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CCMLCIP/2012/CRN/1/PARTICIPANTS

Climate Change Mitigation with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples: Practices, Lessons Learned and Prospects

26-28 March 2012 ♦ Cairns, Australia

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

CONTACT DETAILS & BIOGRAPHIES

PRESENTERS ............................................................................................................................................. 2 EXPERT PANEL...................................................................................................................................... 21 CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS/SECRETARIAT.......................................................................... 25 OBSERVERS.............................................................................................................................................. 32 VOLUNTEERS ......................................................................................................................................... 34

PRESENTERS

ALMASHEV, Chagat Director, Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai (FSDA), Altai Republic of Russia

Biography: As FSDA director, Chagat has been working for 10 years supporting indigenous/local communities of Altai Mountains to protect their sacred sites and officially designated Nature Parks managed by indigenous leaders and to preserve their traditional knowledge. Since 2009 he has been involved in scientific works on collection elements of TK about climate change in Central Asia. In 2010 he was a consultant on the UNU/FSDA film “Land has breath” about indigenous Altaian shaman’s view to modern changes climate, nature and culture. He is author of series of books and guidebooks about Indigenous Communities Conserved Areas (ICCA) and TK.

Contact Information: Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai Communistichesky 43-3 Gorno-Altaisk, Altai Republic Russia Tel: +7 913 998 22 55 Email: [email protected]

AHMED, Essam Hassan Mohamed Consultant for the Climate Change Department (CCD), Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)

Biography: Since joining the Climate Change Unit; EEAA in 2007 (that developed to CCCD in 2009), Essam has been involved in CDM projects, and mitigation and adaptation studies; and also involved in many other issues related to climate change impacts, ICTs and Transportation sectors in particular. Essam is also a Lead Author; WGIII, 5th IPCC Assessment Report. Before joining the EEAA, Essam worked at Egyptian Military Armed Forces as Engineering Officer for 20 years.


Contact Information: CCCD, EEAA 30 Misr Helwan Elzraee Road P.O. Box 11728 Egypt Tel: +2 0100 511 3933 Email: [email protected]

ANDERSON, Patrick Policy Advisor, Forest Peoples Programme, Indonesia

Biography: Patrick lives in Indonesia and works with the Forest Peoples Programme and the Samdhana Institute to support indigenous peoples and local communities to understand and assert their rights in relation to oil palm, forestry and REDD+ developments. He recently wrote: Free, Prior, Informed Consent in REDD+: Principles and Approaches for Policy and Project Development.

Contact Information: Jalan Rawajati Timur V 10A Jakarta, 12750, Indonesia Tel: +62 8 1699 1649 E-mail: [email protected]

ANTIPINA, Elena Public projects coordinator, Northern Forum Academy, Russia

Biography:

Elena has worked as a history teacher and school principal; from 2007 to 2011 she was a head of the municipal entity Khalarchinsky area. She now actively participates in the work of public organizations on the issues of indigenous peoples of the North and home violence.

Contact Information: c/o Northern Forum Academy Ul. Sverdlova 14, Yakutsk Sakha Republic (Yakutia) 677005 Russia E-mail: [email protected]

BILBAO, Bibiana Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela

Biography: Bibiana has contributed to the elaboration of participatory socio-environmental tools for the integral management of natural resources of Amerindian communities, as well as undertaking research into climate change mitigation. She is chief investigator for the interdisciplinary project: “Risk factors in habitat reduction in the Canaima National Park: vulnerability and tools for sustainable development”, winner of the European Union Award for Innovation in Sustainable Development (2010).


Contact Information: Dpto. de Estudios Ambientales Universidad Simón Bolívar Apartado 89000, Caracas 1080 Venezuela Tel.: +58 212 8929635 Fax.: +58 212 9063064 / 3039 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

BAUER, Johannes Independent Scientist; Member, REDD+ Australia Cooperative Working Group

Biography: Convening Australia’s first landowner conference on the emerging markets around forest carbon in 1998, Johannes has led a wide range of projects throughout Australia-Asia on sustainable development. Co-founder of REDD+ Australia Co-op and former CTA of UN-REDD in PNG he advocates a cooperative climate justice based approach to carbon trading.

Contact Information: Rahamim Ecological Learning Community Bathurst, NSW 2795 Australia Tel: +61 02 63375771 Email: [email protected]

BHAGWAT, Shweta Researcher, Center for Development Finance, India

Biography:

Shweta joined the Centre for Development Finance (CDF) in 2010 after working as a consultant to the 13th Finance Commission of India, on developing a case for increased budgetary allocation to the Forestry sector. At CDF, Shweta has been leading action research projects to advise policymakers on strategies and practices for the conservation of forest ecosystems by understanding the pressure drivers and developing enabling strategies for various government entities.

Contact Information: IFMR – Centre for Development Finance 10th Floor, IIT Madras Research Park Kanagam Road, Taramani Chennai – 600 113 India Mobile: +91 93808 41035 Tel.: +91 44 6668 7258 Fax : +91 44 6668 7010 Email: [email protected]


CARRERO, Gabriel Researcher, Climate Change and Environmental Services Program, Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (IDESAM) Brazil

Biography: Gabriel is an ecologist that has been working for IDESAM since 2007 conducting research on land use and land use change and forest carbon accounting and monitoring in the Amazon. Gabriel coordinates the design and implementation of projects related to REDD+, land use mapping and alternative livelihoods.

Contact Information: Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (IDESAM) Rua Barao do Solimoes, 12, Flores Manaus – AM CEP: 69.058-250 Brazil Tel: +55 92 3308 7360 Email: [email protected]

CASTRO DIAZ, Estebancio International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests

Biography: Since joining the Global Forest Coalition in 2008, Estebancio has been following the negotiations on REDD. As an Executive Secretary of the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests he has been involved as observer capacity before Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, UN REDD, REDD Partnership Alliance and attending the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Contact Information: Aliiance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests Avenida 4ta, Casco Viejo San Felipe, Ciudad de Panama Republica de Panama Tel: +507 202 0856 Fax: +63 74 443 7159 Email: [email protected]

DHAKAL, Arun Faculty of Business and Law, University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia

Biography: Mr Dhakal holds a BSc in forestry (earned in Nepal) and a master’s in natural resources management (earned in Thailand). He is currently doing a PhD in natural resources and environmental economics at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia. His PhD research aims at exploring the best farming practice in the context of a changing climate. Mr. Dhakal has been awarded many national and international awards/fellowships including the ITTO fellowship and Thai queen’s scholarship.

Contact Information: University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Faculty of Business and Law


West Street Toowoomba -4350 Queensland, Australia Tel: +61 (07) 4631 1237 Email: [email protected]

ELSIDDIG, Elnour Abdalla Lecturer, Department of Forest Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Khartoum, Sudan

Biography: Since joining the Faculty of Forestry in 1980, Dr Elsiddig has been involved in teaching forest management, and activities related to community forest development. In 1996 he was involved in Green House Gases inventory in Sudan and in the IPCC work in Working Group III, participating as a lead author in the 4th assessment report and presently in the 5th AR.

Contact Information: Faculty of Forestry University of Khartoum Postal code 13314 Shambat Khartoum North Sudan Tel: +249 9 114 39339 Email: [email protected]

FOLEY, Rowan Director, Aboriginal Carbon Fund, Australia

Biography: Mr Foley is General Manager of the Aboriginal Carbon Fund (not-for-profit company) and as chair of the National Indigenous Climate Change Committee leads negotiations with the Australian Government on Carbon Farming legislation and climate change policy. Rowan comes from the Badtjala people Traditional Owners for Fraser Island QLD.

Contact Information: Aboriginal Carbon Fund PO Box 2429 Alice Springs, NT 0871 Australia Tel: +61 (0)427 013 318 Email: [email protected]

FRIDAY, Michael Eastern Kuku Yalanji CEO, Australia.

Biography: Michael Friday is a Kuku Nyungkal dingkar (man) of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bama whose traditional estate lies across the northern Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland. Michael has held positions in both the Government and private sectors at senior levels, and as elected representative on local and regional bodies working for the benefit of Australia’s First Nations peoples.


Contact Information: Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation PO Box 1430 Mossman QLD 4873 Australia Tel: +61 7 4098 5500 Email: [email protected]

FONDZENYUY, Wirsiy Eric Knowledge Management Officer, Centre for Nursery Development and Eru Propagation (CENDEP), Cameroon

Biography: Wirsiy worked as agricultural extension worker for 10 years in the ministry of agriculture in Cameroon. In 2002 he joined CENDEP, a community based organization where he leads a team of enthusiasts that work with local communities in Cameroon to restore their degraded ecosystems using analog forestry.

Contact Information: CENDEP Samco Junction Mile 4 Bonadikombo PO Box 742 Limbe SW Region Cameroon Tel: +1 237 77 62 72 17 Email: [email protected]

GOUGH, Robert Secretary, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, USA

Biography: Bob Gough is an attorney/cultural ecologist with 30+ years experience on tribal cultural/natural resource issues, who co-chaired Native Peoples climate workshops (1998-2009), who worked on USDOE’s Wind Powering Native America Initiative (2001-2009), building sustainable tribal economies (1976-2012), and who co-authored the Inaugural World Clean Energy Award winning COUP tribal energy plan (2007).

Contact Information: Intertribal COUP P.O. Box 25 Rosebud, SD 57570 USA Tel: +1 605 441 8316 Email: [email protected]

HASENCLEVER, Leonardo Climate Change, Brazil’s International Institute for Education (IEB), Brazil

Biography: Leonardo is a veterinary doctor, though not an orthodox one. Post graduating in environmental economics, he has worked with nature conservation since 1994 when he was a volunteer at the


bush fires of Royal National Park/NSW. Today, Leo is working at IEB (www.i i eb.org .br), dealing with the Climate agenda and has recently published two articles on the regulation of REDD+ and Indigenous peoples in Brazil.

Contact Information: Tel: +55 61 81 45 53 08 E-mail: [email protected]

HENDERSON, Robbie Manager Climate Change Mitigation Programs, Live & Learn Environmental Education, Australia

Biography: Since joining Live & Learn in 2004, Robbie has worked on a broad range of sustainable development and environmental education projects in the Western Pacific, Asia, and Australia, and currently oversees two Pacific REDD+ pilot projects. His work has focused on grass roots project implementation, capacity building for indigenous staff and linking knowledge (e.g. local and scientific) to tangible change.

Contact Information: Live & Learn Environmental Educaiton P.O. Box 2796 Alice Springs, NT 0871 Australia Tel: +61 8952 3924 or +61 437 683 929 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.livelearn.org

HUANG, Yongfu Research Fellow, UNU-WIDER, Finland

Biography: Yongfu Huang is a research fellow at the United Nations University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki. He holds a PhD in Economics with research interests on climate change economics, macroeconomics and econometrics. Yongfu was previously a Tyndall Research Fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research at the University of Cambridge. He also serves on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as Lead Author for its 5th Assessment Report (AR5), working on 'Cross-cutting finance and investment issues'. Yongfu has published widely on the topics of development economics. His publication includes a monograph entitled ‘Determinants of Financial Development’ (Palgrave MacMillan, 2010) and articles in Nature Climate Change, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, World Development, etc.


Contact Information: UNU-WIDER Katajanokanlaituri 6B FI-00160 Helsinki Finland Tel: +358 9615 99213 Fax: +358 9615 99333 Email: [email protected]

INDRIATMOKO, Yayan Research Officer, Forest and Governance Programme, CIFOR, Indonesia

Biography: Yayan is an anthropologist, who since 2010 has been involved with studies related to REDD and climate change in Indonesia especially as Field Research Supervisor for CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD project. Yayan is also Indonesian Fellow for the Asian Public Intellectual Fellowship, under which he studied indigenous people minorities in Peninsular Malaysia.

Contact Information: CIFOR Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede Bogor Barat 16115 Indonesia Tel: +62 251 8622622 Email: [email protected] Webpage: ww.cifor.org

JACOBSOHN, Margaret Founding co-director, now trustee, Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) Namibia

Biography: IRDNC, the NGO co-founded by Margaret and Garth Owen-Smith nearly 30 years ago, pioneered community-based natural resource management in Namibia. The little project has become a national award-winning program led by the Namibian Government, supported by more than 15 NGOs and involving nearly 100 community-based organizations called conservancies or community forests. Margaret’s interest is implementation, not research. For her work she has received the Goldman Foundation’s Grassroots Environmental Prize for Africa – co-winner with Garth Owen-Smith, and is a UNEP Global 500 laureate.

Contact Information: IRDNC Box 24050 Windhoek Namibia Tel: +264 61 228506 Email: [email protected]

JASHIMUDDIN, Mohammed Professor, Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh


Biography: Since joining the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences in 1995, Jashimuddin has been involved in teaching and research on forest and environment related issues including climate change, biodiversity conservation, indigenous communities and poverty alleviation. Jashimuddin also worked as visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan from May-December 2011. Before joining the institute, Jashimuddin worked at the Bangladesh Forest Department as Assistant Conservator of Forests.

Contact Information: Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences University of Chittagong Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh Tel: +88 01819 390676 Email: [email protected]

JEAN PIERRE, Laurent Ethnobotanist, TRAMIL (Traditional Medicines of the Islands) and CAPSICUM (Caribbean Association for Plant Science, Industry, Commerce and Use in Medicine), St Lucia

Biography: Laurent is the founder of the Laurent World Broom Collection at the University Of Michigan Museum Of Anthropology and discovered a new plant species, called Bernardia laurentii, in 1986. Laurent is an ethnobotanist and former Herbarium Curator with the St. Lucia National Trust, St. Lucia, 1984 to 1994. He presently investigates local communities to revisit the Jaden Kwéyòl as a traditional knowledge base to cushion the impact of climate change in the insular Caribbean and to insure food safety, security and sovereign in the Caribbean.

Contact Information: P.O. Box 7041 MF Castries, St. Lucia, W.I Tel: + 1 758 520 1251 Email: [email protected]

KANDEL, Bibek Raj Independent Consultant, Renewable Energy and Climate Change, Nepal

Biography: Bibek Raj Kandel is an independent climate change and renewable energy consultant and has wealth of experiences in planning, installing and managing rural energy technologies in the far-flung remote hills and mountains of Nepal.

Contact Information: Sifal-7, Kathmandu P.O. Box 9895 Nepal Tel: +977 1 446 8726 Email: [email protected]


KAURGIN, Petr Senior Specialist, Turvaurgin Community, Northern Forum Academy, Russia

Biography: Pyotr has worked as a deputy head for reindeer herding at Turvaurgin nomadic tribal community since 1985. He participates in regional and international conferences on the issues of reindeer herding development and working experience exchange as well as on the problems of the indigenous peoples of the North.

Contact Information: c/o Northern Forum Academy Ul. Sverdlova 14, Yakutsk Sakha Republic (Yakutia) 677005 Russia E-mail: [email protected]

KESMANEE, Chupinit President, Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact

Biography: Mr. Chupinit has been the AIPP president since 2002, a Consultant for the Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT) and Inter Mountains Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association (IMPECT). He has worked as a full time professor in Srinakarinwirot University, Bangkok. He has been working with indigenous peoples for more than 40 years. Recently he is a special lecturer of the Ethnic Study program of Chiang Mai University.

Contact Information: 465 Soi Sawai Suwan, Kwang Bang Sue Khet Bang Sue, Bangkok 10800 Thailand Tel: + 6687578984 Email: [email protected]

KOGOLO, Annette Nyapajarri skin Puruta Wayawu bush name Walmajarri Juwaliny country

Biography: Senior Kimberley Walmajarri woman and traditional owner Annette Puruta Wayawu Kogolo is a steering committee member for the Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Indigenous Protected Area. She is currently the cultural adviser for the Ngurrara seasonal calendar and climate change monitoring project in the Great Sandy Desert. Annette works closely with Ngurrara Rangers, senior Traditional Owners and scientists to identify culturally appropriate climate change mitigation strategies. Annette has been actively involved in Indigenous land management programs for over 20 years. Recently she was a water facilitator for the Fitzroy Catchment in NAILSMA’s Indigenous Community Water Facilitator Network and worked closely with CSIRO and TRaCK scientist to improve Indigenous involvement in catchment management. Additionally Annette is a qualified interpreter in two Indigenous languages and has worked extensively on both national and international comities as an advocate for Indigenous rights.

Contact Information: c/- Kimberley Land Council


Email: [email protected]

LEONARD, Sonia Research fellow, Indigenous Dimensions of Climate Change, Australian Indigenous Studies, Centre of Health and Society, The University of Melbourne

Biography: Sonia is a research fellow (Indigenous Dimensions of Climate Change) at the University of Melbourne, investigating the effectiveness of climate change mitigation and adaptation tools in Northern Australia Indigenous communities. She has extensively worked with Indigenous people across Northern Australia over many years. Previously Sonia worked with a number of Indigenous organisations in the Kimberley helping to investigate of the integration of Traditional Knowledge and western science to develop climate change monitoring and evaluation tools for Indigenous Protected Areas. Sonia was a writing group member of the Australian Indigenous Communities National Adaptation Plan with NCCARF and also worked with Bureau of Meteorology to develop an Indigenous seasonal calendar and weather knowledge interactive online tool.

Contact Information: Centre of Health and Society The University of Melbourne Level 4, 207 Bouverie st, Carlton, VIC 3010 Cell: +61 409710195 Email: [email protected]

MAGATA, Helen Researcher, Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines

Biography: Helen Magata is with the research desk of Tebtebba since 2007. She has been involved in coordinating researches by indigenous peoples on self-determined development and climate change among others. Prior to joining Tebtebba, Helen has worked with an NGO that works for gender development, population development and development communications.

Contact Information: Tebtebba Foundation #01 Roman Ayson Road, Baguio City Philippines Tel: +63 74 444 7703 Email: [email protected]

MILNE, Sarah Postdoctoral Fellow, Resource Management Asia-Pacific Program, Australian National University

Biography: Sarah Milne is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University. Her research explores the politics of transnational biodiversity conservation and forest carbon initiatives; especially in Cambodia, where she been involved in community-based conservation efforts since 2002. She completed her PhD in Geography at the University of Cambridge in 2009.


Contact Information: Resource Management Asia-Pacific Program Crawford School of Economics and Governance Coombs Building #9 Austrailian National University ACT 0200 Australia Tel: +61 2 6125 8580 Email: [email protected]

MOURE CORTES, Julio GEF, UNDP, SGP, COMPACT – Local coordinator, Mexico

Biography: Originally from Spain (1945), formed as an educator in Spain and Paris, Julio was the most part of his life living in different cultures in Mozambique, Brazil and Mexico. The last 12 years working in the Mayan Communities looking for sustainable development with identity in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Contact Information: Av. Benito Juarez No. 641 Col. Juan Bautista Vega Felipe Carillo Puerto Quintana Roo, Mexico 77250 Tel : +52 983 834 1304 Email: [email protected]

MYERS, Bronwyn Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Australia

Biography: Bronwyn has over a decade of experience with research and capacity building projects in eastern Indonesia, including fire management, natural resource management, health mapping and food security. Last year her team completed an assessment of vulnerability to climate change in Timor-Leste with respect to groundwater resources.


Contact Information: Research Institute for the Enviornment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin, NT 0909 Australia Tel: + 61 889 466 726 Fax: + 301-614-5644 Email: [email protected]

MUSTONEN, Tero Head of the Village of Selkie, Snowchange Cooperative, Finland

Biography: Tero Mustonen, Ph D is a Finn. He works as a researcher and head of international affairs for Snowchange Cooperative, Finland. He is the head of village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland. Mustonen is a well-known spokesperson for the Indigenous peoples rights and is the steering committee member of the Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment as well as an author of several scientific articles and monographs.

Contact Information: Snowchange Cooperative Havukkavaarantie 29 FIN 81235 Lehtoi Finalnd Tel: +35 840 737 2424 Email: [email protected]

NILSSON, Annabelle Lawyer, P&E Law, Australia

Biography: Annabelle practices native title, planning and environment law and has worked with native title holders and claimants in the Torres Strait since 2007. Annabelle has also previously collaborated with NGO’s in New York City and Belize regarding the United Nation’s REDD + program and traditional Mayan land rights.

Contact Information: P&E Law P.O. Box 2337 Cairns, QLD 4870 Australia Tel: +61 7 4041 7622 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

OLADELE, Oladimeji Professor, Agricultural Extension, North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, South Africa

Biography: Idowu’s research interest covers socio-economic factors affecting farmers’ livelihoods, productivity, and the impact of linkage between research, extension and farmers in West and Southern African countries as well as South East Asia. He consulted for The World Bank on A


Synopsis of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Agricultural Land Management Activities through Soil Carbon Sequestration in Africa.

Contact Information: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension North-West University, Mafikeng Campus Private Bag X2046 South Africa Tel: +271 838 92746 Fax: +271 838 92748 Email: [email protected]

OUK, Lykhim Community Program Manager, Conservation International, Cambodia

Biography: Ouk pursued a Masters on Environmental Management in Flinders University from 2009 to 2010. He has spent over 12 years working environmental management particularly community based natural resource management. Most of the time was along the Cambodian coastline though currently he is working on the mountainous region of the country where the local communities are indigenous peoples.

Contact Information: #102, Str.95, Sangkat Boeung Trabek, Khan Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tel: +855 17 71 55 44 Email: [email protected]

PHOKHA, Chaiprasert Village Headman, Huay Hin Lad Nai Community, Thailand

Biography: Mr Chaiprasert is a village headman in Huay Hin Lad Nai community. He is also an active member of farmers’ network in Northern Thailand. He has been involved in many farmers’ led research and development work in the village. He was the key leader in the farmers research team supporting this research on carbon footprints in Hin Lad Nai.

Contact Information: 108 Moo 5 Tambon Sanpranate, Amphur Sansai, Chiang Mai 50210, Thailand Tel: +66 53380168 Email: [email protected]


ROBINSON, Cathy Research Group Leader, Geography and Natural Resource Planning Group, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australia

Biography: Dr Cathy Robinson is a CSIRO Research Group Leader of scientists who have extensive experience in working on projects that aim to secure Indigenous benefits from (and for) environmental and natural resource markets and management. Cathy is also the Principal Research Leader of the National Indigenous Climate Change (NICC) project team which is critically exploring the opportunities available to Indigenous Australian’s participation in, and right to benefit from carbon offset programs.

Contact Information: GPO Box 2583 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia Tel: +61 7 3833 5742 Email: [email protected]

RUSSELL-SMITH, Jeremy North Australian Indigenous Land & Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) & Bushfires NT (BFNT), Australia

Biography: Jeremy Russell-Smith is an ecologist with particular interests in helping to achieve sustainable management outcomes in fire-prone savanna landscapes across northern Australia and nearby countries. He helps coordinate the applied research programs of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance and the Northern Territory government’s rural fire management agency, Bushfires NT.

Contact Information: PO Box 37346 Winnellie NT 0821 Australia Tel: +61 4 4720 0927 Email: [email protected]

SALVIN, Sue Principal Consultant, GHD

Biography: Since joining GHD in 2003, Sue has specialised in projects relating to climate change mitigation and the policy surrounding carbon sink plantations. Recently she has become increasingly involved in projects relating to Indigenous NRM. Previously, Sue worked for State Forests and was involved in some of the initial carbon trades in NSW.


Contact Information: GHD Level 15, 133 Castlereagh Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia Tel: +61 2 6564 7721 Email: [email protected]

SANCHEZ, Alberto National Coordinator UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme, Dominican Republic

Biography: He is specialist in natural resources and renewable energy. Since 1997 he works for UN as National Coordinator of GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), to support local communities to address the global environmental issues from a local perspective; promoting the development and use of the renewable energy with more than 80 projects granted (micro hydro, photovoltaic systems, wind energy, methane production) executed by the self-community.

Contact Information: Programa de Pequenos Subsidios Calle Juan Sanchez Ramirez No. 32 Edificio de Aula de Postgrado UASD, 2do Piso Gazcue, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tel: +1 809 682 2305 Email: [email protected]

SMITH, Gwendolyn PhD student, Nova Southeastern University, USA

Biography: Gwendolyn Smith is pursuing her PhD studies in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University, USA. After years of working in academia and negotiating in the United Nations, she is leading the non-profit organization Amazon Conservation team in working with indigenous peoples in the rainforest of Suriname.

Contact Information: Amazon Conservation Team Nickeriestraat 4 Paramaribo Suriname Tel: +597 401264 or +597 8109811 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

SUNAM, Ramesh PhD Scholar, Australian National University

Biography: Mr. Ramesh, a PhD scholar, is currently researching climate change and food security in Nepal. Prior to joining The Australian National University, Ramesh conducted research at ForestAction on policy and practice of community-led natural resource management.


Contact Information: Crawford School of Economics and Government Lennox Crossing Australian National University Canberra 0200 Australia Tel: +61 26125 3831 Email: [email protected]

TEHAN, Maureen Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia

Biography: Maureen teaches and researches indigenous legal issues with particular emphasis on native title, heritage protection, land access, use and management and property law. She currently holds an Australian Research Council grant: “Climate Change Law and Mitigation: Forest Carbon Sequestration and Indigenous and Local Community Rights” with Professors Lee Godden, Margaret Young and Kirsty Gover. Before joining the Law School, Maureen was a lawyer with Indigenous Land Councils in Central Australia and continues to undertake legal work.

Contact Information: Melbourne Law School University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia Tel: +61 8344 6205 Email: [email protected]

VAN DIJKEN, Bob Yukon IPY Coordinator, Circumpolar Relations Department, Council of Yukon First Nations, Canada

Biography: For the past six years Bob has worked as a liaison between researchers examining climate change impacts as well as the well-being of communities and Yukon First Nations, fostering the building of strong, long-term partnerships and exploring methods of communicating scientific results back to youth, elders and decision makers. Bob has recently been appointed Acting Director of Circumpolar Relations at the Council of Yukon First Nations.

Contact Information: Council of Yukon First Nations 2166 2nd Avenue Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Tel: +1 867 393 9237 Email: [email protected]

WALLACE, Marilyn Executive officer of Bana Yarralji Bubu Inc, Executive manager of the Bana Yarralji Ranger Service, Australia


Biography: Marilyn Wallace is a Kuku Nyungkal woman, emerging elder, and leader with a teaching diploma and community development certificates, in addition to being a full Kuku Nyungkal language speaker (listed by UNESCO as critically endangered), the executive officer of Bana Yarralji Bubu Inc, and the executive manager of the Bana Yarralji Ranger Service auspiced by Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation based at the Bana Yarralji Ranger Base, Shiptons Flat Road, Rossville, approximately 4 hours north of Cairns, 60 kilometres south of Cooktown, in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Contact Information: 873 Shipton’s Flat Rossville 4895 QLD Australia Tel: +61 7 4222 2617 E-mail: [email protected]

WINER, Michael Project Manager, Cape York Institute

Biography: Since joining the Cape York Institute Michael has led a series of research projects designing Aboriginal land management programs, researching ecosystem service opportunities and aboriginal land reform, Prior to this Michael was a co-founder and CEO of Jawun, Australia’s largest corporate coalition supporting Indigenous communities.

Contact Information: Cape York Institute P.O. Box 3099 Cairns 4870 QLD Australia Tel: +61 448 923 885 Email: [email protected]

WYATT, Brian Chief Executive Officer, National Native Title Council, Australia

Biography: Brian Wyatt is a Churchill Fellow with more than 30 years experience in community and government administration of Aboriginal affairs. He previously held the position of CEO with the Goldfields Land and Sea Council and was the inaugural Chairperson of the National Native Title in Australia. Mr Wyatt participates in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as well as the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He is currently CEO of the National Native Title Council, a member of the First Peoples Water Engagement Council with the National Water Commission, Chair of the National Cultural Flows Research Project with the Murray Darling Basin Authority, and a Member of Indigenous Communities Call, Science Review Panel with the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.


Contact Information: National Native Title Council 638 Queensberry Street North Melbourne 3051 Australia Tel: +61 3 9326 7822 Email: [email protected]


EXPERT PANEL

COLCHESTER, Marcus Director, Forest Peoples Programme, England

Biography: As an Oxford-trained zoologist and anthropologist, Marcus has carried out extensive field research in applied anthropology in Amazonia, South and Southeast Asia. His advocacy work over 3 decades has focused on the rights of forest peoples in relation to colonization, dams, mines, agribusiness, climate change and protected areas, emphasising self-determination, territorial rights and self-representation.

Contact Information: Forest Peoples Programme 1c Fosseway Business Centre Stratford Road Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 9NQ, England Tel: +44 1608 652893 Web: www.forestpeoples.org Email: [email protected]

DELGADO, Gian Carlo Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Sciences and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Biography: Gian is an economist with a masters degree in Ecological Economics and Environmental Management (Autonomous University of Barcelona - 2004) and a PhD in Environmental Sciences at the same University. He is a full time researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Sciences and Humanities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a member of the National System of Researchers of the National Council on Sciences and Technology of Mexico. He received the National University Prize for Young Researchers 2011, Social Science Research category. His work has been published in 12 authored or coauthored books and more than a hundred papers. His main research interest is focused on urban/rural metabolism, uneven development and climate change.

Contact Information: Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Sciences and Humanities UNAM Torre II de Humanidades 5th Floor Mexico City 04510 Mexico Phone: +52.55.56230222, Ext. 42777 Email: [email protected]


ELISARA, Fiu Mata’ese Executive Director, Ole Siosiomaga Society (OLSSI), Samoa

Biography: Fiu joined OLSSI in 2002 and represented Samoa and the Pacific Indigenous Peoples in global climate change discussions, amongst other issues to pursue sustainable development. Before that he worked for UNDP responsible for Pacific GEF programs and was CEO of the Ministry of Lands Surveys and Environment in Samoa before joining UNDP.

Contact Information: Ole Siosiomaga Society Incorporated (OLSSI) P.O. Box 2282 Apia, SAMOA Tel.: +685 779 1999 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

HARPER, Richard Alcoa Chair in Sustainable Water Management, School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Australia

Biography: Professor Harper has a BSc Agric (Hons) and PhD, both from the University of Western Australia, and had twenty years experience with the WA Government in both science and policy roles in programs addressing land and water degradation and climate change mitigation. He was an early advocate of using carbon mitigation investment to achieve landscape-scale water and land management co-benefits. He has published many papers and reports on this topic. He is a lead author on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report chapter on mitigation using Agriculture, Forestry and other Land-Uses (AFOLU).

Contact Information: South Street Murdoch Western Australia 6150 Tel: +61 8 9360 2191 Email: [email protected]

LYNGE, Aqqaluk International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Greenland

Biography: Born in Aasiaat, Greenland, Aqqaluk Lynge has represented the Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Far East of Russia as President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) since 1997-2002 and as international Chair 2010-14. Mr Lynge started his professional career as a social worker after graduating from the National Danish School of Social Work, and has also worked as a radio journalist and was elected to the Greenland Parliament in 1983-1995 and again 2002-2005. Mr. Lynge is widely published, having written books of poetry, essays and politics.

Contact Information: ICC Greenland Head Office Aqqusinersuaq 3, 1st Floor


P.O. Box 204 DK-3900 Nuuk GREENLAND Email: [email protected]

PICHS-MADRUGA, Ramón Deputy Director, Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM), Cuba; Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III

Biography: Ramón is Senior Researcher at CIEM, involved in energy and climate change research projects since 1986. He is also Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Havana University; member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Inter-American Institute for global change research (IAI), since 2007; and elected member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Contact Information: Centro de Investigaciones de la Economia Mundial (CIEM) Calle 22, No. 309, Entre 3era y 5ta Avenida Miramar, Habana 13 C.P. 11300 Cuba Tel: +53 7 206 2697 and +53 7 202 2958 E-mail: [email protected]

SOKONA, Youba Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III

Biography: Mr Sokona is the Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) based in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. He is also a co-chair of IPCC Working Group III. He was the Executive Secretary of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) from June 2004 to May 2010. A citizen of Mali, he focuses on the energy, environment and sustainable development nexus and he has broad experience in Africa in policy development. Before joining OSS, he works for the Environnement et Développement du Tiers Monde, based in Dakar, Senegal. Prior to that, he served as professor at Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieur of Bamako in Mali. Throughout his career, Mr Sokona has served in various advisory capacities to African governments. He has published several books and articles on the issues of energy, environment and development with a focus on Africa.

Contact Information: African Climate Policy Center United Nations Economic Commission for Africa P.O.Box 3001 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email: [email protected] Alternate Email: [email protected]


TAULI-CORPUZ, Vicky Executive Director, Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education)

Biography: An indigenous (Kankana-ey Igorot) activist, researcher and writer who is presently the Executive Director of Tebtebba. Vicky coordinates the “Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership on Forests and Climate Change” composed of indigenous peoples' organizations and networks in 11 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. She has been a negotiator for the Philippine Government in the REDD+ negotiations of the UNFCCC since 2009; convenes the Asia Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN); is co-chair of the SBSTA Working Group on REDD+; and was the Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from 2005-2010. She was involved in the drafting, negotiating and the adoption processes of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Contact Information: 1 Roman Ayson Road Baguio City, Phillipines Tel: +63 74 444 7703 Fax: +63 74 443 9359 Email: [email protected]


CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS/SECRETARIAT

Australian Government

ANDREWS, Gregory Assistant Secretary, Forests, Finance and Development Branch, International Division, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia

Biography:

Gregory is responsible for the Department’s international negotiations on climate finance, forests and development issues. Prior to joining the Department, Gregory held senior positions on social and Indigenous policy reform within the Australian Government and community sector. Gregory is of shared descent including the D'harawal Aboriginal people of NSW.

Contact Information: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2 Constitution Avenue Canberra, ACT 2600 Australia Tel: +61 2 6159 7988 E-mail: [email protected]

BAIN, Tina Assistant Director, Indigenous Policy Branch, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Australia

Biography: Tina joined the Department in 2008 and has predominantly been involved in the implementation of the Working on Country program which contracts 700 Indigenous rangers to manage the natural and cultural resources on Aboriginal land across Australia. Tina previously worked for an Aboriginal land council in central Australia supporting the Indigenous land management aspirations of the traditional landowners and as a manager in a state conservation agency

Contact Information: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 33 Allara St Canberra ACT 2600 Australia Tel: +61 2 6274 1247 Email: [email protected]

DORE, Jeremy Assistant Director, Carbon Farming Initiative, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia


Biography:

Jeremy joined the Department in 2009 and has been closely involved in the development of Australia’s land sector mitigation scheme; in particular, the provisions to accommodate Indigenous land. Jeremy previously worked for an Aboriginal land council in the Northern Territory in legal and policy roles.

Contact Information: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2 Constitution Avenue Canberra, ACT 2600 Australia Tel: +61 2 6159 7497 E-mail: [email protected]

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC)

EICKEMEIER, Patrick Scientific Editor, Technical Support Unit of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Germany

Biography:

Since joining the IPCC WGIII TSU as Scientific Editor in 2010, Patrick has been involved with the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) and the fifth Assessment Report to be published in 2014, the latter with a focus on bioenergy and land use.

Contact Information: IPCC Working Group III c/o Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegraphenberg A 51 14473 Postdam Germany Tel: +49 331 288 2430 E-mail: [email protected]

MINX, Jan Head, Technical Support Unit of the Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Germany

Biography: Jan Minx earned his PhD in environmental economics and management from the University of York. He is the head of the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III, where he coordinates the assessment process of the Working Group III contribution to the 5th Assessment Report with his team. Previously he worked as a senior researcher in the department for the Economics of Climate Change and Sustainable Engineering at Technical University, Berlin, as well as at the Stockholm Environment Institute. As a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, he is interested in analyzing spatial aspects of climate change policy and in the development of models providing


holistic representations of systems of production and consumption and their environmental impacts.

Contact Information: IPCC Working Group III c/o Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegraphenberg A 51 14473 Postdam Germany Tel: +49 331 288 2491 E-mail: [email protected]

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA)

JAMES, Glenn Carbon Social Programs Officer, NAILSMA

Biography: Glenn studied at the Australian National University in Canberra, gaining an Honours degree in Political Science and Philosophy (1987) and a Masters degree in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development (2004). He has been living and working with Aboriginal people around the Northern Territory since 1989 in various capacities. After working with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association in Yuendumu (1989-98) he undertook a consultancy with the Central Land Council on local Indigenous employment in the Tanami gold mines followed by work with the Northern Land Council on outstanding land needs in the NT's northern pastoral areas. Later as a full time employee with the Northern Land Council for over 8 years, he worked in enterprise development and as a regional anthropologist for the central Barkly and north east Arnhem regions. Immediately before joining NAILSMA in March 2009, Glenn worked with CSIRO as a social researcher / anthropologist on Indigenous livelihoods relating to the mining and land management.

Contact Information: Carbon Social Program Officer North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) Bld Red 2.2.20, Charles Darwin University Darwin, NT 0909 Tel: 08 8946 6377 Fax: 08 8946 6364 Email: [email protected] www.nailsma.org.au

United Nations Permanent Forum (UNPFII)

DAVIS, Megan Expert, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Director, Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia


Biography: Megan Davis is Professor of Law and Director, Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW. Megan is a Commissioner of the Land and Environment Court and member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Megan has a PhD (Law) from ANU. Megan is Cobble Cobble from south-west Queensland.

Contact Information: Indigenous Law Centre Faculty of Law, the University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Tel: +61 (2) 9385 2252 Fax: +61 (2) 9385 1175 Email: [email protected] Website: www.law.unsw.edu.au

United Nations University (UNU)

GALLOWAY MCLEAN, Kirsty Adjunct Fellow, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)

Biography: Kirsty leads research on traditional knowledge and climate change for the UNU’s Traditional Knowledge Initiative. She is the Founding Director of BioChimera, and was previously Head of the Biosafety Clearing-House (CBD/UNEP), Executive Manager of the Centre for the Mind, and a senior science/innovation government policy analyst. Kirsty holds degrees in virology and genetics; cognitive studies, cross-cultural communication and linguistics; and various journalism and editing qualifications. She recently authored ‘Advance Guard: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation and Indigenous Peoples’.

Contact Information: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Traditional Knowledge Initiative Building 1, Level 3, Red Precinct Charles Darwin University Casuarina Campus Ellengowan Drive Darwin, NT 0909 Australia Tel: +61-8-8946-6792/7652 (Darwin); +61-3-8060-6131 (Melbourne) Fax: +61-8-8946-7720 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Web: www.unutki.org, www.ias.unu.edu

JOHNSTON, Sam Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies

Biography: Sam Johnston is a Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies - a policy think tank for the United Nations based in Japan. His research


interests include International Environmental Law, Law of the International Areas and Resources and International Regulation of Biotechnology. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Melbourne. He has degrees in chemistry and law and is a qualified lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.

Contact Information: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Traditional Knowledge Initiative Building 1, Level 3, Red Precinct Charles Darwin University Casuarina Campus Ellengowan Drive Darwin, NT 0909 Australia Tel: +61-8-8946-6792/7652 Fax: +61-8-8946-7720 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.unutki.org, www.ias.unu.edu

MONAGLE, Catherine Research Fellow, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies

Biography: Catherine Monagle is an international environmental lawyer with several years experience working within the United Nations system, including for the United Nations University and the United Nations Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Catherine has particular expertise at the intersection of international law, natural resource management, biodiversity, genetic resources, climate change, traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights, and has an interest in science in environmental regulation.


NOA, Rahera Project Coordinator, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies

Biography: Rahera is from the Atihaunui-a-Paparangi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Nga Puhi and Hauraki tribes (Maori) of New Zealand (NZ). She has degrees in Spanish and law and is a qualified lawyer in the High Court of NZ. Rahera has previously worked for the NZ Government (Maori focus) and non-governmental organisation sector.



RAMOS CASTILLO, Ameyali Research Fellow, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies

Biography: Ameyali works on issues related to indigenous knowledge, environmental governance, water resource management and climate change. Since 2007, Ameyali has been working on the Traditional Knowledge Initiative developing research activities on indigenous peoples, climate change and water. Her experience includes research and teaching activities in Mexico, Kenya, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and Japan. Ameyali holds a PhD in Environmental Governance from the Oxford University Environmental Change Institute and a Master of Science from the Oxford University Center for the Environment.

Contact Information: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) 6F International Organizations Center Pacifico-Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-8502 Japan Tel: +81-45-221-2318 Fax: +81-45-221-2302 Email: [email protected] Web: www.unutki.org, www.ias.unu.edu

PARAYIL, Govindan Director, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies; Vice-Rector, United Nations University

Biography: Professor Govindan Parayil, an Indian national, joined the United Nations University as Vice-Rector in August 2008, and as Director of United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in January 2009. His previous academic affiliations include the University of Oslo, National University of Singapore, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Cornell University, Illinois Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Sulaimaniyah. Prof. Parayil holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Calicut (India), a Master of Science degree (Science, Technology and Values) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA), a Master of Arts degree (Development Economics) from American University (USA), and a PhD in Science and


Technology Studies from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA). He is active in research and advocacy work in science, technology and innovation for sustainable societies.

Contact Information: Director, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies 6F International Organizations Center Pacifico-Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-8502 Japan Tel: +81-45-221-2318 Fax: +81-45-221-2302 Email: [email protected] Web: www.unu.edu, www.ias.unu.edu

RAYDORODETSKY, Gleb Adjunct Fellow, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies

Biography: Born and raised in a coastal village in Kamchatka, Russia, Gleb is a conservation biologist with expertise in resource co-management and traditional knowledge systems. He previously led the development of a new global grant-making strategy for the Christensen Fund on biocultural diversity and resilience and has continued to work in the field of biocultural diversity with a focus on participatory research and communication, indigenous rights, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and traditional knowledge. He has written and contributed to books, scientific and popular articles on indigenous issues and conservation in both English and Russian.

Contact Information: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) 6F International Organizations Center Pacifico-Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-8502 Japan Tel: +81-45-221-2318 Fax: +81-45-221-2302 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Web: www.unutki.org, www.ias.unu.edu


OBSERVERS

LEAHY, Stephen Journalist, National Geographic NewsWatch

Biography: Stephen Leahy is an international environmental journalist based in Canada. His work has appeared in New Scientist, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The London Sunday Times, Toronto Star, Maclean’s Magazine, Earth Island Journal, BBC Wildlife. He is also Senior Correspondent for the Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS).

Contact Information: 50 Enzo Cres Uxbridge, Canada Email: [email protected]

LITTLE, Paul Program Officer, Andes-Amazon Initiative, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States

Biography: Paul has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Brasilia, where he was an associate professor from 1997-2008. His research and publications over the past 25 years have focused on environmental and indigenous peoples’ issues in the Amazon Basin. He served as a member of the Brazilian Federal Advisory Council on Traditional Knowledge from 2002-2008. In 2010 he edited Conhecimentos Tradicionais para o Século XXI (AnnaBlume: São Paulo), a collection of ethnographic studies of encounters and conflicts involving indigenous knowledge in Brazil.

Contact Information: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 1661 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel: +1 650-213-3079 Email: [email protected]

MARRIE, Henrietta Program Officer, Northern Australia, The Christensen Fund

Biography: Henrietta was born and raised in the Aboriginal community of Yarrabah southeast of Cairns in Queensland (Australia). Henrietta has held academic posts at a number of Australian universities, including at the Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation, Research and Development at the James Cook University of North Queensland, and the Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts at the University of Western Australia. Prior to joining Christensen, she worked at the United Nations Environment Programme Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, has served on a number of government committees and inquiries, and acted as a consultant to government bodies. Henrietta holds a Diploma of Teaching (South Australian College of Advanced Education), a Graduate Diploma of Arts (University of South Australia) and a Masters of Environmental and Local Government Law (Macquarie University).


Contact Information: Program Officer, Northern Australia The Christensen Fund 260 Townsend St, Suit 600 San Francisco, CA 94107, USA Email: [email protected]

RAI, Navin K. Indigenous Peoples Adviser, World bank

Biography: Mr. Rai oversees implementation of the World Bank strategy and policy on Indigenous Peoples. He provides technical advice on the Bank’s corporate vision related to Indigenous Peoples, conducts quality assurance reviews for complex development projects affecting Indigenous Peoples, and supports capacity building for Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and borrower agencies on Indigenous Peoples issues. As the Bank’s principal point of contact on Indigenous Peoples issues, Mr. Rai liaises with the global Indigenous Peoples community, UN-related Indigenous Peoples bodies, as well as other multilateral and bilateral agencies working on Indigenous Peoples issues. Mr. Rai is also Lead Specialist for the Inclusion and Social Safeguards Team in the Bank’s Social Development Department, where he coordinates implementation of the Bank’s social safeguards policies as well as the program on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change. In addition, he leads the World Bank Pilot Initiative on Enhancing Development Benefits to Local Communities in Bank-financed Hydropower Projects and the new initiative on World Bank Direct Engagement with Forest People in Forests and Climate Change Operations.

Contact Information: Indigenous Peoples Adviser – Social Inclusion The World Bank Group MSN MC 5-508, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA Email: [email protected]

WILLIAMS, Citt United Nations University – Media Studio, Tokyo

Biography: Citt Williams is a passionate and proactive filmmaker with a masters degree in both documentary film art and climate science. Her produced documentary films have been screened at festivals including Cannes (Yellow Fella), Sundance, Mumbai, Melbourne; and by broadcasters including Discovery and National Geographic, ABCTV, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her work encompasses intergovernmental, commercial and community scaled issues, and strives to build bridges across various partnerships with media content that entertains, educates and inspires.

Contact Information: UNU Media Centre 53-79 Jingumae 5-chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8925 Tel: +81354671324 Email: [email protected] Web: www.unu.edu , www.ourworld.unu.edu


VOLUNTEERS

Cairns State High School Ms Tori De Bosch (Student) Ms Bec Fatnowna (Student) Ms Rachel Jose (Student) Ms Sophie Oui (Community Education Counsellor)

Contact Information: Cairns State High School PO Box 5643 Cairns QLD 4870 Australia

James Cook University Ms Sarah Douglass (Masters Student) Ms Johanna Ochoa (Masters Student)

Contact Information: James Cook University PO Box 6811 Cairns QLD 4870 Australia

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