Managing Director
PRIMAKLIMA

Research Officer
Wageningen University

Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Co-Founder
Prakheti Agrologics

Co-Founder and CEO
Nadar

Executive Director
Chiquitano Forest Conservation Foundation (FCBC)

Project Manager San Rafael Local Tourism Network and GLFx San Rafael de Antioquía

Founder & Director, Ranu Welum Foundation GLFx Kalimantan representative
Ranu Welum Foundation

Co-Founder Ceriops Environmental Research Organization and GLF x Nairobi

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

Watershed Development Officer
Carood Watershed Model Forest Management Council

Co-founder, Salumayag Youth Collective for Forests and GLFx Bukidnon

Director General
Brazilian Forest Service

Co-Facilitator
Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP)

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

Co-founder and Farm Director
Lokal Lab

Executive Director, Fandroakando Maroantsetra Madagascar and GLFx Farankaraina

Lead Scientist, Value Chains, Private Sector Engagement and Investments
CIFOR-ICRAF

Goodwill Ambassador
COMIFAC

President
International Students Forestry Association (IFSA)

Senior Research Officer
James Cook University's Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research

Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Nature Restorer and Coordinator
GLFx Alto Rio Pardo

Researcher
Kyoto University

Deputy Executive Secretary and Technical Coordinator
Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC)

Regional Sustainable Landscapes Lead
Global Green Growth Institute, Asia

Associate Professor
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)

Team Leader
Abler Nordic

Principal Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Co-Founder
Oceanus Conservation

Biodiversity Conservator & Volunteer
Biodiversity Rescue Club (BRC), Nigeria.

Head of Capacity Development at the International Forestry Students Association and General Secretary of her department
International Students Forestry Association (IFSA)

President Director
Indonesia Environment Fund

CRO
Map of Life

Deputy Director
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)