Adewale Adeleke, Forest Governance Thematic Coordinator, IUCN West and Central Africa Programme, Ghana

‘Wale Adeleke is currently the REDD Forest Governance Thematic Coordinator for IUCN West and Central Africa Programme, based in Ghana. He had earlier facilitated Strengthening Voices for Better Choices project for IUCN in the same country. ‘Wale is a Forester by training, coming in with a first degree in Forestry obtained from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and a Masters degree in Forest Survey from the Institute of Aero-Space Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) in Enschede, Netherlands. ‘Wale has put in more than 27 years into forest resources management and has broad experiences in forest policy, advocacy and served as technical advisor first with the Government of Nigeria and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Switzerland, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire. 

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Julius Adewopo, International Forestry Students Association, USA

Julius Adewopo obtained a Bachelors degree in Forestry and Wood Technology in Nigeria, and he is currently finalizing his M.Sc. study in Forest Resources at University of Arkansas-Monticello, U.S.A. He served as a youth and children delegate to the 8th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-8) and he is currently the CFA-IFSA liaison officer.

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Sydney Allicock, Director Surama Eco -Tourism, Guyana

Sydney Allicock, a proud leader of his native Makushi community in Guyana, is an Iwokrama trustee and the 2010 Laureate of the prestigious Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence for Public and Civic Contribution.

Among his many achievements is the establishment of the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB), of which he is the Chairman. The NRDDB is the local umbrella NGO organisation, representing all 16 communities of the North Rupununi and working closely with Iwokrama in areas of conservation and sustainable development activities. He was also instrumental in the formation of the Bina Hill Institute and its Youth Learning Centre and the Surama Village Eco-Lodge/ Community Eco-Tourism business venture. He is Toshao of the Annai Amerindian District and a member of the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.

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Jim Ball, Chair, Commonwealth Forestry Association, UK

Jim Ball, Chair of the Commonwealth Forestry Association, worked in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and Sudan before transfer to FAO headquarters. Since retiring in 2001 he has undertaken a number of consultancies for FAO as well as other organizations, and continues to travel widely.

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Dr Isabella Bovolo, Resident Scientist, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation & Development, Guyana

Dr Isabella Bovolo is the Resident Scientist for Iwokrama, Guyana, where she is implementing a new hydro-climate monitoring program and aiding the development of Iwokrama’s new broad scientific research agenda in collaboration with the new International Iwokrama Science Committee. She is also a guest member of staff in the School of Civil Engineering & Geosciences at Newcastle University (UK) where she previously worked as a post-doctorate researcher for 7 years on various aspects of hydrology, catchment management and climate change. She has a PhD in Earth Sciences and a degree in Geochemistry.

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Hans Brattskar, Ambassador and Director, Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative

Ambassador Hans Brattskar has since 2008 been the Director of the Government of Norway´s Climate and Forest Initiative. Brattskar holds a PhD degree in political science and has extensive experience from international relations and development cooperation. Among other positions, he has served as Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, as the Norwegian Special Envoy to a peace process at the Philippines and as Head of the political section and Security Council Coordinator at the Norwegian Mission to the United Nations in New York. He has been Director of the Secretariat of the Minister of International Development and served at Norway’s embassies in Washington, D.C. and Kuala Lumpur.

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Dr Mark Collins, Director, Commonwealth Foundation, UK

Dr Mark Collins is Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, promoting civil society’s role in democracy, sustainable development and inter-cultural understanding.

Mark has a doctorate in ecology and spent ten years of field research in Africa and Asia. Subsequently he served in management roles in NGOs and intergovernmental bodies around the world. As Director of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre he spearheaded its designation as an office of UNEP.

Mark has published widely and serves as a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner.

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Shireen Chambers, Executive Director, Institute of Chartered Foresters, UK

Shireen Chambers is the Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. She has an extensive background in forestry in the UK, specialising in urban and community forestry. A former Chair of the Forestry Commission's Regional Advisory Committee for Mid-Scotland, she currently acts as a Governor for Macaulay Research Institute.

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Dr Ben Chikamai, Director, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Kenya

Dr Chikamai has a B. Sc in Forestry and M. Sc and PhD in Forestry Utilization. Dr Chikamai is the current Director of the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. He is also serving as the Regional Coordinator of the Commonwealth Forestry Association since 2005 as well as the Executive Secretary of the Network for Natural Gums and Resins in Africa (NGARA). The latter is has expanded its scope to cover all forestry commodities and is now being registered in the name of Network for Forestry Livelihoods in Africa (NEFOLA). The secretariat of NEFOLA is based in Nairobi.

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Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish Government Minister for the Environment, UK

Roseanna Cunningham MSP is Minister for Environment in the Scottish Government. Previously an MP in Westminster, she was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Forestry is a key part of her Ministerial portfolio, as the Scottish Government works towards its aim of increasing Scotland’s woodland cover to 25%.

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Dr Hosny El-Lakany, Director International Programme, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Dr. M. Hosny El-Lakany holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Forestry. He began his professional career at Alexandria University then became professor and head of its Forestry Department.
Dr. El-Lakany was appointed Assistant Director-General/Head of the Forestry Department of Forestry at FAO in 1998 until his retirement in December 2005. He is a member of i. a. the Boards of Trustees of CIFOR and ICRAF. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at Alexandria University and Adjunct Professor/Director of International Program at the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada.

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Jim Farrell, Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada, Canada

Jim Farrell was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of the Canadian Forest Service in 2007. He oversees close to 1000 employees across Canada involved in forest research, policy coordination, economic analysis, and overseas market development. Prior to this, Jim was Director General of the Policy, Economics and Industry Branch. Before joining the federal public service in 1983, Jim worked with the Abitibi Paper Company and the Province of Ontario. Jim graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry.

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Peter Gardiner, Natural Resources Manager, Mondi plc, UK

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Dane Gobin, Iwokrama International Rainforest Programme, Guyana

Dane Gobin, a Guyanese citizen and Iwokrama’s CEO, has a wealth of business experience.  He joined the Centre in 2002 as its Business Development Consultant, tasked with developing the Centre’s capacity to generate earned income from its various sustainable businesses. After later holding the positions of Director of Programme Support and Director of Finance and Operations, he became CEO in April 2008, with oversight of the Centre’s various operations, including administration, research & science and community relations. He retains direct responsibility for the Centre’s business development activities in sustainable timber, ecotourism, training services and merchandising.   

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Marilyn Headley, Chief Conservator of Forests, Jamaica Forestry Department, Jamaica

Marilyn Headley is the CEO/Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Jamaica. She was responsible for spearheading the production of the National Forest Management and Conservation Plan, the Forest Policy and the Strategic Forest Management Plan for Jamaica. She is currently guiding the process of transforming the Forestry Department to an Executive Agency; and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Forestry Association ; Chairman of the Forest Conservation Fund; and the Protected Areas Committee, Jamaica.

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Dr William Jackson, Deputy Director General, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Switzerland

Dr William Jackson is the Deputy Director General of IUCN. Under the direction of IUCN’s Director General he is responsible for the strategic oversight of IUCN’s secretariat including its conservation programme. He has overseen the development of IUCN’s programmes since 2000, introducing consultative mechanisms with IUCN’s members and partners.

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Dr Felician Kilahama,  Director of Forestry and Beekeeping, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania

Completed my first degree (B.Sc. in Forestry in 1977 (May) and joined the Forestry Department where I was on an induction on-the-job training for three month. Thereafter I was appointed as the Forest Project Officer to manage an industrial plantation of about 3500 hectares located in the Rondo plateau in the Southern Part of Tanzania. In 1979 I was transferred to the Department headquarters in Dar-Es-Salaam as worked as the Industrial Plantation Officer until
1981 when I joined the Australian Nation University for the M.Sc.course and graduated with M.Sc. degree in 1983. Upon my returned to Tanzania I worked as the Community Forestry Officer till 1991 when I joined the University of Wales, Bangor College UK, for the PhD training and obtained the PhD. in Forestry in December 1994.

Returned to Tanzania and became the head of Forest Management Unit before joing the East Usambara Foret Conservation Project as the Farm Forestry Advisor from 1997 t0 1999. Then worked for the Forestry and Beekeeping Division (FBD) (1999-2002) as a Team Leader involving a group of experts to design the Tanzania Forestry Conservation and Management Project (TFCMP) to be financed through the World Bank (IDA credit). The project started in 2002/03 and terminated in December, 2009. For the period 2004 to December 2007 I was the Coordinator for the GEF/UNDP funded Eastern Arc Mountain Forest Conservation and Management Programme. I was appointed as the Director of Forestry and Beekeeping as assumed that responsibility in January 2008 until now.

However, I have had other various roles and responsibilities as follows: Firstly, as the President of the Tanzania Association of Foresters (TAF): 2003 to 2007; Member of the Commission for Scince and Technology: 2007-todate; Board member for the National Environmenatl Management Council (NEMC): 2008 todate; Board member for the Tanzania Forestry Research Instite since 2008 todate and a Member of the Scientific Committee for the Planet Earth.

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Dr P J Dilip Kumar, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, India

Dr.P.J.DILIP KUMAR has been in the Indian Forest Service since 1974. He has an MSc in Chemistry from the IIT, Bombay, and a PhD in Forest Economics from the University College of North Wales, Bangor, under Dr.Colin Price. Right from his student days, he has been concerned about both nature conservation and social justice, and strives to balance the two in his work as the head of the forestry service in India.

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Dr Elizabeth Losos, Resident Scientist, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation & Development, Guyana

Dr. Elizabeth Losos us a member of the Board of Trustees of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development and a liaison to the Centre’s International Science Committee. For the last five years, Dr. Losos has served as the President and CEO of the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), which is an international consortium of more than 60 universities and research institutions dedicated to promoting research, education, and the responsible use of natural resources in the tropics. OTS operates three biological stations in Costa Rica and offers educational programs in biology, environmental science, and global health to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in Costa Rica, South Africa, and Peru. Dr. Losos’ area of expertise is forest community ecology and environmental policy.

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John Liu, Director, Environmental Education Media Project, University of Reading, UK

John D. Liu, directs the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP) and documents ecosystems and ecosystem restoration. Working with the IUCN, the World Bank and other partners, John is working to show the potential of restoring ecosystems to policy makers and the public worldwide. His film “Hope in a Changing Climate” shows the restoration that has taken place on China’s Loess Plateau, and how this is effecting restoration in Ethiopia and Rwanda.

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James Mayers, Head of Natural Resources, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK

James Mayers is Head of the Natural Resources Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in the UK. He works on natural resource governance – through research, capacity building and advocacy – managing several multi-country initiatives, including the Forest Governance Learning Group. He is the lead author of several books.

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Jan McAlpine, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, USA

Jan McAlpine is Director of the United Nations Division on Forests and head of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat, based at UN Headquarters in New York. The UNFF is a body in the United Nations made up of all 192 countries in the United Nations. It addresses all aspects of forests – from complete protection on one end of the spectrum to sustainable use one the other end, and everything in-between, including people, climate change, soils, water and biodiversity, among other issues. Ms. McAlpine was appointed by the Secretary-General in November 2008 to head the Secretariat.

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Dr Andrew McEwen, President, New Zealand Institute of Forestry, New Zealand

Dr Andrew McEwen is a Fellow and Registered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry. He has a B.Sc., a B.Sc. in forestry and a Ph.D. in forestry, having studied in New Zealand and Aberdeen, Scotland. His forestry career of over 40 years has spanned general forestry, research and the privatisation of New Zealand’s State forests. Now semi-retired he is enjoying the freedom to put more time into his professional body.

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Patrick Meir, Senior Lecturer, Ecosystem Science, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Patrick Meir (MA, Oxon; PhD, Edin.) is Reader in Ecosystem Science at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the physiology and ecology of forest ecosystems. He also leads projects on the modelling of vegetation-climate interactions, the remote sensing of tropical biomass and the development of payment mechanisms for regional-scale ‘service provision’ (e.g. water supply) by forests. He is author of over 70 peer-reviewed papers and holds a research fellowship from Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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Andrew Mitchell, Director, Global Canopy Programme, UK

Andrew Mitchell, a leading international authority on forests and climate change, founded Global Canopy Programme, an international network linking leading worldwide scientific institutions focused on tropical forest research and conservation.

An impassioned advocate of forest conservation his 30 year career spans scientific research, broadcast journalism and environmental policy. He has also advised international government and institutions, including the Prince of Wales' Rainforest Project.

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Justin Mundy, Director, The Prince’s Charities International Sustainability Unit, UK

Justin Mundy has twenty-five years experience of working on climate change, environment and energy issues and has done so within the public, multilateral and private sectors.

He is currently Director of The Prince’s Charities’ International Sustainability Unit (ISU) which has been set up to reflect His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ vision and aims in the area of sustainable development. The ISU encompasses The Prince’s Rainforests Project of which Justin has been Director since its inception in October 2007.

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Barbara Nakangu Bugembe, Senior Programme Officer, IUCN Project Office, Uganda

Barbara Nakangu is the Head of Uganda office of IUCN which falls within the IUCN East and Southern Regional Office. She took Office in July 2008, and prior to this, held the position of Program Officer for 5  years.

She coordinates IUCN Programs on Forests, Wetlands, Climate Change and Dry lands in Uganda.

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Dr Genevieve Patenaude, Lecturer Forests and Carbon Management, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Dr. Patenaude is a lecturer in forest and carbon management at the University of Edinburgh. She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and an MBA from HEC. Her research interest is in the political and operational implementation of international forestry regimes (incl. REDD+). She has relevant authorship to the IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use, Change and Forestry.

Dr Ravi Prabhu, Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya

Ravi Prabhu is currently with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) where he leads the UNEP team of the UN-REDD Programme. Prior to this he worked for 15 years in the CGIAR, 12 of them with CIFOR. A forester by training, he received the Queen’s Award for Forestry in 2005.

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Professor Sir David Read, Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK

David Read has recently completed a five year appointment as Vice President and Biological Secretary of the Royal Society. He is Emeritus Professor of Plant and Microbial Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences of the University of Sheffield.

After obtaining a Joint Honours BSc in Botany and Zoology, followed by a Ph.D in forest pathology, at the University of Hull, he moved to the then Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield where he developed a career-long interest in the biology of the plant-fungal mutualisms of roots known as mycorrhizas. He is a world authority on this subject being the joint author of the definitive text on the subject and is listed in the ISI ‘highly cited’ category. He was elected FRS in 1990 and has subsequently received the Kempe Prize for Ecology, the Distinguished Lecturership in Soil Science from the Soil Science Society of America and Honorary Memberships of the American and British Mycological Societies and the British Ecological Society.

He was awarded a visiting Miller Research Professorship in the University of California at Berkeley in 2005 and currently, in addition to his Emeritus position in Sheffield, holds a 5 year part time Research Professorship at the University of Western Australia.
David’s recent external activities include Membership of the Editorial Review Board of Science, Chairmanship of the Board of Rothamsted Research and of the Forestry Commission’s Advisory Board on Forest Research, membership of the Board of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute .and Chairmanship of the recent independent review entitled ‘Combating Climate Change-A Role for UK Forests’.

Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General/Head, Forestry Department, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Prof. Rojas-Briales, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Forestry, was appointed Assistant Director-General, FAO Forestry Department in March 2010. The Forestry Department provides leadership in the international forest agenda through technical and policy advice in the following fields: economic analysis; knowledge management and coordination of information; products and industries; forest management planning and implementation; monitoring and assessment of forest resources management and land uses; protection and conservation of all types of forests and trees outside forests. It hosts the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the National Programme Facility.

Prof. Rojas-Briales was Vice-Dean, Faculty of Agronomy, Polytechnic University, Valencia, teaching silviculture.  Previously, he was Director, Catalonian Forest Owners Association.

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Tim Rollinson, Director General, Forestry Commission of Great Britain and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Commonwealth Forestry, UK

Tim Rollinson is Director General of the Forestry Commission. He joined the Forestry Commission after completing a degree in Ecological Science at Edinburgh University.  Tim worked as a forest manager in the south of England before moving to work in forestry research and in a variety of policy roles including land use planning.  He has spent his subsequent career developing a sustainable approach to the management of forests in the UK and worldwide.   

Tim is passionate about sharing Britain’s hard won experience in large scale reforestation to benefit other countries and he helped found, and now chairs, the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration. The focus of his current work is on the role of forests in climate change with a particular emphasis on restoring the world’s forest cover, and the role of forests in improving our quality of life, especially in towns and cities.

Tim is a past President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, a Chartered Environmentalist, a Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute.  He is a Patron of Tree Aid, a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Chair of the Standing Committee on Commonwealth Forestry.  In 2009 he chaired the Forum on Forestry and Climate Change at the World Forestry Congress.

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Frank Rutabingwa, Director General, National Forestry Authority, Rwanda

Mr. Rutabingwa Frank is a Natural Resource Management Expert from Rwanda in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Currently, he heads the National Forestry Authority responsible for implementing the GoR forestry policy and strategy. He holds a Bachelors degree in Forestry from Makerere University in Uganda and a Masters degree in Natural Resources Management from the University of Edinburgh, UK. Mr. Rutabingwa has over 25years experience in both forestry and environment management in Africa and has held various senior positions in these areas.  Besides forestry and environment, he has worked on the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework for the Nile Basin countries and has been instrumental in the rehabilitation of forestry resources and environment in general after the war and genocide that devastate Rwanda in the 1990. He is married with three children.

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Dr Jack Saddler, Dean, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Jack Saddler, Dean of Forestry at UBC, is also the Professor of Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has published more than 300 papers and is reviewer and board member of several international organizations.

Current research include the technical and policy aspects of bioconversion of wood to ethanol and substrate enzyme interaction during cellulose hydrolysis.

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Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General, UK

Kamalesh Sharma, an Indian diplomat, became Commonwealth Secretary-General on 1 April 2008. He was appointed to the post by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their meeting in Kampala, Uganda, in November 2007. Mr Sharma previously served as India’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, where he was closely involved in Commonwealth activities. A career diplomat since 1965, Mr Sharma served as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Timor Leste from 2002 to 2004. From 1997 to 2002 he was the Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, and from 1988 to 1990 he served as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.

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James Singh, Commissioner of Forests, Guyana Forestry Commission,Guyana

James Nirmal Singh: I have been employed as the Commissioner of Forests, Guyana, since 1999. My responsibilities include contributing to policy formulation and implementation, inclusive of Guyana's Low Carbon Development and REDD+ initiatives; supporting community empowerment through the sustainable use of forest resources. I was employed at the University of Guyana from 1986-98.

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Sir Michael Strang Steel, Scottish Forest Alliance, UK

Michael lives near Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders where he has farming and forestry interests. He was a Forestry Commissioner from 1988-1999 and Chairman of the Native Woodlands Advisory Panel during this time. He is Chairman of the Southern Upland Partnership and Chairman of the RSFS Trust Co. responsible for Cashel forest.

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Professor Dr Mahmud Hj Sudin, Dean, School of International Tropical Forestry, University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia

Mahmud Sudin is a lecturer at the School of International Tropical Forestry (SITF) at University Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia (of which he is also the Dean). He has BSc. (Hons) (UKM Malaysia), MSc (Plant Disease Management) (Wales, UK) and PhD (Forestry) (Aberdeen, UK). He was formerly a research officer in the Forest Research Centre in Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah

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Dr Pavan Sukhdev, Study Leader - TEEB Special Advisor & Head - Green Economy Initiative, UNEP, UK

Pavan Sukhdev is the Project Leader for UNEP’s “Green Economy” initiative, a major UNEP project suite to demonstrate that the greening of economies is not a burden on growth but rather a new engine for growth, employment, and the reduction of persistent poverty. Pavan is also Study Leader for the G8+5 commissioned report on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (“TEEB”), a project he was appointed to lead in March 2008 by the EU Commission and Germany whilst still working full time at Deutsche Bank. TEEB’s Interim Report was welcomed globally for its fresh economic outlook, showing the economic significance of the loss of nature’s services, and connecting biodiversity and ecosystems with ethics, equity, and the alleviation of poverty.

As a career banker, Pavan Sukhdev continues to be Chairman of Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Centre Mumbai (“GMC Mumbai”), whilst on sabbatical from the Bank for two years to conduct his environmental projects “TEEB” and “Green Economy”. GMC Mumbai is the division’s dedicated global hub for “front-office off-shoring”, a market first of its kind which he had founded in February 2006.

Until August 2008, he was the Head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets business in India, including its Fixed Income and Equities divisions and GMC Mumbai. From 2006 to 2008, he led the build-out of Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets presence in India into a veritable powerhouse, spanning capital markets origination, trading and sales, a fixed income primary dealership, a market-leading equities institutional brokerage, a newly formed Non-banking Finance Company and also GMC Mumbai. 

Pavan pursues long-standing interests in environmental economics and in nature conservation through his work with the Green Indian States Trust (GIST) and other NGO’s. GIST has researched, developed and published methodology & empirical work on preparing comprehensive ‘Green Accounts’ for India and its States, a first among developing countries.

Professor Thomas Wagner Chair, International Iwokrama Science Committee and Professor of Earth System Sciences at the School of Civil Engineering & Geosciences at Newcastle University, UK

Professor Thomas Wagner is Chair of the new International Iwokrama Science Committee and Professor of Earth System Sciences at the School of Civil Engineering & Geosciences at Newcastle University. His research covers a wide range of aspects addressing the role and functioning of carbon and nutrients in the atmosphere-land-ocean system as primary drivers of environmental and climate change and energy resource under modern and past greenhouse conditions. These research activities are focused to the low latitudes and closely tie to large international research programmes, including the International Ocean Drilling Program, addressing global and regional effects to short-term (millennial scale and shorter) climate perturbations. Main research areas address `Anoxic Systems in the Ocean ` and `Soils, Nutrient Cycling, and Hydrology in Continental Watersheds` in a warming climate. He is leading the Iwokrama research group based at Newcastle and leads the development and integrated research program to be established at Iwokrama.

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Stephen Ward, Director, Symbios Communications, Australia

Stephen Ward is director of Symbios Communications, a space systems consulting firm specialising in climate change applications and international coordination. He works for space agencies and companies world-wide and is author of The Earth Observation Handbook.

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Christopher Webb, Manager, Sustainability and Climate Change, PricewaterhouseCoopers/Carbon Markets and Investors Association, UK

Christopher leads PricewaterhouseCoopers’ work in forest carbon.He has worked with numerous leading-edge forest carbon project developers, having provided strategic commercial, technical and financial advice in relation to the development of a reforestation project in Ghana, and avoided deforestation projects in Paraguay and Indonesia.He is also currently leading the team who are undertaking a detailed study of REDD+ market dynamics, national policy positions, and financing barriers on behalf of the Conservation Finance Alliance. Christopher represents PwC on the Carbon Market Industry Association’s Forestry Working Group and the International Emissions Trading Association Land-Use working group.

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Pamela Warhurst, Chair, Forestry Commission of Great Britain, UK

Pam Warhurst originally trained as an Economist.  She was Chair of a food co-operative for 20 years, and ran a vegetarian cafe for 10 years before passing it on to her daughter. She always tried to ensure the menu included local, seasonal produce.

Pam is passionate about the role we can all play in passing on a great environmental legacy to our children, and is keen to engage many more people as environmental champions: " We all want the best for our children - let's make sure our actions support our words."

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Adam Whitmore, Head of Strategic Climate Change Projects, Rio Tinto plc, UK

Adam Whitmore is Head of Strategic Climate Change Projects in the Energy and Climate Strategy team at Rio Tinto. He has 15 years experience working in climate change policy and related areas. He is currently working on developing the commercial potential of forest carbon, as part of a programme dealing with the range of strategic issues for Rio Tinto associated with regulation of carbon emissions.