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Country Name Title Affiliation

Brazil Mr. Antonio

Donato Nobre

Visiting scientist at

INPE; Senior

researcher at INPA

National Institute for Space Research (INPE);

National Institute of Amazonian Research

(INPA)

Brazil Mr. Biraci Brasil

Nixiwaka

Shaman Yawanawa People

Brazil Mr. Marivelton

Rodrigues

Barroso Baré

President Federação das Organizações Indígenas do

Rio Negro (FOIRN)

Brazil Ms. Putanny

Yawanawa

Shaman Yawanawa People

Brazil Ms. Sonia

Guajajara

National Coordinator Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil

(AIPB)

Brazil Pastor

Ariovaldo

Ramos dos

Santos

Director Missão Kairos

China Ms. Yun He Program Manager,

China

Alliance of Religions and Conservation

Colombia Deacon Alirio

Cáceres

Aguirre

Permanent Deacon Archdiocese of Bogotá

Colombia Mr. Harol

Jhonny Rincon

Ipuchima

Secretary General La Organización Nacional de los Pueblos

Indígenas de la Amazonia Colombiana

(OPIAC)

Colombia Mr. Martín von

Hildebrand

Founder and

President

Fundación Gaia Amazonas

DRC Mr. Henri

Muhiya

Secretary General CERN-CENCO, the Bishops’ Commission on

Natural Resources, under the National

Congolese Bishops’ Conference (La

Commission Episcopale pour les Ressources

Naturelles (CERN) under the Conférence

Episcopale Nationale du Congo (CENCO)

DRC Mr. Joseph

Itongwa

Executive Committee

Member

Indigneous Peoples of Africa Coordinating

Committee (IPACC) - (Mbuti, North Kivu)

DRC Mr. Rigobert

Minani S.J.

Team Leader,

Ecclesial Network for

Congo Basin (Le

Réseau Ecclésial

Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of

Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)

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pour le Bassin du

Congo, or REBAC)

DRC Ms. Antoinette

Makakidi

Mataya

Steering Committee

Member

Groupe de Travail Climat Redd+ Rénové

(GTCRR)

DRC Pasteur Léon

Lepamabila

Coordinator for

Environment and

Climate

Presidency of the Protestant Church in DRC

(Coordonnateur Environnement et Climat au

sein de la Présidence de l'Église Protestante

au Congo)

Ecuador Mr. Mauricio

Lopez Oropeza

Executive Director Panamazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM)

France H.E.

Metropolitan

Emmanuel

Exarch Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

France The Right

Reverend

Bishop Pierre

W. Whalon

Bishop-In-Charge Convocation of Episcopal Churches in

Europe

Global/USA Mr. Kevin

Currey

Program Consultant Natural Resources and Climate Change, Ford

Foundation

India Dr. Nanditha

Krishna

Founder-Director The C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation

Indonesia Dr. Din

Syamsuddin

Chairman Center for Dialogue and Cooperation Among

Civilizations

Indonesia Dr. Zainal

Abidin Bagir

Executive Director Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural

Studies at the University of Gadjah Mada

Indonesia Mr. Abdon

Nababan

Vice Chairperson,

National Council

Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) -

Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the

Archipelago

Indonesia Mr. Azis Asman Director Naladwipa Research Institute

Israel Sir Rabbi David

Rosen, CBE

International Director

of Interreligious

Affairs

American Jewish Committee

Myanmar Mr. Bo Bo Lwin Director Kalyana Mitta Development Foundation

Netherlands Mr. Johannes

Van de Ven

Executive Director

and Chair

Good Energies Foundation

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Nicaragua Mr. Marvin

Gustavo Sotelo

Reyes

Executive Secretary Alianze Mesoamericana de Pueblos y

Bosques (AMPB)

Norway Bishop

Emeritus

Gunnar Stalsett

Honorary President Religions for Peace

Norway Ms. Ingrid

Næss-Holm

Acting Director Department for Policy and Society,

Norwegian Church Aid

Norway Ms. Ingrid

Rosendorff

Joys

Executive Chair Council of Religious and Lifestance

Communities

Norway Ms. Martha

Rubiano

Skretteberg

Secretary-General Caritas Norway

Norway Ms. Risten Turi

Aleksandersen

Current General

Secretary

The Sami Church Council, Church of Norway

Norway Reverend Einar

Tjelle

Deputy General

Secretary

Church of Norway, Council on Ecumenical

and International Relations

Peru Monseñor

Alfredo Vizcarra

Bishop Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén

Peru Mr. Jorge Perez President Organización Regional de los Pueblos

Indígenas del Oriente (ORPIO)

Philippines Ms. Victoria

Tauli-Corpuz

U.N. Special

Rapporteur on the

Rights of Indigenous

Peoples

Tebtebba

South Africa Dr. Nigel

Crawhall

Chair, Specialist

Group on Religion

and Spirituality in

Environmental

Conservation and

Climate Justice

IUCN's Commission on Environmental,

Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)

Sweden Rev. Henrik

Grape

Coordinator World Council of Churches, Working Group

on Climate Change

Thailand Abbot Phra

Paisal

Vongvoravisit

Abbot

UK Mr. Fazlun

Khalid

Founder IFEES EcoIslam

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USA Dr. Kusumita

Pedersen

Vice Chair Parliament of the World’s Religions

USA Dr. Mary Evelyn

Tucker

Director Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale

USA Dr. William F.

Vendley

Secretary General Religions for Peace

USA Mr. Alexander

von Bismarck

CEO Environmental Investigation Agency

USA Mr. Dan

Kammen

Director of Renewable

and Appropriate

Energy Laboratory

(RAEL)

University of California, Berkeley

USA Mr. Peter C.

Goldmark, Jr.

See Affiliation Column Former Chairman & CEO, International

Herald Tribune; Former President,

Rockefeller Foundation

USA Ms. Frances

Seymour

Distinguished Senior

Fellow

World Resources Institute

USA Ms. Leslie

Parker

Founder Director REIL Network

USA Rev. Douglas

Satre

Director of Strategic

Partnerships

Plant With Purpose

USA Reverend

Fletcher Harper

Executive Director GreenFaith

USA (from

Indonesia)

Ms. Nana

Firman

Muslim Outreach

Director

Green Faith

Vatican City Ms. Gabriella

Marino

Principal Collaborator,

Editor, Webmaster

Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the

Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Vatican City S.E. Monsignor

Marcelo

Sanchez

Sorondo

Chancellor Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the

Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences