All Speakers
Armia Fahmi
Aceh Tamiang District
Irjen. Pol. (Ret.) Armia Fahmi (born October 12, 1966) is the Regent of Aceh Tamiang for the 2025–2030 period. A retired two-star general of the Indonesian National Police (Polri), his last...
James ALLEN
Executive Director
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
James Allen is director and co-founder of Olab, a Brazilian organization seeking to address climate challenges linked to forests and food systems. Olab has been leading the facilitation of multi...
SETH KEN APPIAH-KUBI
National Director
A ROCHA GHANA
Profile: Dr Seth Appiah-KubiSeth is a passionate advocate for and contributor to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Through his work, he has gained extensive knowledge and experience...
Sung-Ryong KANG
Team Leader
National Institute of Ecology
I am a researcher working at the National Institute of Ecology in the Republic of Korea. I am currently conducting assessments for the detailed target indicators of the Republic of Korea's 5th...
Jocelyne SZE
Postdoctoral researcher
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jocelyne (she/her) is a post-doc researcher currently on the CONDJUST project based at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is looking at how geospatial data (maps) are used in conservation...
James HARDCASTLE
Director, Protected and Conserved Areas
IUCN
James Hardcastle leads IUCN’s Protected and Conserved Areas work. James helped develop the IUCN Green List, the flagship sustainability standard for fair and effective area-based conservation.James...
Carlos Augusto DE ALENCAR PINHEIRO
Conservation in Tropical Arid Regions: Experiences and Challenges in Protected A
ICMBio
Forest Engineer, graduated from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), with a Master’s degree from the same institution. A federal public servant at the Chico Mendes Institute for...
Lukasz CZERWINSKI
Jonnie HUGHES
Co-Founder and Director
Open Planet
I am Co-Founder and Director of Open Planet Studios (an impact producer in the environmental space), Sixth Wave Productions (a factual TV and film indie) and Open Planet (an open-source premium...
Adam EAGLE
CEO
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Adam is a qualified lawyer and co-founder of the Lifescape Project, a UK registered charity working toward the restoration of functioning ecosystems on projects globally. Adam’s experience includes...
Joséa S. DOSSOU BODJRENOU
President
Comité National des Membres de l'UICN au Bénin
Né en 1964 à Porto-Novo d’une famille très modeste de Hozin, Commune de Dangbo, Monsieur Dossou-Bodjrènou S. Joséa a fait ses études primaires à Hozin et à Pobè et ses études secondaires à Dangbo,...
Savinaz BAGHDADI
Technical and Admin Assistant
IUCN ROWA
A Passionate Advocate for Sustainable DevelopmentSavinaz Baghdadi is an accomplished professional with a strong background in sustainable development and project management, specializing in...
Charlotte STRECK
Founder and Managing Partner
Climate Focus
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Streck is founder, co-owner and President of Climate Focus and a former Senior Counsel with The World Bank in Washington, DC. Charlotte serves as an advisor to numerous...
Joanna WOLSTENHOLME
Senior Programme Manager, Nature Finance
UNEP-WCMC
Joanna is a Senior Programme Officer in the Nature Economy team at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). Her work focuses on finance for nature, looking at...
Francis Quique ALVAREZ
Vocal de monitoreo y vigilancia
Ejecutor del Contrato de Administración de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri
Francis Quique Álvarez is an Indigenous leader of the Harakbut people, originally from the Native Community of San José de Karene (Madre de Dios, Peru). Since 2024, he has served as Vice President of...
Hijaba YKHANBAI
Hijaba YKHANBAI
Myrna CUNNINGHAM
Chair
Pawanka Fund
Member of the Miskitu Indigenous People of Nicaragua, to which participated in the negotiations for theestablishment of the autonomy regime for the Indigenous Peoples and ethnic communities of...
Piergiuseppe MORONE
Piergiuseppe Morone is Full Professor of Economic Policy at Unitelma Sapienza with a strong interest in green innovation and sustainable circular bioeconomy pushing his research at the interface...
Guichard BOUNGOU
chargé de projet BIODEV 2030
WWF Congo
Fabio VAZ RIBEIRO DE ALMEIDA
Executive Coordinator
ISPN
Anthropologist and executive coordinator of the Institute for Society, Population, and Nature (ISPN) in Brazil, a non-governmental organization for the development of social equity and environmental...
Eduina GUGA
Director
Wild River National Park Vjosa
I am Eduina Guga, born on 8 July 1988 in Gjirokastër, Albania, and I currently serve as the Director of the Vjosa Wild River National Park. This position represents both a professional responsibility...
cora VAN OOSTEN
Director Capacity Development and Education
CIFOR-ICRAF
Dr. Cora van Oosten is a human geographer with over 30 years of international experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. As director of CIFOR-ICRAF’s Capacity Development and Education,...
Marie-Laure VERCAMBRE
Director General
French Water Partnership
Marie-Laure Vercambre has been Director-General of the French Water Partnership since July 2019.
Jibi PULU
Community elder
Idu Mishmi/Dibang Team
Manu MONGE-GANUZAS
Dr.
ProGEO //CPG-SGE
Manu Monge-Ganuzas, PhD in Sciences (Geology Section), has been working for more than 25 years in Urdaibai UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and is scientific advisor of several UNESCO Global Geoparks . He is...
Alain NDOLI
Regional Programme Manager for Land Systems -ESARO
IUCN Secretariat
Alain Ndoli holds a PhD in agroforestry from Wageningen University. From 2010 to 2013, he has been involved in lecturing at the University of Rwanda and conducting research on the reclamation of...
VANIA RAMIREZ
Local leader
Cooperatv
Vania is third generation inhabitant of cooperativa La Técnica, one of the cooperatives created in the 1970s along the Usumacinta River, on the border with Mexico. Her grandparents and parents...
Lite NARTEY
Affiliate Professor of Strategy
INSEAD
Lite Nartey is an Affiliate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD (Fontainebleau campus), in France. Leveraging her professional background in international development, her academic research seeks to...