Tadesse Amera

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

Co-Chair

Description

I have diploma in Sanitary Sciences, BSc. Degree in Environmental Health, Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) and PhD in Environmental Communication. I served for seven years in the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia as District Environmental Health and Health Education Coordinator on a wide range of public health issues. I have also been working for more than 15 years in public interest civil society organizations sector from project officer and program coordinator position to the level where I am now working as the Executive Director of PAN-Ethiopia. Together with my team in PAN-Ethiopia, I pioneer agro-ecology initiative that models organic alternatives to eliminate highly hazardous pesticide use in cotton cultivation. At the international level, I am the Co-Chair of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), the network of over 500 public interest environmental health NGOs in more than 125 countries united to eradicate the world’s most harmful substances for a toxics-free future for all. I am also a member of the board of directors to the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) and a member of the advisory board for the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Center (ISC3).

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10:30 AM GMT - 12:00 PM GMT

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Understanding the Interconnectedness Between the Ongoing Desert Locust Crisis 2019-2021+ and the...

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GLF GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihoods, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. Charter members:CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIRAD, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Crop Trust, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FSC, GEF, GIZ, ICIMOD, IFOAM - Organics International, The International Livestock Research Institute, INBAR, IPMG, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, SAN, TMG-Think Tank for Sustainability, UNEP, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Farmer Organization, World Agroforestry, World Bank Group, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL)