Reforest Better

Lauren is a scientist, author, and educator who works at the interface of problem-solving environmental research, conservation practice, and science writing. She is a Conservation Scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on the Forests and Climate Change team, an Adjunct Professor in the Dept of Earth System Science at Stanford University, and a freelance writer. Her first book, In Search of the Canary Tree, is a hopeful story about the search for resiliency in a warming world.

Susan is a Senior Forest Restoration Scientist on the Natural Climate Solutions Science Team at the Nature Conservancy. She works to quantify the climate mitigation potential of reforestation and other natural climate solutions and infuse the best-available science in policy decisions. She has over a decade of experience leading scientific investigations into how changes in biodiversity and climate are impacting forest, grassland and urban ecosystems. Before joining the Nature Conservancy in 2016, she was a policy fellow at the US Forest Service and a research fellow at the Smithsonian Institution.

Shevanti holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BSc in Biology. Having lived in Zambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, she has acquired a global perspective on environmental issues. She has experience working alongside experts at the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi, Kenya to develop resilient food secure systems and vegetation maps for suitable crops. She has also contributed towards research on the development of crops adapted to extreme climatic conditions in the face of climate change.

Colin worked for eight years at the French forest management national agency (Office national des forêts). He has strong experience in sustainable forest management and environmental engineering. Colin holds an MSc in Sustainable Development Engineering from AgroParisTech, the top-ranked Paris institute of technology for life, food and environmental sciences. He has expertise in various forms of sustainable land management including sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, forestry and nature-based solutions.

Olivier has been supporting the development and assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects for over 13 years. He has worked on the development of carbon certification protocols for forestry, with governments and international organisations on setting up REDD+ institutional frameworks and with NGOs on obtaining climate-related funding. Olivier is currently a member of the roster of climate experts of the Gold Standard, NORCAP, the World Health Organisation and ISO. He holds a MSc in policies and economics of environment and international development from the London School of Economics.

James Lloyd leads the Nature4Climate platform. Nature4Climate aim is to increase ambition and implementation of Nature-Based Solutions for climate change with a membership of UN agencies, international NGOs and multi sectoral coalitions. James is an environmentalist and naturalist who is also an expert in strategic communications and advocacy. Previously having spent over a decade and half working in and around the UK Parliament advising UK political parties and a number of large NGOs.