Dr. Moujahed Achouri
Director, Land and Water Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun
Director
Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany
Pia Bucella
Director, Directorate B – Natural Capital
European Commission
Nitin Desai
Consultant
India
Tewolde Egziabher
Director
Environmental Protection Authority, Ethiopia
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reinhard F. J. Hüttl
Chairman of the Board and Scientific Executive Director
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, (GFZ), Germany
Dr. Manfred Konukiewitz
Senior Fellow
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS), Germany
Maria Krautzberger
President
Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Johan Kuylenstierna
Executive Director
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden
Prof. Rattan Lal
Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
The Ohio State University, USA
Mette Løyche Wilkie
Director, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Tumusime Rhoda Peace
Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
African Union, Ethiopia
Maryam Rahmanian
Research Associate
Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA,) Iran
Dr. Stefan Schmitz
Head of the Special Unit “One World No Hunger”,
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Chief Executive Officer
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), South Africa
Prof. Dr. Mankombu S. Swaminathan
Chairman
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India