High-Level Speakers
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H.E. Minister Enrique Martinez y Martinez
Secretary of Agriculture, Mexico
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H.E. Minister María Cristina Morales Palarea
Minister of Environment, Paraguay
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H.E. Minister Lorena Tapia Núñez
Minister of Environment, Ecuador
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H.E Minister Belete Tafere
Minister of Environment and Forestry, Ethiopia
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H.E. Minister Gabriel Vallejo López
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
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H.E. Minister Roberto Gabriel Delgado
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina
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H.E. Minister Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini
Minister of Agriculture, Costa Rica
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Bianca Jagger
Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation
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Paul Polman
CEO of Unilever and Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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Mark Burrows
Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking Credit Suisse
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Martin Bwalya
Head of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, NEPAD
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Pavan Sukhdev
CEO of Green Initiatives for a Smart Tomorrow (GIST) and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
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Clément Chenost
Investment Manager, Moringa Partnership
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Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias
Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
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Heru Prasetyo
Head REDD+ Management Agency, Indonesia
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Tony Simons
Director General, World Agroforestry Centre
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Paula Caballero
Senior Director, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice at the World Bank
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David Cooper
Director Science, Assessments and Monitoring Branch, Convention on Biological Diversity
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Evelyn Nguleka
Acting President World Farmers’ Organisation
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Simon Buckle
Head of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Water Division, Environment Directorate, OECD
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Muriel Saragoussi
Scientific Manager, Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment (LBA), Amazonia
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Per Pharo
Director of the Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative
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Christian del Valle
Founder and Manager Althelia Climate Fund
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Keith Alger
Senior Vice President Americas and Africa, Rare
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José Joaquín Campos Arce
Director General CATIE
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Cándido Mezúa Salazar
Chairman of the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of Panama
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Fabiola Muñoz-Dodero
Executive Director, Peruvian National Forest and Wildlife Service
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Tião Viana
Governor of Acre, Brazil
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Milo Stanojevich
Director of CARE Peru
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Ruben Echeverría
Director General, CIAT
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Grethel Aguilar
Regional Director, IUCN
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Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia
Executive Vice-President, Andean Development Corporation
Session Speakers
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Djimé Adoum
Executive Secretary of the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
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Paola Agostini
Coordinator TerrAfrica
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Richie Ahuja
Regional Director Asia, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
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Jorge Alberto Aldazabal Soto
President of the Regional Government of Madre de Dios, Peru
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Ane Alencar
Director, Amazon Scenarios Program, IPAM
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Ken Alex
Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor of California
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Arild Angelsen
Professor of economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
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Alejandro Argumedo
Program Director, Asociación ANDES
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José Berley Arista Arbildo
President of the Regional Government of Amazonas, Peru
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Maria Josée Artist
Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname
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Greg Asner
Faculty Scientist, Carnegie Department of Global Ecology
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Nigel Asquith
Scientific Advisor, Bolivia Nature Foundation
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Pedro Bara Neto
International Consultant
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Ramiro Batzin
Director, Cotzil, Guatemala
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Margarita Benavides
Deputy Director, Instituto del Bien Común, Peru
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Mona Betour El Zoghbi
Pitcher at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Environmental consultant
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Deborah Bossio
Director of Soil Research, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
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Georges Claver Boudzanga
National REDD + Coordinator, Republic of Congo
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William Boyd
Senior Advisor Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force
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Susan M. Braatz
Senior Forestry Officer, FAO
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Josefina Braña Varela
Policy Director Forest and Climate Program, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
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Doug Brown
Director Agriculture and Food Security, World Vision International
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Alexander Buck
Executive Director, IUFRO
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Paulo Canaveira
Lead Negotiator on LULUCF, European Union
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Sarah Carter
PhD candidate, Wageningen University
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Benjamin Cashore
Professor of Environmental Governance and Political Science, Yale University
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Gonzalo Castro de la Mata
President, Inspection Panel of the World Bank
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Diji Chandrasekharan Behr
PROFOR Manager, World Bank Group
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Edie Chang
Deputy Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
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Tim Christophersen
Senior Programme Officer Forests and Climate Change, UNEP
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Natalia Cisneros
Vice-President of the International Forestry Students' Association
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Harry Clemens
Programme Officer Carbon Finance, Hivos
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Ayesha Constable
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: University of the West Indies
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Pascal Corbé
Communications Consultant
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Carlos Alberto Cuellar Medina
Director General, Corporación Autónoma Regional del Alto Magdalena, Colombia
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Christian Dannecker
Director Forestry and Land Use practice, South Pole Group
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Crystal Davis
Senior Manager, World Resources Institute
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Mark De Claro
Head REDD+ Unit, Forest Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Philippines
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Veronique De Sy
PhD candidate, Wageningen University
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Karl Deering
Climate Change Coordinator for Africa, CARE International
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Guilherme do Prado
Diplomat, Brazil
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Kate Dooley
PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne
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Marc Dourojeanni
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural University La Molina, Lima
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Joanna Durbin
Director, Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance
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Leslie L. Durschinger
Founder and Managing Director, Terra Global
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Dave Ellis
Head of the Genetic Resources-Genebank, International Potato Center (CIP), Peru
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Danaé Espinoza
Co-Founder, National Youth Water Network, Mexico
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Ana Euler
Head Forest Institute of Amapá, Brazil
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Evert Thomas
Associate Scientist, Bioversity International
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Philip M. Fearnside
Researcher, Departamento de Ecología, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones de la Amazonia (INPA)
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Conrad Feather
The Forest Peoples Programme
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Erick Fernandes
Agriculture Advisor, World Bank Group
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Francisco Fonseca
Researcher and Advocacy Advisor sustainable farming CEDECO
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Gustavo Fonseca
Head of Natural Resources, Global Environment Facility
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Laura Fontaine
Advisor, Natural Environment and Climate Issues World Vision International
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Paula Fuentes
Project and Network Coordinator, Grupo de Financiamiento Climático para América Latina y el Caribe
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Jason Funk
Senior Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
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Pedro Gamio
Energy Coordinator, Ministry of Energy and Mining, Peru
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Toby Gardner
Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
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Azeb Girmai
Climate Change Advocacy and Campaign Advisor, LDC Watch International
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Carlos Gomez
REDD+ Coordinator, Panama
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Sonia María González Molina
Director General for Environmental Research and Information, Ministry of Environment, Peru
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Peter Graham
Leader of the WWF Forest and Climate Programme
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Giacomo Grassi
Scientific Officer, Institute for Environment and Sustainability
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Lee Gross
Senior Manager, EcoAgriculture Partners
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Mariella Güisa
National Forest Conservation Programme Specialist, Ministry of Environment, Peru
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Sandra Guzman Luna
Coordinator, Climate Finance for Latin America and the Caribbean Group
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Hayo Haanstra
Senior Policy Officer for Agriculture and Innovation, Ministry of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands
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Matthew Hansen
Professor, University of Maryland
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Ricardo Hernandez Sanchez
Undersecretary of Forest Development, Secretariat of Natural History and Environment, Chiapas, Mexico
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Martin Herold
Professor for Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University
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Irene Hofmeijer Merkeli
Youth Liaison Officer Ministry of Environment, Peru
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Gerardo Honty
Investigator, Energy and Climate Change, Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social (CLAES)
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Naoko Ishii
CEO Global Environment Facility
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Peter Aarup Iversen
UNFCCC Negotiator, Denmark
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Andy Jarvis
Director Decision and Policy Analysis, CIAT
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Michael Jenkins
President and CEO, Forest Trends
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Florent Kaiser
Former president of the International Forestry Students Association
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Aloysius M. Kamperewera
Director, Department of Environmental Affairs of Malawi’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment.
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Valerie Kapos
Head of Programme, Climate Change and Biodiversity, UNEP-WCMC
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Harrison S. Karnwea
Director, Liberian Forestry Development Authority
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Deuteronomy Kasaro
National REDD+ Coordinator, Forestry Department, Zambia
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Edit Kiss
Director of Business Development and Operations at Althelia Ecosphere
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Rajan Kotru
Head Innovative Regional Program, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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Tony La Viña
Dean of the Ateneo School of Government, Philippines
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William Laguado Cervantes
Director, Ecosystems and Global Change Research Center, Carbon & Forests
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Anne Larson
Principal Scientist, CIFOR
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Grégoire Leclerc
Senior scientist, French Agency for Agricultural Development Research (CIRAD)
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Rodrigo C A Lima
General Manager of AGROICONE
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Thomas Lingard
Director Global Advocacy, Unilever
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Paul E. Little
International Consultant
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Ivonne Lobos Alva
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
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Lourdes Adriana Lopez Moreno
Chairwoman, Environment Committee of the Mexican Congress
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Magda Lovei
World Bank Practice Manager for Environment & Natural Resources, Africa Region
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Lars Løvold
Special Advisor, Rainforest Foundation Norway
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Stewart Maginnis
Global Director of the Nature-based Solutions Group IUCN
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Ignatius Makumba
Director of Forestry, Government of Zambia
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Francesco Martone
Policy Advisor, Responsible Finance Programme, Forest Peoples’ Program
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Nur Masripatin
Director Centre for Standardization and Environment, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
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Claudio Castro
Pitcher at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: IICA
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Tefera Mengistu
Advisor to the State Minister of Forest, Ethiopian Ministry of Environment and Forest
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Leida Mercado
Leader Mesoamerican Agroenvironmental Program, CATIE
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Alexandre Meybeck
Senior Policy Officer, FAO
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Anggela Michi
Regional Environmental Authority of Madre de Dios, Peru
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Edward Millard
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Rainforest Alliance
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David Molden
Director General, ICIMOD
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José Antonio Montero Solano
Leader of Public Policy Programs, Pronatura-Sur, Mexico
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Juan-Cruz Monticelli
Senior Energy Specialist, OAS
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Luis Gonzalo Moscoso Higuita
Director General, Forestpa
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Benjamin Mugema
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Deloitte and Touche
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Alexander Müller
Senior Fellow, Secretary General ad interim, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
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Charles Mwangi
Senior Program Officer, Green Belt Movement, Kenya
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Daisuke Naito
Scientist, CIFOR
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Evarist Nashanda
Evarist Nashanda, UN REDD+ Focal Point, Government of Tanzania
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Robert Nasi
Deputy Director General Research, CIFOR
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Henry Neufeldt
Head, Climate Change Unit, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
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Hambulo Ngoma
PhD candidate, School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Hlami Ngwenya
Manager for Communications and Knowledge, FANRPAN
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Javier Ocampo Ruiz
Regional President, San Martin Regional Government
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Diego Ortega
Director Social and Corporate Affairs, La Granja Project, Rio Tinto, Peru
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Diego Pacheco
Head of the Bolivian delegation to the UNFCCC
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Steve Panfil
Technical Advisor for REDD+ for Conservation International
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Ana Karla Perea Blazquez
Director of Negotiation and Commercial Promotion, National Forest Commission, Mexico
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Tanja Pickardt
Adviser for sustainable agriculture, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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Edward Porokwa
Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania
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Patricia Porras de las Heras
REDD+ safeguards Specialist, Regional Government San Martín, Peru
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Klaus Quicque
President, Native Federation of the Madre de Dios River and tributaries
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Gabriel Quijandría Acosta
Viceminister Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment, Peru
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Marleni Ramirez
Regional Director for the Americas, Bioversity International
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Rosa María Román-Cuesta
Visiting Researcher, Wageningen University
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Juan Reategui
Specialist on Intercultural Health and Climate Change, Directorate of Indigenous Policies, Vice Ministry of Inter-culturalism, Ministry of Culture, Peru
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Omar Rengifo Khan
Natural Resources Manager, Regional Government of Madre de Dios
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Claudia Ringler
Deputy Division Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute
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Tarcila Rivera Zea
President Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru (CHIRAPAQ)
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Hernando Riveros Serrato
Representative, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Peru
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Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen
Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
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Raquel Rosenberg
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Engajamundo
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Todd Rosenstock
Agroecologist, World Agroforestry Centre
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Mariana Rufino
Senior Scientist, CIFOR
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María Magdalena Ruiz Mejía
Secretary of Environment and Regional Development of the State of Jalisco, Mexico
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Sassan Saatchi
Senior Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Yuki Sakamoto
Project Leader Global Environmental Forum
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Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez
Programme Coordinator, UN-REDD Programme, FAO
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Aristóteles Sandoval
Governor of Jalisco, Mexico
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Lucio Santos
Agricultural Engineer
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Sara Scherr
President and CEO, EcoAgriculture Partners
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Laura Schuijers
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: University of Melbourne
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Mina Setra
Deputy Secretary General, The Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelagos (AMAN), Indonesia
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Frances Seymour
Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
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Christopher Shore
Director, Natural Environment & Climate Issues, World Vision International
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Allison Silverman
Attorney, Climate and Energy Program, CIEL
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Hannah LoRene Smith
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Colorado State University
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Juan Pablo Solis
Program Officer, Hivos
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Bernadinus Steni Sugiarto
Lawyer, Earth Innovation Institute, Indonesia
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Caleb Stevens
Property Rights Specialist, Land & Resource Rights initiative, WRI Governance Center
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Claudia Stickler
Scientist at Earth Innovation Institute
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Gustavo Suarez de Freitas
Executive Coordinator, National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Ministry of Environment, Peru
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Levi Sucre Romero
Indigenous Leader, Costa Rica
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Terry Sunderland
Principal Scientist, CIFOR
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Krystyna Swiderska
Principal Researcher Agroecology, International Institute for Environment and Development
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Cecilia Tacusi-Oblitas
Specialist Ecosystems and Rights program of Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR)
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Alberto Tavares
Head of Compania de Desenvolvimento de Serviços Ambientais, Acre, Brazil
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Austin Tibu
Land Resources Conservation Officer, Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture
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Washington Alvarado Toledano
National Director, Ecosystem and Society Department, Chilean National Forestry Corporation (CONAF)
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Camilla Toulmin
Director IIED
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Cecilia Turin
Postdoctoral Fellow, CGIAR Research Program on Climate change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
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Roberto Ugas
Researcher at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru
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Corinne Valdivia
Associate Professor, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri
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Pieter van Midwoud
Director Business Development for Land Use & Forests, Gold Standard Foundation
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Cora van Oosten
Senior Project Leader, Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research centre (UR), Netherlands
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Edwin Vasquez
Coordinator of COICA, the coordinating body of the indigenous organizations of the Amazon basin
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Yván Vasquez
Peruvian politician
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William Velásquez Carranza
Environmental Engineer, San Martin National University
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Louis Verchot
Research Director Forests and Environment, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR )
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Walter Vergara
Walter Vergara, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
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Karen Veridiano
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Fauna and Flora International
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Rosa Maria Vidal
Executive Director, GCF Fund
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Raffaele Vignola
Director, Latin American Chair of Environmental Decisions for Global Change (CLADA) at Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
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Luz Gladis Vila Pihue
President, women's association ONAMIAP, Peru
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Yolanda Ramírez Villacorta
Director, Research and Human Development, Asociación para la investigación y Desarrollo Integral (AIDER)
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Víctor M. Villalobos
Director General, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
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Alison von Ketteler
Consultant, Forest Stewardship Council
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Wen-Yu Weng
Pitcher at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Development in Action
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Andy White
Coordinator, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
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Novia Widyaningtyas
Head of Climate Change Division, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
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Christoph Wildburger
Coordinator Global Forest Expert Panels, IUFRO
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Sven Wunder
Principal Scientist, CIFOR
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Patrick Wylie
Senior Forest Policy Officer, IUCN Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
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Gabriel Yarlequé
Facilitator at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: GIS consultant
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Elizabeth Jimenez Zamora
Development Economist, CIDES-UMSA, Bolivia
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Carlos Zapata
Head of Strategy and Planning, Rio Tinto, Peru
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Beatriz Zavariz
Pitcher at youth session of Global Landscapes Forum Organization: Mexican Civil Council for Sustainable Silviculture
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Sergio Zelaya-Bonilla
Special Advisor, UNCCD Secretariat
