Speakers engaged with us

Here are all of the 2,700+ 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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Research Scientist
Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics
Senior Director
Conservation International-Indonesia
Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana
Commonland
Commonland
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Senior Special Chief Secretary
India
Global Head, Climate Finance & Policy
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Senior Producer
Al Jazeera
Regional Director for Asia-Pacific
Youth4Nature
Director
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Chairman
National Biodiversity Authority
head of Mitigation of Deforestation Impact Theme
Sustainable Trade Initiative, IDH
Mitigation of Deforestation Impact Theme Lead
IDH
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Skin Gourmet Limited
CEO
Shibuye Community Health Workers
Member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the IUCN Task force on Primary forests and Intact forest landscapes
Senior Researcher
National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia (BRIN)
Agricultural Officer and Policy advisor
FAO
Director General
East African Development Bank
Director of Reforestation, Landscape and Forest Management
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Madagascar
Présidente/President
PNFDDSA (Plateforme Nationale Femme, Développement Durable et Sécurité Alimentaire) / PNFDDSA (National Platform for Women, Sustainable Development and Food Security), Madagascar
Film Director
The Forest Maker
President, GREEN SÉNÉGAL
Senior Advisor, CESE
Cambodia Programme Manager
BirdLife International – Cambodia Programme
Producer
I See A Different You
Professor of soil science, Senior Advisor
Cairo University, Sustainable Development at League of Arab States
Senior Technical Specialist
UNDP Climate & Forests
Youth Indigenous Activist
Kaninde Environmental Defence Association
Indigenous Activist
Movimento da Juventude Indígena de Rondônia
Senior Research Scientist
Columbia University
Coordinator
Action for Environmental Sustainability (AfES)- Malawi
President
Federation of Kichwa Indigenous Peoples of Region San Martín (FEPIKRESAM)
Senior Fellow
World Resources Institute
Senior Fellow of the World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Harvard University
Policy advisor for environmental economics
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ
Writer, poet, performer and storyteller