High-level speakers
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Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro
Minister for National Development Planning (Bappenas), Republic of Indonesia - 
                                                
                                                
Jochen Flasbarth
Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Germany - 
                                                
                                                
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Executive Director, CGIAR System Organization - 
                                                
                                                
Edgar Gutierrez Espeleta
Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly - 
                                                
                                                
Barbara Hendricks
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany - 
                                                
                                                
Hassan Abdel-Gadir Hilal
Minister of Environment, Rural Development, and Physical Planning, SudanMinister Hassan Hilal: Tackling the resource-conflict nexus through restoration – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Blairo Maggi
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, Brazil - 
                                                
                                                
Abdoulaye Balde
Minister of Environment, Senegal - 
                                                
                                                
Mark Burrows
Managing Director and Vice Chairman,
Global Investment Banking,
Credit SuisseCredit Suisse endorses Global Landscapes Forum – ready to reach 1 billion
 - 
                                                
                                                
Khaled Fahmy
Minister of Environment, Egypt - 
                                                
                                                
Hon Josh Frydenberg MP
Minister for Environment and Energy, Australia - 
                                                
                                                
Matt Hansen
Professor, University of Maryland - 
                                                
                                                
Hindou Ibrahim
Coordinator, Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad
Executive Committee, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee - 
                                                
                                                
Wanjira Mathai
Director, Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER) Hub at the Wangari Maathai Institute - 
                                                
                                                
Laura Tuck
Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank 
Session speakers
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Mauro Agnoletti
Vice Chair of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), FAO - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Paola Agostini
Global Lead for Landscapes, World Bank - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Lorena Aguilar
Senior Advisor, Gender Programme, IUCN - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Maria Andrade
Sweetpotato Breeder, Cape Verde - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Juan Ardila
Research Associate, Earth Innovation Institute - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Joko Arif
Managing Director, Intitut Penelitian Inovasi Bumi & Senior Fellow, Earth Innovation Institute - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Henry Bastaman
Director General of the Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Benoit Blarel
Practice Manager, Environment and Natural Resources, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Eleanor Blomstrom
Co-Director/Head of Office, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Deborah Bossio
Lead Soil Scientist, The Nature Conservancy - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Chris Brown
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International (UK) Ltd - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Julia Bucknall
Acting Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources, World BankJulia Bucknall: Commitments and ideas for regreening Africa’s drylands – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Bruce Cabarle
Team Leader, Partnerships for Forests - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Tim Christophersen
Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, UNEP - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Crystal Davis
Director, GFW - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Christian del Valle
Founder and Managing Partner, Althelia Ecosphere and Althelia Climate Fund GP - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Mamadou Diakhite
Team Leader, Principal Officer, NEPAD SLWM ProgramMamadou Diakhite: It takes a region…Coordinating landscape restoration in Africa– GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Houria Djoudi
Scientist, CIFOR - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Fatima Driouech
Head of Climate Centre, Meteorological Institute Morocco - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Leslie L. Durschinger
Founder and Managing Director, Terra Bella - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Pipa Elias
Senior Policy Advisor, Global Lands and Climate - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Tom Evans
Climate Change Mitigation Lead, WCS Conservation Science and Solutions Program - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Nazir Foead
Head of Peatland Restoration Agency, Republic of Indonesia - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Horst Freiberg
Head of Division for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forests, Biological Diversity and Climate Change, German Federal Ministry for the Environment - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Toby Gardner
Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Dennis Garrity
Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry Centre - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
David Gaveau
Scientist, CIFOR - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Norvin Goff
President, MASTA - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Aida Greenbury
Managing Director Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Craig Hanson
Global Director of Food, Forests and Water, World Resources Institute - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Nancy Harris
Research Manager, Global Forest Watch (GFW) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Simon Heck
Program Leader, Resilient, Nutritious Sweetpotato Program (SO1) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Christopher Holtz
Director, Conservation & Sustainable Development - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Abderrahim Houmy
Secretaire General Haut-Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts, Morocco - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Harrison Karnwea
Managing Director, Forest development Authority, LiberiaHarrison Karnwea: How Liberia fights climate change by planting trees – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Abdellatif Khattabi
President, AMSR (l’Association Marocaine des Sciences Régionales) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Sarah Lake
Head of the Drivers of Deforestation Program, Global Canopy Program (GCP) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Anne Larson
Principal Scientist, CIFORAnne Larson: What we know about global climate goals and local realities – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Magda Lovei
Practice Manager, Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region, World Bank - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Renata Lozano
Youth Facilitator - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Chair of the Steering Committee, Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Niki Mardas
Executive Director, GCP - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Joseph Mascaro
Program Manager, Impact Initiatives at Planet - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Nathanial Matthews
Global Research Coordinator, CGIAR Research Program on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Adiel Mbabu
Regional Director (SSA), Nairobi, Kenya - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Jacqueline McGlade
Director, Science Division, United Nations Environment Programme - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Richard McNally
Global Coordinator for Climate Change, SNV - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Peter A Minang
Leader, Environmental Services & Global Coordinator, World Agroforestry Centre and ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Jennifer Morgan
Executive Director, Greenpeace International - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet
President, African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Obadiah Ngigi
Co- founder F3 Life and CEO, Farmers Life East Africa Ltd - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Joost Oorthuizen
Executive Director, The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Pablo Pacheco
Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Claudia Parra
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Per Pharo
Director, International Climate and Forest Initiative, Government of Norway - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Alex De Pinto
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
James Reed
Associate Professional Officer, CIFOR - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Simon Rietbergen
Senior Forestry Officer, FAOSimon Rietbergen: Restoration, resilience and climate action – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Rosa María Román-Cuesta
Consultant, CIFOR & University of Wageningen - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Mirjam Ros-Tonen
University of Amsterdam - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Mark W. Rosegrant
Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Carole Saint-Laurent
Deputy Director, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme, IUCN - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Fernando Sampaio
Executive Director, PCI (Produce, Conserve and Include) Strategy State Committee - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Lotta Samuelson
Programme Manager, Swedish Water House - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez
Programme Coordinator, UN-REDD Programme, FAO - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Agus Sari
CEO, Belantara Foundation - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Jeff Seabright
Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Frances Seymour
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Mercedita Sombilla
Director of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Republic of the Philippines - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Amine Bel Hadj Soulami
Global Head of Sustainable Investments for Global Markets, BP2S & FIC - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Charlotte Streck
Director, Climate Focus - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Rod Taylor
Global Director, Forests Program, World Resource Institute (WRI) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Ibrahim Thiaw
Deputy Executive Director, UNEP & Assistant-Secretary-General, United NationsIbrahim Thiaw – Financing restoration to close emissions gap, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Christoph Thies
Forest Campaigner, Greenpeace - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Pham Thu Thuy
Scientist, CIFOR - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Andreas Tveteraas
Deputy Director, the Norwegian Governments Climate and Forest Initiative - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Giovanna Valverde
Lead Negotiator, Costa Rica - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Louis Verchot
Director of Soils Research Area, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Sonja Vermeulen
Head of Research, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Tony Wenas
President Director, PT. RAPP - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Keith Wiebe
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Michael Wilkins
Managing Director, Head of Environmental & Climate Risk Research, S&P Global Ratings - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Jane Wilkinson
Director, Climate Policy Initiative - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Sylvia Wisniwski
Managing Director, Finance in Motion - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Lini Wollenberg
Flagship Leader for Low Emissions Agriculture, CCAFS - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Felicite Yameogo
Manager, New Karikis International Sarl, Burkina FasoFelicity Yameogo: Sustainable production, from the bottom up – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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Marcel Yao
Head of the Permanent Secretariat for REDD+, Ministry of Environment, Cote d’Ivoire - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Margaret C. Yoovatana
Head, Multilateral and International Organization Collaborations of the International Agricultural Affairs Group, Planning and Technical Division, Department of Agriculture - 
                                                
                                                
                                                
Mohamed Zmerli
Head of Section, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Tunisia