People
The GFC Board
Chairperson and Secretary
Diego Alejandro Cardona
CENSAT Agua Viva, Friends of the Earth, Colombia
diegoxcc@gmail.com
Vice-chairperson
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Indigenous Women and People Association of Chad, Association des Femmes
hindououmar@gmail.com
Treasurer
Rachel Smolker
Biofuelwatch, United States
rsmolker@riseup.net
Member
Aydah Vahia Akao
The Network of Indigenous Peoples in the Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
aydah.g.vahia@gmail.com
Member
Anna Kirilienko
BIOM, Kyrgyzstan
annakir7@gmail.com
Member
Dil Raj Khanal
FECOFUN, Nepal
dilcommon@gmail.com
The GFC Team
Executive Director
Simone Lovera, Paraguay
simone@globalforestcoalition.org
Gender Programme Coordinator
Jeanette Sequeira, Netherlands
jeanette.sequeira@globalforestcoalition.org
Gender Advisor and Campaigner
Isis Karinna Alvarez Ortiz, Colombia
isis.alvarez@globalforestcoalition.org
Gender Expert and Women2030 Program Assistant
Dr. Juana Vera Delgado, Netherlands
juanaveradelgado@globalforestcoalition.org
Women2030 Program Assistant
Linde Berbers, Netherlands
linde.berbers@globalforestcoalition.org
Communications Team
Publications Designer and Producer of Visual Materials
Oliver Munnion, Portugal
oli@globalforestcoalition.org
Web Designer and IT Specialist
Jake McMurchie, United Kingdom
jake@globalforestcoalition.org
Legal Team
Indigenous Rights Advisor and Research Assistant
Coraina de la Plaza, Netherlands
coraina.delaplaza@globalforestcoalition.org
Climate and Land Use Policy Advisor
Simon Fischer, Netherlands
simon.fischer@globalforestcoalition.org
Climate Campaigner and Advisor
Souparna Lahiri, India
souparna.lahiri@gmail.com
Regional Focal Points
Central Asia and Eastern Europe and Membership coordinator
Andrey Laletin, Russia
andrey.laletin@globalforestcoalition.org
Africa
Kwami Kpondzo
kwadodzi@yahoo.fr
Africa Subregional Focal Points
North Africa: Youssef Sfairi (Morocco)
Southern Africa: Robert Owen (South Africa)
West Africa: Salome Gougloe Gofan (Liberia)
Eastern Africa: Edna Kaptoyo (Kenya)
Central Africa: Nicolas Mukumo Mushumba (DRC)
Europe and North America
Almuth Ernsting
almuth.ernsting@globalforestcoalition.org
Latin America
Carolina Lagos
carolinalagos@hotmail.com
Asia
Hemantha Withanage
ghanimat.azhdari@iccaconsortium.org
Spanish Translators
Isabel Diaz Forero
isadiazf@gmail.com
Megan Morrissey
megan@tradu.pro
Spanish and French Translators
Danae Serinet Barrera
danae.serinet.barrera@gmail.com
Karen Lang
karen.lang.brazil@gmail.com
French Translators
Iris Borianne
iris.a.borianne@gmail.com
Martine Ferré
martineferre@yahoo.fr
Catherine Bescond-Sands
catherine.cbs@gmail.com
Contact
International Secretariat
simone@globalforestcoalition.org
Simone Lovera
C.C. 13241, CP1749 Asuncion, Paraguay
Tél: + 595-21-663654 fax: + 595-21-621080
Northern office
gfc@globalforestcoalition.org
Global Forest Coalition
Minahassastraat 1 K104
1094 RS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
