High-level speakers
Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro
Minister for National Development Planning (Bappenas), Republic of IndonesiaJochen Flasbarth
Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety GermanyElwyn Grainger-Jones
Executive Director, CGIAR System OrganizationEdgar Gutierrez Espeleta
Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
President of the United Nations Environmental AssemblyBarbara Hendricks
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, GermanyHassan Abdel-Gadir Hilal
Minister of Environment, Rural Development, and Physical Planning, SudanMinister Hassan Hilal: Tackling the resource-conflict nexus through restoration – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
Blairo Maggi
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply, BrazilAbdoulaye Balde
Minister of Environment, SenegalMark 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, EgyptHon Josh Frydenberg MP
Minister for Environment and Energy, AustraliaMatt Hansen
Professor, University of MarylandHindou Ibrahim
Coordinator, Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad
Executive Committee, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating CommitteeWanjira Mathai
Director, Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER) Hub at the Wangari Maathai InstituteLaura Tuck
Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank
Session speakers
Mauro Agnoletti
Vice Chair of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), FAOPaola Agostini
Global Lead for Landscapes, World BankLorena Aguilar
Senior Advisor, Gender Programme, IUCNMaria Andrade
Sweetpotato Breeder, Cape VerdeJuan Ardila
Research Associate, Earth Innovation InstituteJoko Arif
Managing Director, Intitut Penelitian Inovasi Bumi & Senior Fellow, Earth Innovation InstituteHenry Bastaman
Director General of the Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, IndonesiaBenoit Blarel
Practice Manager, Environment and Natural Resources, Middle East and North Africa, World BankEleanor Blomstrom
Co-Director/Head of Office, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)Deborah Bossio
Lead Soil Scientist, The Nature ConservancyChris Brown
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International (UK) LtdJulia Bucknall
Acting Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources, World BankJulia Bucknall: Commitments and ideas for regreening Africa’s drylands – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
Bruce Cabarle
Team Leader, Partnerships for ForestsTim Christophersen
Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, UNEPCrystal Davis
Director, GFWChristian del Valle
Founder and Managing Partner, Althelia Ecosphere and Althelia Climate Fund GPMamadou Diakhite
Team Leader, Principal Officer, NEPAD SLWM ProgramMamadou Diakhite: It takes a region…Coordinating landscape restoration in Africa– GLF 2016 Marrakesh
Houria Djoudi
Scientist, CIFORFatima Driouech
Head of Climate Centre, Meteorological Institute MoroccoLeslie L. Durschinger
Founder and Managing Director, Terra BellaPipa Elias
Senior Policy Advisor, Global Lands and ClimateTom Evans
Climate Change Mitigation Lead, WCS Conservation Science and Solutions ProgramNazir Foead
Head of Peatland Restoration Agency, Republic of IndonesiaHorst Freiberg
Head of Division for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forests, Biological Diversity and Climate Change, German Federal Ministry for the EnvironmentToby Gardner
Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)Dennis Garrity
Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry CentreDavid Gaveau
Scientist, CIFORNorvin Goff
President, MASTAAida Greenbury
Managing Director Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP)Craig Hanson
Global Director of Food, Forests and Water, World Resources InstituteNancy Harris
Research Manager, Global Forest Watch (GFW)Simon Heck
Program Leader, Resilient, Nutritious Sweetpotato Program (SO1)Christopher Holtz
Director, Conservation & Sustainable DevelopmentAbderrahim Houmy
Secretaire General Haut-Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts, MoroccoHarrison Karnwea
Managing Director, Forest development Authority, LiberiaHarrison Karnwea: How Liberia fights climate change by planting trees – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
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
Magda Lovei
Practice Manager, Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region, World BankRenata Lozano
Youth FacilitatorKuntoro Mangkusubroto
Chair of the Steering Committee, Tropical Landscapes Finance FacilityNiki Mardas
Executive Director, GCPJoseph Mascaro
Program Manager, Impact Initiatives at PlanetNathanial Matthews
Global Research Coordinator, CGIAR Research Program on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE)Adiel Mbabu
Regional Director (SSA), Nairobi, KenyaJacqueline McGlade
Director, Science Division, United Nations Environment ProgrammeRichard McNally
Global Coordinator for Climate Change, SNVPeter A Minang
Leader, Environmental Services & Global Coordinator, World Agroforestry Centre and ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest MarginsJennifer Morgan
Executive Director, Greenpeace InternationalCécile 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 LtdJoost 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 NorwayAlex De Pinto
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)James Reed
Associate Professional Officer, CIFORTumusiime Rhoda Peace
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African UnionSimon Rietbergen
Senior Forestry Officer, FAOSimon Rietbergen: Restoration, resilience and climate action – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
Rosa María Román-Cuesta
Consultant, CIFOR & University of WageningenMirjam Ros-Tonen
University of AmsterdamMark 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, IUCNFernando Sampaio
Executive Director, PCI (Produce, Conserve and Include) Strategy State CommitteeLotta Samuelson
Programme Manager, Swedish Water HouseMaria Jose Sanz Sanchez
Programme Coordinator, UN-REDD Programme, FAOAgus Sari
CEO, Belantara FoundationJeff Seabright
Chief Sustainability Officer, UnileverFrances Seymour
Senior Fellow, Center for Global DevelopmentMercedita Sombilla
Director of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Republic of the PhilippinesAmine Bel Hadj Soulami
Global Head of Sustainable Investments for Global Markets, BP2S & FICCharlotte Streck
Director, Climate FocusRod 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
Christoph Thies
Forest Campaigner, GreenpeacePham Thu Thuy
Scientist, CIFORAndreas Tveteraas
Deputy Director, the Norwegian Governments Climate and Forest InitiativeGiovanna Valverde
Lead Negotiator, Costa RicaLouis 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. RAPPKeith Wiebe
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Michael Wilkins
Managing Director, Head of Environmental & Climate Risk Research, S&P Global RatingsJane Wilkinson
Director, Climate Policy InitiativeSylvia Wisniwski
Managing Director, Finance in MotionLini Wollenberg
Flagship Leader for Low Emissions Agriculture, CCAFSFelicite Yameogo
Manager, New Karikis International Sarl, Burkina FasoFelicity Yameogo: Sustainable production, from the bottom up – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
Marcel Yao
Head of the Permanent Secretariat for REDD+, Ministry of Environment, Cote d’IvoireMargaret C. Yoovatana
Head, Multilateral and International Organization Collaborations of the International Agricultural Affairs Group, Planning and Technical Division, Department of AgricultureMohamed Zmerli
Head of Section, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Tunisia