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| Name | Email address | Organisation | Country/Region | language | X (Twitter) | BlueSky | BIO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peer Cyriacks | [email protected] | Deutsche Umwelthilfe | Germany | English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian) | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/peer-cyriacks-a83753201/ | https://bsky.app/profile/peercy.bsky.social | Biologist, nature lover, human. Head of International Nature Conservation at Deutsche Umwelthilfe. Loves cycling, good music and good food. | |||
| Sommer Ackerman | [email protected] | Luontoliitto (The Finnish Nature Association) | Finland | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/lifewithsommer/ | Environmental activist living in Finland. My work focuses on environmental policy, social justice and access to nature. | ||||
| Aron White | [email protected] | Earthsight | UK | English | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/aron-white-1ab42a38 | @aronwhite.bsky.social | Aron leads the Southeast Asia & Africa team at Earthsight, investigating consumption in Europe and the US associated with deforestation and rights abuses in these regions, and holding companies and governments to account. | |||
| Fintan Kelly | [email protected] | Irish Environmental Network | Ireland | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/biggyfint/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/fintan-kelly-5714ba35/ | https://bsky.app/profile/fintankelly.bsky.social | Fintan is the Agriculture and Land Use Policy & Advocacy Officer at the Irish Environmental Network (IEN), coordinating efforts on nature restoration, sustainable agriculture, and forestry. He holds an MSc in Environmental Biology and a BSc in Environmental Science and has worked in the Irish eNGO sector since 2012. | ||
| Danielle van Oijen | [email protected] | Milieudefensie | the Netherlands | English, French | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-van-oijen-2a9ba018/ | I am a forest campaigner and coordinate the international forest program at Milieudefensie. My focus is to internationalise struggles of local communities and indigenous peoples affected by deforestation and landgrabbing. | ||||
| Sergio Baffoni | [email protected] | Environmental Paper Network (EPN) | International (but I'm based in Europe) | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiobaffoni/ | https://www.facebook.com/sergio.baffoni | https://x.com/salvaleforeste | Unrepentant forest activist, trying to put people together to make change on the ground | ||
| Augustyn Mikos | [email protected] | Environmental Paper Network | Poland | English, French, Spanish | [email protected] | Environmental Paper Network International Coordinator and forest policy expert in Association Workshop for All Beings. My work focuses on adressing the drivers of forest degradation and deforestation associated with the use of low-quality high-volume wood products, especially paper and energy wood. | |||||
| Andrey Laletin | [email protected] | Friends of the Siberian Forests | Russia | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrey-laletin-89ab7128/ | I graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University as biologist and I got Ph D in Ecology from Russian Academy of Sciences. I am a focal point for NGO Major Group for the UN Forum on Forests | ||||
| Sayyidatiihayaa (Hayaa) Afra | [email protected] | Satya Bumi | Indonesia | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayyidatiihayaa-afra-74b539151/ | Hayaa, Satya Bumi’s Campaign Manager, leads advocacy on forest protection, just energy transition, and defender rights in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, she connects grassroots aspirations to global movements through policy advocacy, market strategies, capacity building, and grievance mechanisms across seven provinces. | ||||
| Leticia Doormann | [email protected] | TINTA (The Invisible Thread) | France | English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/thisistinta/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/leticia-doormann-02a64a25b/ | As TINTA’s Executive Director, I work to strengthen networks, foster collective learning, and amplify Indigenous and territorial voices at the forefront of climate action and forest protection. I am a committed advocate for climate justice, gender inclusion, and system change. | |||
| Kwami KPONDZO | [email protected] | CENTRE POUR LA JUSTICE ENVIRONNEMENTALE TOGO | Togo | English, French | [email protected] | Kwami Kpondzo | @kwadodzi | Environmental and social justice activist. Working with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples on forest, land and water issues. I Coordinate BAN Africa working group and also involved in campaign against geoengineering technologies | |||
| Claire Biason Lohier | [email protected] | TINTA | Côte d'Ivoire/Africa | English, French, Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-biason-lohier-17bba8a/ | I recently joined TINTA as the Coalitions and Engagement program manager to facilitate collaboration, maximize advocacy opportunities and mobilize collective action. I live in Côte d’Ivoire where I’ve worked on promoting sustainable cocoa. Prior to that, I worked for 11 years at the Rights and Resources Initiative. | ||||
| Helen Tugendhat | [email protected] | Synchronicity Earth | UK / Global | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-tugendhat-13820234/ | I work with indigenous peoples and communities on conservation policy & practice, and on the application of human rights frameworks to defend rights. I also serve as the vice-chair for Rights, Governance and Equity for the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. | ||||
| Gabriel Paun | [email protected] | agent green | romania | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/gabriel_peecock/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-paun-65641110a/ | https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.peecock | https://x.com/paun_gabriel | Studied nature sciences and have been an advocate for nature for the past 25 years. Save from logging more than 100.000 hectares of forests and more than 20.000 ha primary forests are now under strict protection s | |
| Susmita Satyal | RECOFTC Nepal | Nepal | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/susmita-satyal-7744281a9/ | A commited and dedicated professional working for forest dependent communities' and sustainable management of forests; also prioritizing GESI in decision making | |||||
| Keith Slack | Rights and Resources Initiative | United States | English, French, Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-slack123/ | I work as Senior Director of Programs at the Rights and Resources Initiative where I coordinate the organization's work in support of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendant Peoples, and Local Communities land and forest tenure rights in Latin America, Africa and Asia. | |||||
| Leon Dulce | Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center - Friends of the Earth Philippines (LRC-FoE PH) | Philippines | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/leonkalikasan | https://www.facebook.com/share/1AF9Ckb3rP/ | Filipino campaigner, trainer, communicator, and researcher on environmental, indigenous, human rights. Currently focused on indigenous solutions on Forests and Biodiversity. | ||||
| Rita Ikponmwosa Uwaka | Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) | Nigeria | English | [email protected] | Rita Iyke-uwaka | Ritauwaka | An environmental, social and gender justice campaigner who is passionate about building people power against the systemic polycrisis that brings forest to its knees, violate the rights of forest dependent communities and women, fuel care, climate and biodiversity crises. | ||||
| Dorthea (Defe) Wabiser | PUSAKA Bentala Rakyat Foundation | Indonesia | English | [email protected] | dorthelisabethhh | Dorthea E.F.E Wabiser | Defe Ak | - | - | I am a West Papuan Indigenous researcher, working for PUSAKA focusing on decolonization and supporting West Papuan youth and woman with capacity building in term of environment, indigenous peoples rights and extractive activities. | |
| Peng Ren | South-North Institute for Sustainable Development | China | English | [email protected] | Ren Peng, expert from China with 20+ years of experience dedicated to supporting Chinese NGOs in global envrionmental governance. focused on sustainable Chinese overseas investment and trade, climate and energy transition, commodity green supply chain, forest governance, and community engagement. | ||||||
| Bidyut Mohanty | SPREAD | India/Odisha | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/bidyutmohanty24?igsh=ZGk3YTRxMnJzOHps | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidyut-mohanty-5640692a5 | https://www.facebook.com/bidyut.mohanty.39 | @bidyut_mohanty | Bidyut Bhusan Mohanty, an experienced development practitioner, has dedicated over 30 years to assisting tribal communities in Odisha. His focus is on advocating for Community Forest rights, forest-dependent livelihoods, Climate Change-Gender & Commons, indigenous people's institution building, and food security. | ||
| Samuel Rubin | Entertainment + Culture Pavilion | Catalonia, Spain | English, Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/samuelrubinv/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelrubinvicens/ | https://bsky.app/profile/samuelrubinv.bsky.social | Social impact practitioner, climate storyteller, and grassroots activist. Produces campaigns, content, and events at the intersection of climate and culture. Focuses on narrative change, community engagement, and creative advocacy, collaborating with artists, cultural organizations, and movements to drive action. | |||
| Souparna Lahiri | Global Forest Coalition | India | English | [email protected]; [email protected] | Souparna Lahiri | @Souparnau | Currently, I am the Senior Climate and Biodiversity Policy Advisor to Global Forest Coalition. Have been working with forest communities for the last 25 years, founder member of the Durban Group on Climate Justice, leads the Article 6.8 Non Market Approach in the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance | ||||
| Glauber SEZERINO | CRID | France | English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish | [email protected] | @glaubersezerino | www.linkedin.com/in/glauber-aquiles-sezerino-23947947 | Glauber Sezerino is a sociologist and partnership manager at CRID. He is also co-president of Autres Brésils, where he coordinates the Brazilian Democracy Observatory. | ||||
| Celine Lim | SAVE Rivers | Malaysia | English | [email protected] | @saveriversofficial | @savesarawakrivers | An indigenous Kayan from Baram, Sarawak and currently the managing director of SAVE Rivers; a grassroots-based advocating for Indigenous Peoples rights and environmental protection. | ||||
| Samuel J Kime | nopsave | Papua New Guinea | English | [email protected] | Jamal S Kime | كيم صموئيل جمال | Advocator for human, environmental and land rights; I also provide microloans to customary landowners | ||||
| Eleonora Fasan | Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) | South Korea | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleonorafasan/ | Eleonora, from Italy’s Dolomites, is the Forests & Land Use Program Officer. Based in South Korea supports the F&LU team aim to end support for forest-risk commodities and drive climate and biodiversity progress. | |||||
| Nadia Hadad | MADANI Berkelanjutan | Indonesia | English | [email protected] | @madaniberkelanjutan.id, @deelusionad | www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-hadad-2b06886 | Nadia Hadad | Nadia Hadad is the Executive Director and co-founder of Yayasan MADANI Berkelanjutan, with over two decades of work in development, climate, and environmental issues — and is a mom of two boys. | |||
| Vishal Dev | WWF India | India | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/VishaalDev | https://x.com/VishaalDev | Working towards supporting businesses in adopting sustainability through transformation. Steering projects at WWF-India on scaling up the reduction of ecological footprints through technical interventions, knowledge dissemination, market transformation, mainstreaming sustainable finance, and facilitating policy change. | ||||
| Luciana Téllez Chávez | Human Rights Watch | I am from Nicaragua. I live in Brussels. (not sure if you're asking where I'm from or where I live) | English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucianatellezchavez/ | https://bsky.app/profile/lucianatellez.bsky.social | Luciana is a senior researcher in the environment team at Human Rights Watch. Her work focuses on the human rights impacts of large scale deforestation driven by agribusiness. She works with front line communities to articulate and defend their rights. She advocates for legal and policy reforms that protect rights. | ||||
| Lina Burnelius | Protect the Forest | Sweden Europe | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/lburnelius?igsh=ajUyd3Qxbjk3cWlh&utm_source=qr | project leader and international coordinator at Protect the Forest | |||||
| Joshua Martin | Canopy | United States/Americas | English | [email protected] | @SundownSlim | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjoshuamartin/ | www.facebook.com/SundownSlim | Senior Campaigner for Canopy’s Pack4Good initiative to eliminate paper packaging from Ancient and Endangered Forests and support more ethical and sustainable alternatives. An advocate for forest protection and social justice for over two decades including 18 years coordinating the Environmental Paper Network | |||
| Mansuetus (Darto) Alsy Hanu | SPKS and 4f | Indonesia | English | [email protected] | Mansuetus_darto | Mansuetus Darto | Darto Wojtyla | @dartowojtyla | No | Empowering smallholders toward zero dedorestation and embrace IPLC to protect the forest through HCV/HCS and insentive benefit | |
| VŨ THỊ BÍCH HỢP | THE CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SRD) | VIETNAM | English | [email protected] | Ms. Vu Thi Bich Hop is the Executive Director, Chair of the Founding Committee of The Center for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) – Established 2006. working on grassroots’ climate change adaptation and mitigation activities, climate resilient livelihoods, biodiversity conservation. | ||||||
| Daysheelyn Anne (Day) | University of Caloocan City | philipines | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/stormee333/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrillo/ | She is an environmental educator and human rights lawyer advocating for environmental justice and corporate accountability. She teaches Environmental Law at the University of Caloocan City and serves as a lawyer at the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, defending indigenous and local community rights. | ||||
| Julie Wentzel Frøland | Rainforest Foundation Norway | Norway | English | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-wentzel-fr%C3%B8land-58a6b98b?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app | https://bsky.app/profile/juliewf.bsky.social | I am head of policy at RFN, leading our global advocacy efforts to protect rainforests, influence policy development, and drive sustainable change. Responsible for identifying and engaging with international policy processes that have significant implications for rainforest conservation. | ||||
| Zoe Lujic | Earth Thrive / Balkan Centre for the Rights of Nture | Serbia / Balkans | English | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/earth_thrive/ & https://www.instagram.com/balkan_centar_za_prava_prirode/ | www.linkedin.com/company/earth-thrive/ | https://www.facebook.com/EarthThrive | https://bsky.app/profile/earththrive.bsky.social | Rights of Nature activist with background also in permaculture and Law of Ecocide. Founder of small international org Earth Thrive and the Balkan Centre for the Rights of Nature focusing on the native Balkans/Serbia. Currently working on research into forest biomass industry in Serbia in cooperation with BiofuelWatch | ||
| Rahima Hassan | World March of Women Tanzania | Tanzania | English | [email protected] | rahimahassan840 | Rahima Mussa Hassan | Rahima Hassan | I'm Rahima Mussa. I'm a passionate advocate for marginalized groups, including women, youth and persons with disabilities. As a member of World March of Women and a part of Tanzania's coordination team, I work to amplify their voices. Holding a degree in maritime transport and have served as a ship supervisor at ZPC | |||
| Aleksandra (Ola) Janus | BankTrack | Poland | English | [email protected] | challenging commercial banks to end finance destroying nature and fast track finance that protects and restores nature. | ||||||
| Julia Christian | Fern | Brussels / EU | English, French, Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-christian-429b1043/ | I am have been a campaigner at Fern for 11 years, influencing EU policy to better protect forests and forest peoples' rights. I am currently working on reducing European meat consumption, and previously followed the West Africa-EU cocoa supply chain. | |||||
| Amanda Hurowitz | Mighty Earth | United States | English, Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-hurowitz-7947884/ | I'm a pragmatic radical. I work to protect forests and fight the biodiversity and climate crisis. | |||||
| Phanya Phay | Mother Nature Cambodia | Cambodia | English | [email protected] | Environmental Activist | ||||||
| Sini Eräjää | Greenpeace International | Focus of work is global | English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinierajaa/ | https://bsky.app/profile/sinierajaa.bsky.social | Campaigner, campaign lead and strategist on European and global food, forest and land use issues with 15 years of professional experience. Currently working with Greenpeace International leading a global Amazon project. | ||||
| Luke Chamberlain | Environmental Investigation Agency | Australia | English | [email protected] | Consultant to Environmental Investigation Agency. Employed by Environmental Justice Australia. Both jobs are focussed on protecting forests and stopping bad things happening to forests. With EIA I work to support NGOs advocating for transparent timber supply chain data to help enforce legal logging. | ||||||
| Klervi Le Guenic | Canopée | France | English, French, Spanish | [email protected] | canopee.asso | Klervi Le Guenic / Canopée Forêts Vivantes | Canopée | @Canopee_asso | @canopee.bsky.social | Tropical forest senior campaigner at Canopée, I work on the issue of deforestation, especially linked to France (supply chains, companies, financial institutions, French commitments, etc.) | |
| Karina Melo | APIB - Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil | Brazil | English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/karinina.melo | https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinafariamelo/ | Karina Melo is the Coordinator for International Affairs at the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) and serves as APIB's liaison officer to the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC). | ||||
| Luana Kaingang | APIB - Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil | Brazil | Portuguese (Brazilian) | [email protected] | https://www.instagram.com/luanakaingang/ | Luana Kaingang is an Indigenous leader from the Kaingang people, Coordinator at ARPINSUL, and Law student at UFRGS. She leads actions defending Indigenous rights and researches genetic diseases in Indigenous communities, bridging academic work and advocacy. |
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Day 1: Growing Our Connectivity Roots
- 09:00 – 10:00 - Opening ceremony of the native peoples for the forests on Mother Earth
- 10:00 – 10:30 - Plenary Session: Setting the stage
- 10:30 – 11:00 - Introduction & checking in
- 11:00 – 12:00 - Plenary panel: Cultures as healing for the global crisis
- 12:00 – 13:30 - Lunch
- 13:30 – 15:15 - Plenary session: Drivers of deforestation
- 15:15 – 15:45 - Coffee break
- 15:45 – 16:45 - History of the forest movement from different regions/perspectives
- 16:45 – 17:15 - Closing & summary of the day
- 19:00 - Dinner
- 21:00 - Evening activities
