Participants

Frankie Abreu
Program Coordinator
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network
Thailand

Patrick Alley
Director
Global Witness
UK

Antoine Beukering
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DGIS
The Netherlands

Art Blundell
Chair, Panel of Experts on Liberia
UN Security Council
Sanctions Committee
Canada

Scott Bode
Natural Resources Adviser
USAID
Economic Growth Agriculture and Trade Bureau / Office of Environment and Science Policy
USA

Ton Boon von Ochssée
Ambassador for Sustainable Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Netherlands

Cynthia Brady
Conflict Specialist
USAID
Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation
USA

Willemine Brinkman
ETFRN
The Netherlands

Oli Brown
Project Manager Trade, Aid and Security Initiative
IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development
Trade Section
Switzerland

Doris Capistrano
Director
CIFOR
Forests and Governance Programme
Indonesia

Alexander Carius
Managing Director
Adelphi Research gGmbH
Germany

Karen Carney
USAID
Forestry Team
USA

Caty Clement
Director
International Crisis Group
Central Africa Project
Kenya

Sarah Cooke
Team Leader
DFID Department for International Development
International Division Advisory Dept.
UK

Chris Davies
MEP
European Parliament
Belgium

Ruben de Koning
Research Fellow
CIFOR
Forest Governance
Cameroon

Faith Doherty
Senior Campaigner
Environmental Investigation Agency
UK

Micol Eminente
Quality Support Officer
European Commission
EuropeAid Cooperation Office
Directorate for Operations Quality Support
Belgium

Antonia Engel
Forestry Officer
Natural Resources Conflict Management
FAO
Forestry Policy and Institution Service
Italy

Gareth Evans QC
President
International Crisis Group
Belgium

Sofia Goinhas
Legal researcher
Global Witness
UK

Fons Gribling
Senior Policy Adviser Forests
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DMW Environment and Water Dept.
The Netherlands

Nick Grono
Vice President (Advocacy and Operations)
International Crisis Group
Belgium

Tom Hamilton-Baillie
Security Sector Development Advisory Team (SSDAT)
Defence Academy
UK

Rosemary Hall
Stagiaire to Chris Davies MEP
Leader of the British Liberal Democrat MEPs
European Parliament
Belgium

Sharon Harvey
Policy Adviser
DFID Department for International Development
Policy Division
UK

Sidney Jones
Director
International Crisis Group
Southeast Asia Project
Indonesia

David Kaimowitz
Director General
CIFOR
Indonesia

Kari Karanko
Ambassador – African Crises Management
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Department for Africa and Middle East
Finland

Louise King
Parliamentary Assistant to Fiona Hall MEP
ASP 10 G 250
European Parliament
Belgium

Ronald Kingham
Institute for Environmental Security
The Netherlands

Michel Laverdière
Forest Affairs Expert
Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
USA

Patricia Lerner
Counselor of International Development
USAID
USAID Representative to the EU
Belgium

Marc Letrilliart
Forest Consellor
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Directorate of International Cooperation and Development /
Department of Development Policies
France

Duncan Macqueen
Senior Research Associate
Responsible Forest Business
IIED
Natural Resource Group
Scotland, UK

Gionata Maiorca
Administrator
European Commission
DG Environment – International Relations, Governance and Development Unit
Belgium

Makame Kitwana Makame
MSc. Student
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Human Ecology Department
Belgium

Christine Mataya
Senior Research Associate
FESS Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability
USA

Mike McGovern
Project Director
International Crisis Group
West Africa Project
Senegal

Mary Melnyk
Senior Advisor
Natural Resources Management
USAID
Asia and the Near East Bureau
USA

Philip Mikos
Head of Unit
European Commission - DG Development
Environment and Rural Development Unit
Belgium

Evy von Pfeil
Project Coordinator
GTZ GmbH
International Forest Policy
Germany

Tim Resch
Bureau Environmental Advisor
USAID
Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development / EGEA
USA

Jade Saunders
Associate Fellow
Chatham House
Energy, Environment and Development Programme
UK

Jim Schweithelm
Senior Associate
ARD, Inc.
USA

Silas Siakor
Director
Sustainable Development Institute
Liberia

Hugh Speechly
Coordinator - Illegal Logging Programme
DFID Department for International Development
Policy Division
UK

Chanthy Srey
Director
Agri-Business Institute Cambodia
ARD, Inc.
Cambodia

Pär Stenbäck
Minister (Hon.), Board Member
International Crisis Group
Chair, Africa Group
Finland

Jamison Suter
Environment and Community Manager, West Africa
BHP-Billiton
UK

Bishnu Raj Upreti
Coordinator and Conflict Analyst
NCCR-North South
Nepal

Wouter Veening
Director
Institute for Environmental Security
The Netherlands

Jago Wadley
Campaigner
Environmental Investigation Agency
UK

Euan Wallace
Head of Conflict Prevention Team
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Conflict Issues Group
UK

Peter Walpole
Executive Director
Asia Forest Network
AFN Manila Desk
Philippines

Caitlin Wilson
Policy Officer
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development
Fragile States Unit
Australia

Piet Wit
Director
Syzygy
The Netherlands

Roderick Zagt
Programme Coordinator
Tropenbos International
The Netherlands