Martin von Hildebrand

Advisory Board Member
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Advisory board member Martin von Hildebrand, PhD in Ethnology, Director and Founder of Gaia Amazon Foundation. He has dedicated his life to defending and promoting the rights of the Indigenous Peoples and conserving the rainforest in the Colombian Amazon. In addition to many accolades for his accomplishment, Hildebrand received Colombia’s National Environmental Prize in 1999, the Swedish Right Livelihood Award in 1999, the Skoll Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur Award in 2009 and the World Economic Forum Social Entrepreneur Award in 2009.