Speakers engaged with us

Here are thousands of speakers who have appeared at the GLF’s events since its inception in 2013. From top scientists, economists and Indigenous leaders to entrepreneurs, filmmakers and grassroots activists, discover the diverse array of global voices that have taken to the stage at the world’s leading platform on sustainable land use.

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Head of Programmes
Civic Response
Economist
Ecuador
Sustainable Finance Advisor
CIAT
Prior Executive Director of the Peruvian Trust Fund
National Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE)
Lawyer, popular educator and researcher
Amazon Environmental Research Institute Research Institute of the Amazon (IPAM), Brazil
Cattail Farmer
Wetland Products
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Amazonia Impact Ventures (AIV)
Actor and environmental activist for rights
Actor and Environmental Activist
Departmental Secretary of the Secretariat
Sustainable Development and Environment, of the Autonomous Government of Santa Cruz
Program Director
Asociación ANDES
Head Environmental Law Programme
IUCN
Head of IUCN Environmental Law Programme and Director of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre
Head of Blended Finance
BlueOrchard
Principal Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF
Project Manager
World Vision Rwanda
Senior Associate Advocacy East & Southern Africa
Rainforest Alliance
Defender of Indigenous Rights and Nature
CONTIOCAP
Executive Director
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Senior Engineer
EIB
CEO
Natural Strategies Investments
Geographer
World Bank
Founder & Managing Director
TMG
Global Climate - Forest Positive Leader
Nestlé
Director
HSBC’s Client Network Banking
Drug Policy Director
Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia
Director of Division of the Convention
Biological Diversity
Founder
OpenForests
Senior Researcher
Greifswald University
President
Shamecco Women's Association
2023 Ocean Reporting Fellow (Americas)
Pulitzer Center
Private sector engagement and partnership development specialist
USAID Brazil
Especialista Financeiro
Banco Mundial
Agricultural Officer (Locust Management)
FAO Plant Protection Division
Founder
US Youth Climate Strike and Earth Uprising
Policy officer
European Commission, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development
Fiction author