The Global Landscapes Forum featured a wide variety of speakers from business, civil society, research, the political and practical sphere. Find out more from their biographies below.
High-level speakers
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Minister Tabaré Aguerre Lombardo
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay -
Minister Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini
Minister of Agriculture, Costa RicaLuis Felipe Arauz Cavallini Closing Keynote: The way forward GLF 2015
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Minister Mahama Ayariga
Minister of Science, Environment, Technology and Innovation, Ghana -
Felipe Calderón
Chair, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and former President of Mexico -
Minister Maria Fatima de Jardim
Minister of Environment, Angola -
Minister Henri Djombo
Minister of Sustainable Development, Forestry Economy and the Environment of the Republic of Congo -
Minister Laurent Fabius
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France -
Minister José Antonio Galdames Fuentes
Minister of Energy, Natural Resources, Environment and Mining, Honduras -
Minister Tim Groser
Minister for Climate Change Issues and Minister of Trade, New Zealand -
Minister Edgar Gutierrez Espeleta
Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica -
Minister Greg Hunt
Minister for the Environment, Australia -
John Agyekum Kufuor
Former President of Ghana -
Minister Jerome Ludvaune
Minister of Climate Change, Meteorology, Geo-hazard, Environment and Energy, Vanuatu -
Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru
Minister of Water, Environment, Spatial Planning and Urban Development of Burundi -
Minister Paul Oquist
Minister – Private Secretary for National Policies, Nicaragua -
Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Minister of Environment of Peru -
President Tommy Esang Remengesau
President, Republic of Palau -
Minister Izabella Monica Vieira Teixeira
Minister of Environment, Brazil -
Minister Douglas Tomuriesa
Minister for Forests of Papua New Guinea -
Salina Abraham
Head, International Processes Commission, IFSA -
Djimé Adoum
Executive Secretary of the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) -
Paola Agostini
Global Lead for Resilient Landscapes , World Bank -
Inger Andersen
Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) -
James Astill
Washington Correspondent, The Economist -
Tasso Azevedo
General Coordinator, MapBiomas Initiative -
Alessandro Baccini
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center -
Elisabeth Backteman
State Secretary, Swedish Ministry for Rural Affairs -
Louise Baker
Coordinator, External Relations and Policy, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) -
Eduardo S. Brondizio
Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington -
John Bryant
President and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company -
Mark Burrows
Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking Credit Suisse -
Paula Caballero
Senior Director for Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank -
Silvia Calderón
Director, National Planning Department, Colombia -
José Joaquín Campos Arce
Director General, CATIE -
Robin Chazdon
Executive Director, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation -
Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain
Vice President, Board of the Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous People Development Fund -
Baroness Ariane de Rothschild
Chair of the Executive Committee, Edmond de Rothschild Group -
Paul Delduc
Director General of Development, Housing and Nature, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France -
Sean DeWitt
Director Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute -
Claire Esbenshade
Corporate Responsibility Specialist, ArcelorMittal -
Chris Field
Founding Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution -
Matthew Hansen
Professor, University of Maryland -
Nancy Harris
Research Manager, Global Forest Watch -
Peter Holmgren
Director General,
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Peter Holmgren Opening Keynote GLF 2015 Peter Holmgren Closing Keynote: The way forward GLF 2015
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Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF) -
Bianca Jagger
Founder and Chair, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation -
Joan Cuka Kagwanja
Chief, Land Policy Initiative (UN Economic Commission for Africa) -
Harrison S. Karnwea
Director, Liberian Forestry Development Authority -
Jackson Kimani
Regional Director for Africa, Clinton Climate Initiative -
Maria Kiwanuka
Special Presidential Adviser, Uganda -
Carlos A. Klink
Secretary for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Brazil -
Thelma Krug
Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -
Andrea Ledward
Head, Climate and Environment Department, DFID -
Antoinette Macumi
Adviser to the Minister of Water, Environment, Land and Urban Planning, Burundi -
Wanjira Mathai
Chair, Green Belt Movement -
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
CEO, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency -
Esther Mwaura-Muiru
Founder and Coordinator, GROOTS Kenya -
Abdon Nababan
Secretary General, Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) and representative of the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) -
David Nabarro
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition -
Stephen O’Brien
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs -
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Economist and former Minister of Finance, Nigeria -
Agnes Quisumbing
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) -
Markus Repnik
Managing Director, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism -
Frank Rijsberman
CEO, CGIAR Consortium -
Johan Rockström
Executive Director, Stockholm Resilience Center -
Juliana Santiago
Head, Amazon Fund Department, Brazilian Development Bank -
Sara Scherr
President and CEO, EcoAgriculture Partners -
Maria Helena Semedo
Deputy Director-General, Coordinator for Natural Resources, FAO -
Frances Seymour
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development -
Pier Luigi Sigismondi
Chief Supply Chain Officer, Unilever -
Tony Simons
Director General, World Agroforestry Centre -
Andrew Steer
President and CEO, World Resources Institute -
Achim Steiner
Executive Director of UNEP and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations -
Mark Tercek
President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy -
Adama Tondossama
Director General, Office of Parks and Reserves, Cote d’Ivoire -
Sunny Verghese
Co-founder, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Limited -
Ivannia Quesada Villalobos
Vice Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
Session Speakers
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Klaus Ackermann
GIZ Sectoral Project to Combat Desertification -
Justin Adams
Managing Director for Global Lands, The Nature Conservancy -
Stine Albrecht
International Coordinator, Hanns R. Neumann Foundation -
Roberto Alcalá Ferráez
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, State of Campeche, Mexico -
Ken Alex
Senior Policy Advisor to California’s Governor -
James Allen
Executive Director, Sustainability LAB -
Glarinda Andre
Coordinator, Live&Learn project, Nakau Programme REDD+ -
Arild Angelsen
Professor of Economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) -
Koffi Apedjagbo
National Expert, GIZ Togo -
Fitrian Ardiansyah
Indonesia Country Director, IDH-The Sustainable Trade Initiative -
Claudia Arias Cuadros
Representive, Colombian Envionment Ministry, Corantioquia Board -
Kriton Arsenis
Founder, Roadfree primary forests initiative -
Malik Amin Aslam
Vice President, International Union for Conservation of Nature -
Nigel Asquith
Director of Policy, Fundación Natura -
Grace Balawag
Deputy Coordinator, Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership on Climate Change, Forests and Sustainable Development -
Henry Bastaman
Director General of the Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia -
Eduardo Adolfo Batllori Sampedro
Minister of Urban Development and Environment, State of Yucatán, Mexico -
Peter Besseau
Director, International Affairs Division of Natural Resources, Canadian Forest Service -
Jessica Bezolles
CEO & Founder, AUGEO Africa -
Sam Bickersteth
Chief Executive, Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) -
Matteo Bigoni
Program Manager, Plan Vivo Foundation -
Louis Blumberg
Director, California Climate Change Initiative, The Nature Conservancy -
Deborah Bossio
Director of Soil Research, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) -
Georges Claver Boundzanga
National REDD Coordinator, Republic of Congo -
William Boyd
Senior Advisor, Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force -
Francesco Branca
Director, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization -
David Bresch
Director, Business Development, Global Partnerships, Swiss Re -
Marcello Brito
President, Brazilian Palm Oil Association -
Olaf Brugman
Manager, Sustainability Policies and Dialogues, Rabobank Sustainability -
Rafael Calderón
Senior Director Latin America programs, Rare -
Gilberto Câmara
Senior Researcher, Earth Observation Directorate, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil -
Joan Carling
Secretary General, Asia Indigenous Peoples PactSharing the planet means sharing the problems: Indigenous activist Joan Carling at GLF 2015
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Andrea Carmen
Executive Director, International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) -
Patrick Caron
Director of Research and Strategy, CIRAD -
Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio
Chairman, Planetary Skin Institute (PSI) -
Guillermo Castilleja
Chief Program Officer, Environmental Conservation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation -
Mario Cerutti
Green Coffee Corporate Relations Director, Lavazza -
Clément Chenost
Co-Founder, Moringa Fund -
David Cooper
Deputy Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) -
Maximiliano Correa Menezes
General Coordinator, Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) -
Doug Cress
Program Coordinator, Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) -
Christian Dannecker
Director Sustainable Supply Chains and Land Use, South Pole Group -
Mansuetus Alsy Hanu (Darto)
National Coordinator, Indonesia’s Palm Oil Smallholder Union (SPKS) -
Hadi Daryanto
Director General, Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia -
Theo de Jager
Deputy President, AgriSA -
Pascal De Petrini
Executive Vice-President Strategic Resource Cycles, Danone -
Alex De Pinto
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPR) -
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) -
José Vilialdo Díaz
Head, Climate Change Department, National Forestry Institute, Guatemala -
Houria Djoudi
Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research -
Christine Dragisic
Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State (REDD+ negotiator) -
Amy Duchelle
Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research -
Lalisa Duguma
Scientist, Sustainable Landscape, World Agroforesty Centre -
Leslie L. Durschinger
Founder and Managing Director, Terra Bella -
Helmut Eger
GIZ Coordinator Amazon Fund/BNDES -
Ismahane Elouafi
Director General, International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) -
Jane Feehan
Natural Resources Specialist, European Investment Bank (EIB) -
Jochen Flasbarth
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany -
Gustavo Fonseca
Director of Programs, Global Environment Facility (GEF) -
Antonio Fonseca dos Santos
Director of Environment and Sustainability of Brookfield Renewable Energy Group -
Phil Franks
Senior Researcher, IIED -
Horst Freiberg
Head of Division for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forests, Biological Diversity and Climate Change, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety -
Hans Friederich
Director General, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) -
Michael V. Galante
Independent Forestry Expert -
Isabel Garcia-Drigo
Member of the Economic Chamber of FSC International -
Gustavo Garduno
Expert, Regional Analysis, Biological Corridors Initiative, National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, Mexico (CONABIO) -
Dennis Garrity
Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry Centre -
John Gethi
Director of Milk Procurement, Brookside Dairy Ltd., Kenya -
Bernard Giraud
Co-founder, Livelihoods Fund -
Evan Girvetz
Senior Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) -
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Aybar
Director Latin America, Althelia Ecosphere Capital Partners LLP -
Francisco Gordillo
Head, Technical Secretariat, Regional Water Fund (FORAGUA) -
Sylvain Goupille
Founder and Managing Partner, Althelia Ecosphere and Althelia Climate Fund GP -
Peter Graham
Leader, WWF Forest and Climate Programme -
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Director, Policy, Partnerships and Operations Division, Global Environment Facility (GEF) -
Aida Greenbury
Managing Director Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) -
Marion Guillou-Charpin
President, Agreenium -
Michael Hailu
Director, CTA – Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU -
Dharsono Hartono
President Director, PT Rimba Makmur Utama, Indonesia -
Neil C. Hawkins
Chief Sustainability Officer and Corporate Vice President for Environment, Health & Safety, The Dow Chemical Company -
Iain Henderson
Lead, REDD+ and Sustainable Land Use, UNEP Finance Initiative -
Robbie Henderson
Co-Director, Nakau Programme -
Bianca Hoersch
Sentinel-2 Mission Manager, European Space Agency (ESA) -
Patrick Holden
Founder and CEO, Sustainable Food Trust -
Torgny Holmgren
Executive Director, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) -
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Director-General, Department for Global issues – sector policies and programs, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) -
Jose Iturrios
National Director, Peru Cocoa Alliance -
Gustavo Junqueira
President SRB, Brazilian Rural Society -
Alain Karsenty
Research Director, CIRAD -
Deuteronomy Kasaro
Mitigation Specialist, National Climate Change Secretariat, Ministry of Development Planning of Zambia -
Dyno Keatinge
Director General, The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) -
Michael Kleine
Deputy Executive Director, IUFRO -
Haruni Krisnawati
Senior Researcher, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia -
Manoj Kumar
CEO, Naandi Foundation, India -
Sarwono Kusumaatmadja
Chairman, Advisory Council for Climate Change, Indonesia -
Annette Lanjouw
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Great Ape Program, Arcus Foundation -
Agnieszka E. Latawiec
Project and Research Director, International Institute for Sustainability, Brazil. -
William Laurance
Director, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University -
Steven Lawry
Director, Forests and Governance Research Portfolio, Center for International Forestry Research -
Etienne Le Roy
Professor emeritus of Legal Anthropology, Sorbonne, Paris -
Chivin Leng
REL/MRV National Focal Point, Cambodia -
Guillaume Lescuyer
CIRAD Scientist, seconded to Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Philippe Lévêque
Executive Director, CARE France -
Ludwig Liagre
International consultant, Forest and Landscape Finance, GM-UNCCD / FAO-FLRM -
Rodrigo C. A. Lima
Director General, Agroicone -
Estherine Lisinge-Fotabong
Director, Programme Implementation and Coordination Directorate, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) -
Barbara Livoreil
Unit head, Foundation for Research on Biodiversity -
Magda Lovei
Practice Manager for Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region, World Bank -
Liliana Lozano
Program Manager, Forest Investment Program’s Dedicated Grant Mechanism, WWF Peru -
Jean-Paul Kibambe Lubamba
GIS and Climate Change Coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society, DR Congo -
Fiona Macleod
Head, Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism -
Stewart Maginnis
Global Director, Nature-based Solutions Group IUCN -
Anders Malmer
Director, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) program SLU Global -
Stephanie Mansourian
Environmental Consultant, Mansourian.org -
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Eco Hip-Hop Artist -
Christopher Martius
Principal Scientist Climate Change, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Former Director General of IUCN -
Nur Masripatin
Director General for Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia -
Katie McCoy
Head of Forests, CDP -
Paul McMahon
Co-founder and Managing Partner, SLM Partners LLP -
Petra Meekers
Director, CSR and Sustainable Development, Musim Mas -
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Coordinator, CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) -
Kathleen Merrigan
Executive Director, Sustainability Institute, George Washington University -
Andrew Mitchell
Founder and Executive Director, Global Canopy Programme -
Gladys Mugambi
Head of Nutrition and Dietetics Unit Ministry of Health, Kenya -
Alexander Müller
Study Leader, TEEB for Agriculture and Food -
Carlos Rafael Antonio Muñoz Berzunza
Secretary of Ecology and Environment, Quintana Roo State, Mexico -
James Murombedzi
Climate and Resource Governance Specialist, UN Economic Commission for Africa -
Wangu Mutua
Deputy Regional Director, Vi Agroforestry -
Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba
Project Manager, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) -
Robert Nasi
Deputy Director General Research, Center for International Forestry Research -
Daniel Nepstad
President and Executive Director, Earth Innovation Institute -
Justiniano de Queiroz Netto
Secretary of State Extraordinary, Green Municipalities Program Coordination, Brazil -
Maryam Niamir-Fuller
Special Advisor to UNEP Executive Director -
Trevor Nicholls
CEO, Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) -
Eric Nicolas
Chief Financial Officer, Corporate VP Strategy & Global Services, Firmenich -
Mary Njenga
Post-Doctoral Fellow, World Agroforerestry Centre -
Alex Noerdin
Governor of South Sumatra, Indonesia -
Ruth Nussbaum
Co-founder and Director, Proforest -
Adrián Oliva
Governor of the Department of Tarija, Bolivia -
Michael Opitz
Managing Director, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung -
Pablo Pacheco
Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Diego Pacheco
Vice-Minister of Planning, Bolivia -
Renzo Paladines
Vice President and Executive Director, Naturaleza and Cultura -
Sjoerd Panhuysen
Program Manager productive landscapes, Hivos -
Barry Parkin
Chief Sustainability and Health & Wellbeing Officer, Mars, Incorporated -
Mike Parr
Vice President and Chief Conservation Officer, American Bird Conservancy -
Per Jonas Partapuoli
Board Member, International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry -
Ina Porras
Senior Economist, International Institute for Environment and Development -
Ravi Prabhu
Deputy Director General Research, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) -
Merling Preza Ramos
General Manager, coffee cooperative Prodecoop -
Agus Purnomo
Managing Director for Sustainability and Strategic Stakeholders Engagement, Golden Agri-Resources, Ltd. -
Herry Purnomo
Project Leader ‘Political Economy of Fire and Haze in Indonesia’, CIFOR -
Andrea Quesada
Consultant, IIED -
Kevin Rabinovitch
Global Director of Sustainability, Mars -
Andjar Rafiastanto
Country Manager Indonesia, Zoological Society of London -
Annisa Rahmawati
Forest Campaigner, Greenpeace South East Asia -
Adriana Ramos
Coordinator Policy and Law Program, Instituto Socioambiental -
James Ranaivoson
Managerial Adviser, Climate and Environment Operations, European Investment Bank -
Jagdeesh Rao
Executive Director, Foundation for Ecological Security -
Teresa Ribera
Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) -
Dominique Roques
Head of Naturals Sourcing, Firmenich -
Mark Rosegrant
Director, Environment and Production Technology Division,International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) -
Daddy Ruhiyat
Chairman, Provincial Climate Change Council (DDPI) of East Kalimantan, Indonesia -
María Magdalena Ruiz Mejía
Secretary of Environment and Regional Development of the State of Jalisco, Mexico -
Tiur Rumondang
Executive Director, Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development -
Tjokorda Nirarta “Koni” Samadhi
Country Director, World Resources Institute, Indonesia -
Lotta Samuelson
Programme Manager, Swedish Water House -
Maria José Sanz Sanchez
Programme Coordinator, UN-REDD Programme, FAO -
Stefan Schmitz
Division Head, Rural Development and Food Security, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) -
Jeff Seabright
Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever -
Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt
Policy Advisor, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) -
Kemi Seesink
Global Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Global Water Initiative -
Steve Sepp
Executive Director, ECO Consulting Group -
Seth Shames
Director, Policy and Markets Program, EcoAgriculture Partners -
Eklabya Sharma
Director Programme Operations, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development -
Kirit N Shelat
Executive Chairman, Indian National Council for Climate Change Sustainable Development and Public Leadership -
Tui Shortland
Managing Director, Repo Consultancy -
Willie Shubert
Program Officer, Internews Earth Journalism Network -
Mia Signs
Communications Officer, CGIAR WLE -
Robério Oliveira Silva
Executive Director, International Coffee Organization -
Plinio Sist
Director, Research Unit BSEF, CIRAD -
Mercedita Sombilla
Director ANRES, National Economic and Development Authority, Office of the President, Philippines -
Matt Sommerville
Chief of Party, USAID Tenure and Global Climate Change -
Marcos Sossai
Environmental Analyst, State Environmental Agency of Espirito Santo (IEMA), Brazil -
Nienke Stam
Senior Manager, Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes (ISLA) -
John Stanturf
Senior Scientist, US Forest Service -
Osvaldo Stella
Director, Amazon Environmental Research Institute, IPAM -
Bernardo B.N. Strassburg
Founder and Executive Director, International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro -
Rodrigo Suarez Castaño
Climate Change Director, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia -
Gustavo Suarez de Freitas
Executive Coordinator, National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Ministry of Environment, Peru -
Gloria Berenice Suarez Vera
Director for Water Management, Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle, Colombia -
Pavan Sukhdev
CEO GIST Advisory, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and TEEBAgFood Special Adviser -
Terry Sunderland
Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
William Sunderlin
Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Jatna Supriatna
Chairman, Reseach Center for Climate Change, University of Indonesia -
Bertrand Swiderski
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Carrefour Group -
Martin Tadoum
Martin Tadoum, Deputy Executive Secretary, COMIFAC -
Ledji Taq
Customary Head, Wehea Dayak Community, Indonesia -
Ana Paula Tavares
Interim President, Rainforest Alliance -
Michael Taylor
Director, International Land Coalition -
Tint Lwin Thaung
Executive Director, The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) -
John Tobin
Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability, Credit Suisse -
Ann Tutweiler
Director General, Bioversity International -
Mamerto Valerio Bueno
Director and Representative, Enda -
Giovanna Valverde
Lead Negotiator, Costa Rica -
Mark van der Wal
Senior Ecologist, IUCN Netherlands -
Pieter van Midwoud
Director Business Development for Land Use & Forests, Gold Standard Foundation -
Cora van Oosten
Senior Project Leader, Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research centre (UR), Netherlands -
Maria Teresa Vargas
Executive Director, Fundación Natura, Bolivia -
Louis Verchot
Director of Environment Research, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Pita Verweij
Researcher, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development -
Virgílio Vianna
Director General, Fundação Amazonas Sustentável -
Roberto Silva Waack
Chairman of the board of Amata S.A., Brazil -
Kaspar Wansleben
Managing Director, Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund (LMDF) -
Andrew Wardell
Senior Manager, Research Capacity and Partnership Development, CIFOR -
Darrel Webber
Secretary General, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) -
Keith Wiebe
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) -
Claire Wigg
Carbon offsetting specialist, Zero Mission -
Brandy Wilson
Global Director of Sustainability, CH2M -
Wiratno
Director of Social Forestry, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia -
Troy Wiseman
CEO, EcoPlanet Bamboo -
Sylvia Wisniwski
Managing Director, Finance in Motion -
Rachmat Witoelar
Special Envoy for Climate Change of Indonesia’s President -
Grace Wong
Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) -
Maarten Zonneveld
Associate Scientist, Bioversity International