2023 Yale International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) Annual Conference

Breakfast & coffee provided.

Panelists:
Milagre Nuvunga - Executive Director, MICAIA Foundation
Andika Putraditama - Head of Rimba Collective, Lestari Capital
Fabíola Zerbini - Director of Forestry, Land Use and Agriculture, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Moderator:
Gary Dunning - Executive Director, The Forest School; Executive Director, The Forests Dialogue

Breakfast and coffee provided.

Co-Chair Introduction
Emma Grover - MESc '23
Angela Xue - MEM '23
Faculty Introduction
Liza Comita - Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology, Yale School of the Environment; Co-Director, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture
Keynote Addresses
Juliette Biao - Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat
Address: Influential Women leadership in Forestry: Lessons learned in view of
promoting Sustainable Forest Management through the UNFF
Pablo Pacheco - Global Forests Lead Scientist at World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Address: The fate of the tropical forests in an interconnected world

Coffee break and social

ProEco Azuero
Representative: Sandra Vásquez de Zambrano
Rainforest Biodiversity of Phalee
Representative: Rinchui Raman

Lunch provided.

Panelists:
Andrea Azevedo - Director of Programs and Projects, JBS Fund for the Amazon
Agnu (Intu) Boedhihartono - Associate Professor of Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods, The University of British Columbia
Brendan Fisher - Gund Fellow & Professor, University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Moderator:
Eva Garen - Director, Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI)

Poster session with coffee break

Panelists:
Grizelle González - Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, US Forest Service
Deborah Lawrence - Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia; Chief Scientist, Calyx Global
Simon Lewis - Professor of Global Change Science, University of Leeds & University College London
Yadvinder Malhi - Professor of Ecosystem Science, University of Oxford; Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College
Moderator:
Paulo Brando - Associate Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture, Yale School of the Environment

Posters session with snacks and mingling.

Lyndall Bull - Forestry Officer, Sustainable Forest Products, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

ISTF The Forests Dialogue Reception (1 hour)