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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Writer, poet and artist
NYU Tisch Departmental Fellow
First deputy Chairman, State Committee on Forestry
Uzbekistan
Capacity development specialist
FAO
Associate Professor and Head of the Forest Research Division
Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands, RIFR, Tehran, Iran
Deputy Chairman, Executive Committee
The International Fund for saving the Aral Sea
Special Projects Manager
Defend Our Future
Director General
Forest Stewardship Council
Coordinator
Landscapes For Our Future programme
LFF Central Component coordinator and regional focal point
Lao PDR and Papua New Guine
Co-founder
WUYLF
Consultant
IDH/ISLA Kenya
Project Officer
CIFOR-ICRAF
Head of Ecological Restoration and Tree Conservation
Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
Business and Climate Reporter, and "Planet A" Lead
Deutsche Welle (DW)
Director
Eco-Innovation Foundation
Head of Global Programme Responsible Land Policy
GIZ
Head
Urban Development and Natural Resources, KfW
Executive Coordinator
The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB)
GIS and Spatial Planning Advisor
Vice-chair of the IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Founder
OKO Forests
Representative, Chikoronai Forest Trust, FSC PIPC member
Deputy Director-General
Forestry Agency of Japan
Researcher
Kyoto University

Youth in Landscapes Representative
Manager of the Vulnerability Subdivision
UNFCCC, Nairobi Work Programme
President
Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO)
Youth Competition Winner
GLF Kyoto 2019
Head of Capacity Development
IFOAM - Organics International
Professor of Development Studies
Kyoto University, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Secondary school teacher, Member
CRADDES NGO at Porto-Novo
2025 Mountains Restoration Steward, Indigenous Leader
Katutubong Kabataang Umuugat sa Kabundukan ng Sierra Madre (UGBON)
Senior Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF
Deputy Head of Division in the Unit for United Nations, 2030 Agenda
Developing and Emerging Countries at the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Advisor on Soil Protection and Rehabilitation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Cofounder and president, Tompkins Conservation
UN Patron of Protected Areas
Environmental Specialist
European Investment Bank (EIB)
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