People of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group

Dr. Bianca Ambrose-Oji (United Kingdom)

^{Dr. Ambrose-Oji works as a senior social scientist at Forest Research, where she has been actively researching UK and European forestry and nature conservation issues since 2008 primarily: environmental governance and policy, (wood)land manager decision making, community woodlands, public attitudes and engagement with nature, and impact evaluation. She uses mixed methods to apply a constructivist/ political ecology interpretation in her work. She has worked significant periods of time in Africa and Asia on issues related to forest-based livelihoods and community-based management of natural resources. Link to Research Gate Twitter@FR_SERG}

Dr. I. (Ingrid) Visseren-Hamakers (USA)

^{Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers is an associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia}

Dr. P.V.D.J. (Patrick) Verkooijen (The Netherlands / USA)

^{From 1 September 2018, Professor Verkooijen will be the CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation – the newly established international governmental organisation, launched by the Netherlands with headquarters in Rotterdam and Groningen. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Special Representative for Climate Change of the World Bank, supporting the transition towards low-carbon, resilient economies across the globe. Besides his academic affiliation at FNP, Dr. Verkooijen also serves as the Non-Resident Professor of Practice of Sustainable Development Diplomacy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston. Email}

Dr. Margaret Skutsch (Mexico)

^{Margaret Skutsch currently holds the position of Investigadora Titular C at the Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA) of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), at its Morelia campus. Her research covers:· Community forestry in relation to climate change policy, particularly the potential under REDD+· MRV for degradation and the 3 ´plus´ elements of REDD+· Benefit sharing in REDD+ and PES: carbon removals versus reduced emissions· How communities are framed in forestry policy discourses.The Geography of REDD+}

Dr. Martin Skrydstrup (Sweden)

Dr. Jinlong Liu (China)

^{Among his current postings, Dr. Jinlong Liu is Professor, Department Chair at the School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, and the Director for the Centre for Forest, Environmental and Resources Policy Study of the Renming University of China. He obtained his PhD in Rural Development Sociology from Wageningen University and Research. In the past 10 years, he has published extensively and provided consultancy services to - amongst others, the World Bank and Asia Development Bank - for development projects in China, Thailand, DPRK and Myanmar. He has also provided policy advice to the EU and the Chinese government. He is currently the coordinator of a working group of the IUFRO Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge in Tropical and Subtropical Region, a member of the IUFRO Task Force on Forests for People, advisor in the National Community Development Advisory Group of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, PRC, advisor for the National Strategy and Roadmap of REDD+ in DPRK, and a member of the National Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, Ministry of Agriculture, PRC.}