Speakers

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

Author, Educator, Activist, and Founder
Third Act

CEO
CIFOR-ICRAF

Secretary General
Convention on Wetlands

CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility

Director General, CIFOR; Director of Science
CIFOR-ICRAF

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

Senior Professor
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Senior Advisor, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Emission Development
CIFOR-ICRAF

Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Executive Director
Forestry and Climate Change Fund

Africa Regional Coordinator
ILC

Scientist
CIFOR-ICRAF

Program Manager
GLFx Nkambe

Chair
CGIAR System Board

Climate Adaptation research officer
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT-Africa Hub in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Senior Reporter
Vox

Strategy and Finance Director
Soil-Carbon Certification Services (SCCS)

Media Relations Coordinator
Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Consultant, Environmental and Social Management Specialist
UNFCCC Steering Committee Member, EADB

Associate Professor
School of Natural Resources, Copperbelt University

CEO
Horizon Business Ventures

Coordinator
GLFx South Cost Guatemala

Conservation International

Global Advocacy Director
Stand for Her Land (S4HL) Campaign

Founder and CEO
Springboard

Youth Program Coordinator
Global Landscapes Forum/Youth in Landscapes Initiative

Music-maker and Illustrator

Project Officer
CIFOR-ICRAF

Environmental reporter
Univision Houston

Assistant Principal Research Scientist
Kenya Forestry Research Institute

Research Fellow
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Co-President of the Club of Rome
Club of Rome

Programs Manager
Green Africa Foundation

Executive Director
Goshen Global Vision

Poet and Writer

Communications Coordinator
GLFx Mindanao

Acting country representative
CIFOR-ICRAF, Mali country office

Lead Scientist
WWF/IUFRO-WFSE

Conservation Photographer and Filmmaker
TonyWild Foundation

Coordinator
GLFx Nairobi

Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) & Senior Energy Policy Analyst, OpenExp

Research Scientist at Kenya Forestry Research Institute
Kenya Forestry Research Institute

Directora Ejecutiva
Fundación Pro Eco Azuero

Policy and Impact Innovator
Clim-EAT

Deputy Director General
International Bamboo and Rattan Organization(INBAR)

Executive Chair
Community Land Action Now (CLAN)

Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development - University of Reading

Senior Associate Communications, External Relations & Knowledge
Partnerships for Forests, West and Central Africa

Lead Community Engagement
Ceriops Research Organization

Coordinator
Great Green Wall Initiative, African Union Commission

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
African Wildlife Foundation

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