Looking at 10 Years of REDD+: Outcomes and Socio-Ecological Impacts

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Valerie Kapos is Head of the Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. The programme addresses the interactions between climate change and biodiversity, including the impacts of climate change and climate-related policies on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the contribution of ecosystems to climate change mitigation and to societal adaptation to climate change. Valerie's role includes overseeing the work of the programme's team, and working with governments, collaborators and funders to develop new projects that meet their needs. Languages: French (limited working proficiency), Portuguese, Spanish, English. 

Stephanie Mansourian has been working as a freelance consultant covering a range of topics for a continuously growing network of clients since 2004. Before that, for 5 years she was responsible for setting up and consolidating WWF’s global programme on forest landscape restoration. During that time Stephanie had the privilege to work with dedicated WWF staff in countries as diverse as Vietnam, Madagascar, Malaysia or Morocco. She also engaged with partner institutions such as IUCN, the World Bank, Care International, UNHCR, as well as the private sector. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Egyptian Arabic, Italian

Constance McDermott chairs the ECI's Ecosystems Governance Group (formerly the Forest Governance Group). McDermott's work at ECI and the Oxford  Centre for Tropical Forests includes an emphasis on the integration of forest governance into the global climate regime. Recent research directions include the examination of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) initiatives, and the role of both pre-existing and new forest institutions for addressing REDD-related environmental and social mandates. Languages: English

John Parrotta provides scientific and technical advice to develop science-based policy positions in international forest policy forums. He works with government agencies and external partners to support international efforts to strengthen forest science, biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management worldwide. John is particularly interested in tropical forest landscape restoration and traditional forest knowledge. He serves as President of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Languages: English

Bhaskar Vira is an Indian academic, professor of Political Economy, and the current Head of Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. He was the founding director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, and is a fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.Trained as an economist, Bhaskar’s research is concerned, in particular, with the often-hidden costs of environmental and developmental processes, and the need for scholarship to draw attention to the distributional consequences of public policy choices. His work brings a critical political economy perspective to contemporary debates in relation to ecosystem services and natural capital, and the values of nature for human wellbeing. He has over twenty five years of experience working on conservation, environment and development issues in India. In 2018, he was honoured with the Royal Geographical Society’s Busk Medal, in recognition of his contributions to interdisciplinary research on environment and development. Languages: English, Hindi

Emily Donegan joined FAO in 2013. Her work focuses on forest monitoring, REDD+ and climate change. She is currently working on the CBIT-Forest project to deliver knowledge and training materials such as the e-learning course “Forests and Transparency under the Paris Agreement”. Emily is interested in climate action, biodiversity, research and communicating science and promoting knowledge exchange. She holds a master’s in Environmental Sciences with a focus on soils and a bachelor’s in Plant Sciences. She is from Northern Ireland. Languages: English, Italian (professional working proficiency), Spanish (limited working proficiency).

Julian Fox has accrued 20 years of experience in forest assessment as a manager of international and national projects, researcher, teacher, and technical specialist. He also has 7 years of experience living and working in developing countries managing international forestry projects in Papua New Guinea and Zambia. Mr Fox is currently holding the position of Team Leader, National Forest Monitoring (NFM), Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). As Team Leader NFM, Julian coordinates global normative NFM work, global NFM tools (Open Foris), and a significant portfolio of country support activities of the NFM team (active in forty-five countries). Languages: English

Marieke Sandker Marieke Sandker has over 15 years of experience in capacity development in the forestry sector in Africa, Latin America and Asia, working for several international organizations (FAO, CIFOR, IUCN, ONF). In her current position she coordinates FAO country support on REDD+ reporting to the UNFCCC (Forest Reference Levels and GHG inventory). For five years she’s  lived and worked in developing countries (Cameroon, El Salvador and Indonesia) managing and evaluating forestry projects and analysing forestry data to support local decision making and extract policy recommendations. Languages: English, Spanish, French

About IUFRO

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations IUFRO  is a world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences. Its members are research institutions, universities, and individual scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders with a focus on forests and trees. 

The IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels GFEP Programme provides policymakers with a stronger scientific basis for their decisions and policies related to the contributions of forests to mitigate and adapt to climate change.