Registration Open for Forests & Peace Social Hour

Feb 22, 2021 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association

On Tuesday, March 2, from 9:30 - 11:00  EST, the Forest Interest Group, Africa Interest Group, and the Young Professionals Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host a networking event for students, junior professionals, senior professionals, and others interested in the nexus between forests, conflict, and peace.  The event will be held using Remo, a platform specifically designed to facilitate networking and discussion. Please register at https://forms.gle/5YBuBQzz1GP1mVoT7.  Space is limited.

The event will feature tables anchored by senior practitioners and researchers working on forest-related issues, and participants will have the opportunity to visit different tables, meet diverse people working in the field, learn more about their work and their organizations, and network.  

Table anchors include:

Maisharou Abdou – Director of the Great Green Wall Initiative, Niger

Kidan Araya – Environmental Investigative Agency

Karol Boudreaux – Landesa

Amanda Bradley – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Alan Channer – Global EverGreening Alliance

Ousseyni Kalilou – Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Nora Moraga-Lewy – Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting

Carolyn Z. Mutter – Columbia University, Center for Climate Systems Research 

Marco Piazza – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Ken Rosenbaum – Sylvan Environmental Consultants

Patrice Talla Takoukam– Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN