Speakers

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Director for Africa & Global Coordinator
CIFOR-ICRAF

Media Relations Coordinator
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Research Associate, Restoration Policy and Biodiversity
World Resources Institute

Professor & Director of Master’s Program, Agroforestry
Université de Laval

Professor and Researcher
Master's program in Forest and Biodiversity Management at CATIE

Professor of Tropical Forestry, Faculty of Forestry
University of British Columbia

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

Senior Programme Officer
IUCN

2024 Mountains Restoration Steward, and Researcher Himalayan Restoration Project, India
Himalayan Restoration Project, India

Senior Strategic Advisor
RECOFTC and RMFN-Asia Secretariat

Coordinator of GLFx Nairobi
GLF

Conservationist and Storyteller

Head of Governance Programme
European Forest Institute (EFI)

Director General of the Sustainable Forest Management
Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia

Science Lead
GainForest

Senior Advisor
Canadian Forest Service (CFS), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

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

Co-Founder
Prakheti Agrologics

Senior Policy Analyst
International Model Forest Network (IMFN) Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada

post-doctoral researcher
Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg (Sweden)

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

Conservation Specialist
WWF-Brazil

Collaborative Partnership on Forest
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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

PPII and Biodiversity Project Coordinator
CHIRAPAQ, Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú

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

Executive Director
Chiquitano Forest Conservation Foundation (FCBC)

General Manager
Prince Albert Model Forest Association

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

Forestry communication expert and project manager
Compagnia delle Foreste (CdF)

Coordinator in Peru
Governors for Climate & Forest (GCF) Task Force

Founder and Executive Director
Photographers without Borders

Agronomist and Sustainability Analyst, Ripple Heights Development Initiative, and GLFx Ibadan chapter
Ripple Heights Development Initiative

Coordinator at Monte Alegre Foundation and Biodiversity Lead at Nativas, and GLFx Espinal Cordoba

Co-Chair of the Latin American Model Forest Network and Gender and Social Equity Specialist
World Resources Institute

IT and Media Director, GLFx Nyanza
Dufatanye Organization

Social Media Specialist
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Senior Program Manager
EcoAgriculture Partners

Director of Trade and International Affairs Division
Canadian Forest Service (CFS), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Coordinator of the Science-Policy programme
International union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

Operations Manager
Ontario Woodlot Association and Eastern Ontario Model Forest

Mayor of Paranas, Samar
Government of Philippines

Managing Director
Terra Global Capital

Forestry Officer
FAO Global Fire Management Hub