Annah Agasha, FSC Africa
Annah has 24 years of experience in forestry, natural resource management, and rural development. Before joining FSC, she advised the private sector in Uganda on mitigating environmental footprints and worked with international NGOs to integrate development assistance with forestry and natural resource management. She also led projects on carbon quantification for Payments for Ecosystem Services and other environmental protection initiatives.
As Deputy Regional Director, Africa for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Annah oversees forest management certification and the FSC Ecosystem Services portfolio across Africa, ensuring effective implementation of the FSC system, addressing labour issues, and strengthening regional collaborations. Since 2019, she has also served as Coordinator for the Eastern Africa Sub-region.
Annah combines her passion for smallholders and communities with extensive FSC experience. She previously served as Smallholder Support Manager at FSC International, where she helped initiate the Continuous Improvement Approach and launched the FSC Smallholders Certification Africa chapter. She holds an MSc in Agroforestry, a BSc in Forestry, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management
Hartono Prabowo, FSC Indonesia
Licence en Sylviculture, il possède une expertise en matière de conservation des ressources forestières. Nommé Représentant national FSC en Indonésie en juillet 2013, avant d'être nommé Directeur technique en 2022. Auparavant, il avait rejoint TFT, une organisation de conseil en matière de durabilité des forêts, où il a contribué à l'élaboration et à la gestion de systèmes de traçabilité du bois, à la gestion durable des forêts et à la création de forêts communautaires. Sa carrière dans l'industrie du bois a débuté dans une entreprise intégrée de l'industrie du bois à East Kalimantan. Il était responsable de la formation, du développement des ressources humaines, de la santé et de la sécurité au travail, de la gestion de l'environnement et des pratiques de gestion durable des forêts, ainsi que de la stratégie commerciale et du cycle de planification.
Richard Ferguson, FSC Africa
Richard is an experienced biologist, natural resource manager and consultant with 30+ years’ experience in conservation, wildlife utilisation and agribusiness fields, sustainability and responsible resource use. He integrates into academic, NGO and commercial settings and has lots of real-world African logistical, design, problem solving and practical skills from many years of experience in developing countries. He is highly self-motivated and able to work alone or as part of a team and has shown his leadership skills involving managing, developing and motivating staff and partners to achieve objectives. Coming from many years of consulting, training and remote-base implementation, Richard joined FSC in 2023 as Coordinator for the Southern Africa Region, and travels widely in the region developing FM certification with national authorities, commercial operators and communities.
Specialties: Responsible Resource Use, African resource and wildlife utilisation, Human wildlife conflict, Technical aspects of crocodile production, ecology, conservation & population surveys, Sustainability, Regenerative grazing, Remote site logistics and operations, African business management
Suresh Gairola, FSC India
Ancien agent du Service des forêts de l’Inde, Suresh possède une vaste expérience de plus de 38 ans au service du gouvernement dans divers domaines de la gestion forestière, de la conservation de la faune et de la flore, des politiques publiques, du Droit de l'environnement, de la recherche forestière et de l'administration. Il a occupé des postes clés au sein du gouvernement indien, notamment en tant que Conservateur en chef des forêts de l'État du Maharashtra, Directeur général du Conseil indien de la recherche et de l'éducation forestières, Directeur général de la Corporation de développement forestier du Maharashtra, représentant de l'Inde au sein du Conseil international de l'IUFRO et Autorité de gestion de la CITES. Suresh a joué un rôle déterminant dans la revitalisation et le renforcement de la présence de FSC en Inde.
Thesis Budiarto, FSC Asia-Pacific
Thesis Budiarto est un professionnel de la sylviculture, avec plus de 18 ans d'expérience dans la gestion durable des forêts, les systèmes de certification, la conservation et les solutions basées sur la nature à travers l'Asie et le Pacifique. En tant que Responsable de Programme pour les engagements techniques et stratégiques dans la région APAC, il codirige la mise en œuvre de la RFSS (Norme régionale de gestion forestière) en Inde, en Indonésie, en Thaïlande et au Vietnam. Avant de rejoindre FSC en 2021, il était membre du Groupe consultatif technique de la Norme régionale de gestion forestière pour les petits exploitants.
Thi Que Anh Vu, FSC Vietnam
Que Anh got her PhD. in Forestry and Forest Ecology in Goettingen University, Germany in 2006. Main fields are Tropical and Subtropical Silviculture, Forest Ecology, Forest Inventory, Social Forestry and Forestry policy. She had more than 15 years working as lecturer and researcher at University of Agriculture and Forestry in Thai Nguyen. She has more than 20 years experiences working with different INGOs like WWF and SNV. She was Standard Development Group for Vietnam to develop NFSS for Vietnam under project Forest certification for Ecosystem Services Working as FSC Representative in Vietnam since 2017 and as FSC Vietnam Country Manager since 2018. She is responsible for all FSC activities along whole supply chains from the forest to buyers for Vietnam. Furniture and construction materials are key value chains for Vietnam. The essential work is to support all market linkages along FSC furniture supply chains, work with the partners to raise awareness on FSC certification system and solutions and on how FSC ensure sustainable forest management, Supply chain Traceability and EUDR, especially RFSS
Event Details
- Wednesday, 29 October
Time: 14:30 - 16:00 (EST - Panama) / 20:30 - 22:00 (CET) / 03:30 - 05:00 (WITA)