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Dr. Abebe is trained as a forester and forest ecologist with key technical knowledge and experiences in the area of forestry, forest ecology, silviculture, soil science, agroforestry, climatology, MRV/forest resource monitoring, statistics, forest biometrics, climate change and REDD+.

Pierre Yves Guedez is based in Panama since 2010. He leads the regional UNDP-REDD+ team for Latin America, which supports 12 countries in the region through the REDD+ readiness process. Recently, Pierre led the elaboration of the first REDD proposal (phase 2) approved by the Green Climate Fund, for Ecuador, and is presently supporting Ecuador and Brazil to access REDD RBP from the GCF. Prior to this, Pierre worked as a consultant on environment related issues in several Latin America countries (2008-2009), as program Officer in UNDP Burkina Faso (2003-2007) and previously on environmental issues with international agrobusiness companies.

Jefferson Hall is a Staff Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Director of the Agua Salud Project. His research focuses on understanding the flow of goods and services provided by tropical forests and how they change with land use and climate change. He collaborates with multidisciplinary teams of foresters, ecologists, hydrologists, economists, social scientists as well as educators. He has also worked on different aspects of conservation and development in Central

Francesca Felicani-Robles is a Forestry Officer in the Legal Forestry Department in FAO’s Subregional Office for Central America. She can be reached at: [email protected]