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Miriam Guth is an Associate Programme Officer for the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Narangerel Zagdaa is a forest database specialist at the Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment (IRIMHE) in Mongolia.

UNEP/UN-REDD National Programme Officer

UN-REDD Viet Nam Phase II Programme

Seth Shames, Director of Innovations in Policy and Markets, EcoAgriculture Partners

Patrick Durst is Senior Forestry Officer with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. He coordinates and supports FAO’s forestry and natural resources management program of work and activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Erik Solheim is the Executive Director of UN Environment. Previously, he was the chair of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, the main body of the world’s development donors. He has also served as Norway’s minister of the environment and international development and acted as the main facilitator of the peace process in Sri Lanka from 1998 to 2005. Moreover, he has contributed to peace processes in Sudan, Nepal, Myanmar and Burundi.

Valerie Kapos leads the Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme at UN Environment’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). Val has worked for more than 30 years on understanding tropical forests, their biodiversity and ecosystem services, including through remote sensing. She recently discussed the potential of these new technical approaches in a ‘Perspective’ in Science (Kapos. Seeing the forest through the trees: Remote-sensing data identify functional trait variation in tropical forests. Science 27 January 2017).

Conservator General of Forests, Forest Department, also serves as the National Programme Director of the Sri Lanka UN-REDD Programme.