?? Thank You for an Incredible 31st Yale ISTF Annual Conference! ?? What an inspiring weekend at the 31st Annual Conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters! We were honored to bring together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, conservationists, and students from around the world to discuss how we can govern resilient tropical forest systems. A huge thank you to our incredible keynote speakers:? - Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (Global Environment Facility)? - Rhett Ayers Butler (Mongabay)? - Santiago Gowland (Rainforest Alliance)? - Emma Torres (SDSN & Science Panel for the Amazon & the Congo Basin) And to our brilliant panelists:? ?? Nature-Based Solutions: Forest for the Future & Holistic Pathways to Thriving Ecosystems? Elsa Ordway (she/her), David J. Ganz, Mauricio Diazgranados, PhD, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal? Moderated by Sara Kuebbing ??? Ground Up Forest Governance in a Changing Climate: Perspectives from Indigenous & Local Communities? José Domingo García, Diego Pons, Bola Madzoke, Dominique Bikaba? Moderated by Kalyanakrishnan (Shivi) Sivaramakrishnan ?? Tropical Forest Finance: Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Conservation & Restoration? Syahrina Anggraini, Francisco Souza, Garo Batmanian? Moderated by J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera ? None of this would have been possible without our incredible organizing team—25 outstanding Yale students—and our dedicated volunteers who made this event a success! The conversations don’t stop here. Let’s continue working toward a future where tropical forests thrive, and the communities who steward them lead the way. #ISTF2025 #TropicalForests #ForestGovernance #Sustainability #GlobalConservation Yale School of the Environment | The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment | Yale Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative
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