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*SNEAK PREVIEW: Who's gracing APFW2019?*
Curious to know who else will be joining Mr. Ban Ki-moon
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as
speakers at the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week (APFW) 2019? We are delighted
to introduce the first round of sustainability spokespeople, peace patrons
and inspiring icons who will be speaking at APFW 2019. The following
speakers will be featured in the opening and closing ceremonies, plenaries,
and other diverse events to share their messages related to* Forests for
Peace and Well-being*.
*Siti Nurbaya*
Minister Siti Nurbaya holds a PhD in environmental science and has been the
Indonesian Minister of the Environment and Forestry since 2014. She has
previously worked as an officer at Lampung Provincial Government, Deputy
Head of Provincial Development Planning Board, Director of Planning Bureau
in the Ministry of Home Affairs, and Secretary General of the Ministry.
Minister Nurbaya is an active spokesperson for natural resource management,
female empowerment and democratic processes at numerous international fora.
*Won Sop Shin*
Dr Won Sop Shin is a professor at Chungbuk National University
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in Korea – heading the Graduate Department of Forest Therapy - and is the
Chair of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO)
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His expansive research experience in forests and human health and
well-being informed key policy contributions during his four-year term as
Minister of the Korea Forest Service (KFS)
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Dr Won Sop actively works with international organizations such as the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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and
the International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine (INFOM)
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*Thomas Hofer*
Dr Thomas Hofer has a background in Geography and Biology. He implemented
his masters and PhD studies in the Himalayan Region with a focus on
watershed management and highland-lowland linkages. In 1998, he joined the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Before his transfer to Bangkok, he coordinated FAO’s global program on
watershed management, mountain development, and forest hydrology as well as
the Mountain Partnership Secretariat
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Since 2017, he works as Senior Forestry Officer, Coordinator of the Natural
Resources Management Group, and Secretary of the Asia-Pacific Forestry
Commission
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at FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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*Robert Nasi*
Dr Robert Nasi has a PhD in ecology from Paris-Sud University, and has held
several research and management positions at the Center for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR
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since 1999. He has undertaken extensive ecological and tropical forest
management research in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. His scientific work
aims to integrate social and biological sciences for better management of
tropical forests, more sustainable livelihoods, and better designed forest
policies. He has authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific
publications
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*Manizha Wafeq*
Ms Manizha Wafeq is the president of the Afghanistan Women's Chamber of
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and Industry (AWCCI)
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and works as the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women's facilitator
for the PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS
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in
Afghanistan. With over 16 years of international experience in women’s
empowerment and gender equality, Ms Wafeq has educated
hundreds of businesswomen and government employees on these concepts.
*Moon Kook-Hyun*
Mr Moon Kook-Hyun is Chairman of Friends of the Asia Foundation
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CEO of New Paradigm Institute, and CEO of Hansoll Textile Ltd
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He is the former Group President and Chairman of the Board, Kimberly-Clark
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North Asia, and former CEO of Yuhan-Kimberly, Limited. Mr Moon initiated
the company's “Keep Korea Green” environmental campaign in 1984, which lead
to several offspring projects to engage people in forestry, such as “Forest
for Life”, “Forest for Schools”and “Forest for Peace”.
*Ben Gunneberg*
Mr Ben Gunneberg has been the CEO and Secretary General of the Programme
for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
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since
1999. A chartered forester with extensive experience, Ben has worked as a
researcher of forest economics at the University of Wales and in technical
and policy roles in the UK Timber Growers Association. He holds an MBA from
the Open University, and a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute
of Directors.
*Javier Manzanares*
Mr Javier Manzanares has held a number of roles with the Green Climate Fund
(GCF)
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over the past 5 years, and is currently Deputy Executive Director. He has
extensive banking experience and has previously held a position as Director
and Representative of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
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Javier holds a dual MBA from the Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University (USA), an Executive MBA from Hong Kong University
of Sciences & Technology (China) and is currently a PhD candidate at Inha
University in the Republic of Korea.
*Melody Hossaini*
Ms Melody Hossaini is a prominent social entrepreneur and the Founder and
CEO of InspirEngage International
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with experience as a lecturer, student mentor, Government adviser, author,
BBC "The Apprentice" candidate and more. Starting as a war-refugee, Melody
became a co-founder of UK Youth Parliament at 13 years old, and became the
first female to chair its board of Trustees. Melody has worked with and
been trained by 12 Nobel Peace Prize Winners, including Vice-president Al
Gore on climate change and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Peace Implementation.
*Doris Capistrano*
Dr Doris Capistrano is Senior Advisor of the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on
Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC),
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Senior Fellow of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and
Research in Agriculture (SEARCA
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), and Fellow of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI
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). She was Director of Forests and Governance of CIFOR
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, and has worked throughout Asia with the Ford Foundation in rural poverty
and the environment. Her research roles extend to being a Visiting
Professor at Wageningen University and a post-doctoral fellow at the
University of Florida.
*Win a **travel sponsorship *
*to Republic of Korea!*
Show us your creative videos and artistic posters depicting the APFW 2019
theme, *Forests for Peace and Well-being*. The winners will receive a
travel sponsorship to join us at the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2019 (APFW
2019) from 17-21 June 2019.
You have until *03 May 2019 *to enter your submission
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For
inquiries, please contact apfw2019.contests(a)gmail.com.
*Artistic Poster*
Take us to your peaceful forest with your digital or hand drawings. Depict
through your creative perspective how and why forests promote peace and
well-being.
Submit your artistic poster entries here
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*Video*
Create a 1-3 minute video that celebrates the positive dimensions of
forests, particularly related to peace and well-being, in the Asia-Pacific
region.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the
Korea Forest Service (KFS), the Incheon Metropolitan City and partners
invite people who are interested in and committed to sustainable forest
management in Asia and the Pacific to come together for the APFW 2019
in *Incheon,
the Republic of Korea *from *17 to 21 June 2019*. It is expected to be one
of the largest and most important forestry gatherings in the region in 2019.*
APFW 2019: Forests for Peace and Well-being *seeks to encourage
participants to chart new pathways that guide the development of forestry
into the future.
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