Panel Activities
The assessment was carried out by the following scientists acting as the members of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Food Security:
Bhaskar Vira, University of Cambridge - Panel Chair
Bina Agarwal, University of Manchester
Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, Research Fellow CIFOR
Beatrice Darko Obiri, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Jennie Dey De Pryck, Belgium
Amy Ickowitz, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Ramni Jamnadass, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Daniela Kleinschmit, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Godwin Kowero, African Forest Forum (AFF)
Adrian Martin, University of East Anglia, UK
Stepha McMullin, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Henry Neufeldt, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri, Centre for Training & Integrated Research in ASAL Development (CETRAD)
Hemant Ojha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Christine Padoch, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
John Parrotta, US Forest Service, Research & Development
Bronwen Powell, Research Fellow CIFOR
Nitin D. Rai, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Patrick Ranjatson, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Chris Sandbrook, University of Cambridge, UK
Carsten Smith-Hall, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Terry Sunderland, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Céline Termote, Bioversity
Tran Nam Tu, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Vietnam
Patrick Van Damme, University of Gent, Belgium
Nathalie van Vliet, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
A number of contributing authors have supported the scientific work of the Panel. A list of all authors and reviewers is highlighted in the report.
In addition to the members of the Expert Panel, the assessment was supported by the following members of the GFEP team:
Christoph Wildburger – GFEP Programme Coordinator
Stephanie Mansourian – GFEP Editor
PANEL ACTIVITIES AND DOCUMENTS
The Terms of Reference for the Panel were endorsed by the CPF on 18 November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.
1st Meeting of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Food Security
Bogor, Indonesia; 12-14 March 2014. Draft Agenda - Chair's Overview - Minutes
2nd Meeting of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Food Security
Cambridge, UK; 14-17 July 2014. List of Participants - Minutes
3rd Meeting of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Food Security
New Delhi, India; 23-25 November 2014. List of Participants - Minutes