Standing AFOLU Steering Committee Members

AFOLU Steering Committee members serve rotating terms. The following individuals currently serve on the AFOLU Steering Committee:

• Toby Janson‐Smith (Chair), Verra (formerly Conservation International)
• Edwin Aalders, DNV
• Leslie Durschinger, Terra Global Capital
• Bettina von Hagen, Ecotrust Forest Management (EFM)
• Jeff Hayward, Rainforest Alliance
• Ken Newcombe, C‐Quest Capital
• Tim Pearson, Winrock International
• Lucio Pedroni, Carbon Decisions International

Former AFOLU Steering Committee Members*:

• Simon Dawes, Carbon Flow
• Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, Ecosystem Services, LLC
• Jennifer Haverkamp, George Washington University Law School
• Wolfgang Ortloff, Equator, LLC
• Keith Paustian, NREL, Colorado State University
• Zoe Ryan, Fauna and Flora International
• Marc Stuart, Allotrope Partners
• Virgilio Viana, Amazonas Sustainable Foundation

 

The following individuals were the primary AFOLU contributors:

VCS AFOLU Advisory Group

• Ken Newcombe, (VCS AFOLU AG Chair), C‐Quest Capital
• Toby Janson-Smith, VCS AFOLU project lead  (formerly Conservation International)
• Bernhard Schlamadinger, TerraCarbon, Austria
• Tanja Havemann, Climate Change Capital, UK

Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) Expert Group

• Igino Emmer (lead author), Emmer Internationaal, The Netherlands
• Neil Bird, Joanneum Research, Austria
• Manuel Estrada, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico
• Martin Schröder, TÜV SÜD, Germany
• Frank Werner, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Agricultural Land Management (ALM) Expert Group

• Keith Paustian (lead author), Colorado State University, USA
• Henry Janzen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
• Daniel Martino, Carbosur, Uruguay
• David Powlson, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Mike Robinson, Syngenta, UK

Improved Forest Management (IFM) Expert Group

• Sandra Brown (lead author), Winrock International, USA
• Brian Murray, Duke University, USA
• Timothy Pearson, Winrock International, USA
• Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University, USA

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) Expert Group

• Sandra Brown (co-lead author), Winrock International, USA
• Lucio Pedroni (co-lead author), CATIE, Costa Rica
• Manuel Estrada, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico
• Charlotte Streck, Climate Focus, The Netherlands
• Eveline Trines, Treeness Consult, The Netherlands
• Xiaoquan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Forestry, People’s Republic of China

VCS AFOLU Consultants

• Eveline Trines (developer of AFOLU methodological and risk tools), Treeness Consult, Netherlands
• Amanda Hawn (general editor), Ecosystem Marketplace, USA
• Michael Jenkins (program development), Forest Trends, USA
• David Shoch (buffer financial analyst), The Nature Conservancy, USA

Independent Reviewers

• Jüergen Blaser, Intercooperation, Switzerland
• Benoît Bosquet, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank, USA
• Bruce Cabarle, WWF, USA
• Phil Cottle, ForestRe, UK
• Philip Fearnside, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Brazil
• Jan Fehse, EcoSecurities, UK
  
• Till Neef, EcoSecurities, UK
• Mitch Feierstein, Cheyne Capital, UK
• Steven de Gryze, Terra Global Capital, USA
• Radha Kuppali, New Forests, Australia
  
• Marisa Meizlish, New Forests, Australia
• Martin Schröder, TÜV SÜD, Germany
• Joerg Seifert-Granzin, FAN, Bolivia
• Bill Stanley, Zoe Kant, The Nature Conservancy, USA
• Marc Steininger, Conservation International, USA
• Marc Stuart, EcoSecurities, USA
• Craig Trotter, Landcare Research, New Zealand
• Martijn Wilder, Baker & McKenzie, Australia
• Xiaoquan Zhang, Chinese Academy of Forestry, People’s Republic of China

*Indicates professional association at the time of serving in that role

The VCS AFOLU work is dedicated to Dr. Bernhard Schlamadinger, who passed away on 28 August 2008. A tireless champion for the world’s forests, Bernhard was instrumental in developing the VCS Program’s groundbreaking rules for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land-Use Projects. The work of the expert committee was generously supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture