I am an farmer ( breeding Aberdeen Angus) and forestowner (beeches, oaks, spoces and douglas) from Luxembourg, agriculture engineer. I am now for 20 years president of the Luxembourger Familyforest Association « Letzebuerger Privatbesch », and have been 9 years president oft he CEPF, the european forestowners association.

Charles Njuguna Nyanjui is a Kenyan and have a Degree and a Masters of Science in Forestry (Tropical biology and silviculture) from Karatina University, School,of environmental sciences and forestry. I practice through tree germplasm production on a commercial way as well as advocating for promotion and support of on-farm tree growers in Kenya and within East African region. I have spent my last 10 years on establishment and development of the first Kenyan farm forestry Association (Farm forestry smallholders producers association of Kenya, FFSPAK) where I am the chairperson. In 2018, I was appointed to represent FFSPAK in the IFFA board of management and further in March 2019, I was confirmed as the Vice chairperson. Currently, I am Co-Chairing a steering committee in the development of the first Kenyan Agroforestry strategy aimed at developing a Policy that will see the Kenyan on-farm tree grower become more inventive. During my IFFA leadership, I have extended my forestry skills in representing and negotiating in various regional and international conventions i.e. Climate finance workshop in Kenya, New Plantation Generation in Mozambique, 2 nd African Regional Conference of Forest and Farm Producer Organizations in Morogoro, Tanzania , World Rural Forum in Spain, Forest and Farm Facility in Italy and Rights and Resources Initiative in Washington. I am also an active member of Forestry Society of Kenya since year 2013 aimed at driving forestry professionalism in the country. Charles also represents IFFA in RRI negotiations where IFFA stands as an affiliated Network.

Maria Pohjala is a Senior Forest Policy Adviser for EU and International Affairs at the Finnish Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK).
Pohjala holds a master’s degree in Forest Sciences from the University of Helsinki, forest management and ecology as her major.
Before starting in her position in MTK she worked as an EU forest policy advisor for Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) and for Nordic Family Forest Owners’ Alliance (NSF) in Brussels. She has also worked as an EU-correspondent for the leading Finnish Agriculture and Forestry newspaper (Maaseudun Tulevaisuus) for 5,5 years both in Helsinki and in Brussels, focusing on EU Forest and Agriculture policies.
On her free time Pohjala enjoys spending time at her family cabins and hiking in the Finnish nature.

Currently, working as the Chairperson, Association of Family Forest Owner’s, Nepal, Chairperson Giri has been actively functioning in the field of Natural Resources Management since 27 years in Nepal. During 28 years of professional engagement with all the institutions, gained professional experience in the field of Institutional Capacity Building, Policy Advocacy , Project Conceptualization and Natural Resources Management basically focusing on the issues of marginalized communities including women, Dalits , differently able people and rural communities. Chairperson Giri has contributed in many articles in the daily magazines and newsletters, made presentations in many national, regional and international conferences with his expertise on the issues of Family Forestry. He is also one of the Board of Directors of International Family Forest Alliance (IFFA) . He has built the foundation of Family Forestry in Nepal, in the form of Association of Family Forest Owner’s, Nepal.

Luc Bouvarel, currently member of the IFFA board. He obtained an Engineering degree from the School of Water and Forests in Nancy. Then research engineer in the Forests department of the National Institute of Agronomic Research in charge of the genetic improvement of forest species and the improvement of silvicultural practices (in particular mixed plantations), then in charge of innovation and design of forestry equipment from planting to harvest within the Association for the Rationalization of Forest Mechanization. He then headed the Regional Center for Forest Property (in Limousin then in Midi-Pyrénées) regional organization in charge of accompanying and helping private owners in the management of their forests and finally for 10 years he was the director General of the National Federation of Private Foresters of France (FRANSYLVA) and is currently representative of this federation at European level within the CEPF (European Confederation of Forest Owners) as well as an independent forest expert and manager of small family forest property.

Mia Crawford has more than 20 years of professional experience with international relations and policy making, with a focus on sustainable forest management, biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development. She has worked for the United Nations, Council of the Baltic Sea States and the Swedish government. Currently, Mia is the Forest Director for EU and International Affairs at the Federation of Swedish Family Forest Owners. Forests have always been a big part of her life, a never-ending source of inspiration for life-long learnings. Mia is a forest ecologist with a Master of Science in Biology from Umeå university, Sweden, and a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from New Jersey Institute of Technology, US. Mia grew up with family forestry in the west part of Sweden and now lives in Stockholm with her family.

Registered forest professional and holder of a master's degree in forest economics from Laval University in Quebec, I have focused my expertise on forest economics, forest products market analysis and wood marketing in private forests, both at the provincial and international levels. I worked 2 years as an international consultant specialized in forest products market analysis and 6 years as a forest economist at the Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec (Quebec’s Federation of Woodlot Owners). Since 2020, I am the General Manager of the FPFQ, as well as a board member of the Canadian Federation of Forest Owners.