High-level speakers
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
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Khaled Fahmy
Minister of Environment, Egypt -
Hon Josh Frydenberg MP
Minister for Environment and Energy, Australia -
Matt Hansen
Professor, University of Maryland -
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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 -
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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
