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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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Paola Agostini
Lead Natural Resources Management Specialist, Europe and Central Asia
World Bank
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Paola Ovando Pol
Postdoctoral Researcher
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
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Peter Minang
Director of Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF
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Pierre Kruger

Nomad Lodges
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Pippa Howard
Director of the Business & Biodiversity Programme
Flora and Fauna International
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Q”apaj Conde Choque 
Co-chair
Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
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Radhika Dave
Senior Forest Programme Officer, Bonn Challenge Barometer
IUCN
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Ravic Nijbroek
Researcher
CIAT
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René Boot
Director
Tropenbos International
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Roberta Iley
Co-author of the joint PwC – Climate Development Knowledge Network paper
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sustainability & Climate Change team
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Roberto Borrero
Programs and Communications Coordinator
International Indian Treaty Council
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Roeland Kindt
Senior Ecologist
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
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Sabine Pallas
Partnerships, communications and gender justice
ILC
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Saddiq Muhammad

Department of Horticulture, AKTH Kano Nigeria
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Sadhguru
Founder
Isha Foundation
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Salina Abraham
Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF
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Sandra Reinstädtler
Doctoral Researcher
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
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Satya S. Tripathi
Assistant Secretary-General
UN Environment
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Scott Goodson
CEO and Founder
StrawberryFrog
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Sean DeWitt
Director
Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute
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Seth Shames
Director
Innovations in Policy and Markets, EcoAgriculture
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Shafi Noor Islam
Assistant Professor
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
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Silvia Abruscato
Junior researcher in the Resilience Programme
European Forest Institute
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Simon W. Moolenaar
Head of Science and Education
Commonland
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Sonia Whitehead
Head of Research Programmes
BBC Media Action
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Stefan Schmitz
Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust
Crop Trust
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Stephanie Doig
Director of Environmental, Health, Safety and Social Development
Miro Forestry
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Steven Lawry
Senior Associate
Center for International Forestry Research Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
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Tara O’Shea
Director of Forest Program
Planet
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Tasso Azevedo
Coordinator MapBiomas & SEEG initiatives, former Chief
MapBiomas, Brazilian Forest Service
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Terry Sunderland
Professor of Tropical Forestry, Faculty of Forestry
University of British Columbia
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Thelmo Muñoz Rodríguez
Autoridad de fiscalización y control social de bosques y tierras, Bolivia
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Tony Rinaudo
Principal Climate Action Advisor
World Vision Australia
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Tony Simons
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF
Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF
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Uwase Hirwa Honorine
Miss Earth Rwanda 2017
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Valeria Sorgato

San Francisco University of Quito, Ecuador
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Vincent Gitz
Director of the Programme and Platforms Focal Point, Latin America
Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Violet Shivutse
CEO
Shibuye Community Health Workers
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Voré Gana Seck
President, GREEN SÉNÉGAL
Senior Advisor, CESE
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Werner Kornexl

World Bank, PROFOR
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