Speakers

State Secretary
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany

Author, Educator, Activist, and Founder
Third Act

Chief Executive Officer
CIFOR-ICRAF

Secretary General
Convention on Wetlands

CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility

Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF Director General, CIFOR
CIFOR-ICRAF, CIFOR

Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages

Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Senior Professor
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Team Leader, Climate Change, Energy & Low-Carbon Development
CIFOR-ICRAF

Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Executive Director
Forestry and Climate Change Fund

Senior Scientist and Country Director
CIFOR-ICRAF Indonesia

South Africa
Youth Engagement Manager
Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN)

Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Producer
Between the Rains film

Project Officer
DW Akademie

Director Técnico
Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía de Costa Rica (MINAE)

CEO and founder
Afarmers Media

Director of Global Programmes
INBAR, Beijing, China

Community and Action Communications Officer
GLF

Director of Asia
CIFOR-ICRAF

Gerente Técnico
Fondo de Inversión Ambiental de El Salvador (FIAES)

Knowledge Coordinator
GLFx Ibadan

Scientific and Technical Director
Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall

Senior Manager
Youth Leadership Program

Policy and technical engagement specialist for the Sahel
CIFOR-ICRAF, Burkina Faso

Writer
Paved Paradise film

Program Director, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru
DW Akademie

Gender Specialist, Part-time consultant
Landesa on Women Land Right in Ethiopia

Research Associate, Africa Directorate
Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

Executive Director
National Forestry Authority, Uganda

Kenya Country Representative
YPARD

Communication Coordinator
GLFx Amazonia Peruana chapter

Founder and CEO
Ecosystem Restoration Alliance of Kenya (KERA)

Coordinator
GLFx Plan de Amayo

GLFx Coordinator
Global Landscapes Forum

Head of capacity development & education
CIFOR-ICRAF

Advisor
International Forest Policy, GIZ

Biodiversity Conservation Team Leader
Gamo Zone - Forest, Environment and Development Office

Director and researcher
Paved Paradise film

Communication Coordinator, Secretariat of Innovation
Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul

Mayor
Rural Commune of Sadjoavato

Land Hero
UNCCD

Acting Director
Kenya Forestry Research Institute(KEFRI)

GIZ Sector Project Rural Development

Outreach Program Manager for Africa
Pulitzer Center

Senior Project Associate
Palladium/Partnership for Forests

Palangkaraya University

Policy engagement specialist
International Livestock Research Institute

Chief of Staff to CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

VP, Climate Action
Salesforce

Author & Conservationist
Conservation Solutions Afrika

Project Coordinator
World Vision, Senegal

Co-director and co-producer
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva film

Ocean Editor
Pulitzer Center

GIZ Costa Rica

President & CEO
Ipage Global Inc, Bangladesh

Commercial Manager
Climate Impact Partners

Regional Director of Africa and Latam
BlueOrchard Finance

White Mountain

Head of Programmes
Graine de Vie Luxembourg

CIFOR-ICRAF

Head Climate Change and Livestock Sustainability, State Department for Livestock
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya

CEO
Shibuye Community Health Workers

Country Director
Fairventures Worldwide FVW Uganda

Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
Government of Brazil

Director
Agenda Propia

Director
Eco-Warriors of Africa film

Program Coordinator
TendaNET

GIZ ProSoil Madagascar

Programme Coordinator
G20 Global Initiative, UNCCD

Director and Head
Natural Resource Department of the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana

Country Program Director, Tanzania
Landesa

WWF Africa’s Food Future Leader
WWF

Executive Director
Global Crop Diversity Trust

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Soil scientist
KALRO

Scientist/Científico
Governance, Equity & Wellbeing

Principal Scientist and Leader
CIFOR-ICRAF

Environmental Activist

Co-Founder
Polluters Out

Producer
Eco-Warriors of Africa film

2023 Ocean Reporting Fellow (Sub-saharan Africa)
Pulitzer Center

WWF Kenya

Coordinator
GLFx Banjul

Program Manager
International Bamboo and Rattan Organization(INBAR), East Africa Regional Office Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Project Manager
Stand For Her Land

Director, Global Government Partnerships
One Acre Fund

Executive Director
Sahel Eco

Regional Coordinator Central Africa
CIFOR-ICRAF

Senior Technical Specialist
UNDP Climate & Forests

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

GLFx Africa Hub Officer
GLF

Head of Blended Finance
BlueOrchard

Senior Director for Strategy, Planning, and Special Projects
Laudato Si’ Movement

Senior Expert on Gender and Land
G20 Global Land Initiative, UNCCD

Research Director
Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization at National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Ibadan, Nigeria

Award-winning writer & journalist

National Coordinator
Climate Action Network Uganda (CAN-U)