Board of Directors

fernando potess L. Fernando Potess

President Director – Conservation Policy, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods

Expertise: Biodiversity Conservation, Policy and Sustainable Livelihoods // Integrated landscape ecology for biodiversity and socioeconomics // Strategic planning for integrated conservation and development // Forest sector program design, implementation and evaluation.

M. Elmo Drilling

Director II – Community Development and Agroforestry Systems

Expertise: Forestry, Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation for community-based forestry and natural resource management // Policy initiatives for forest stewardships and traditional forest areas // Proposals for socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation.

T.H.G. Mering Ngo

Director III – Cultural Development Affairs

Expertise: Conflict Resolution in Community Forest Lands // Community engagement // Customary laws analysis and advocacy// Environmental campaign projects associated with USAID, DFID, World Bank and FAO // Strategic alignment between community relations and business continuity.


Andrew Grieser Johns

Director IV – Environment and Biodiversity Conservation

Expertise: Linking environment and sustainable development // protected area conservation and management, and the integration of biodiversity conservation with social and economic development goals at policy and field level // project design, review and evaluation.

Patrick Durst

Director V – Forest Governance Institutions and People

Expertise: Forest Economics, Forestry Policy, Forestry Management and Governance // Regional Asia-Pacific Forestry Programs Development // International Cooperation in Forestry aspects.

board-of-directors Tonny Soehartono

Director VI – Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Offsets


Dai Peters

Director VII – Agro-enterprise Development, Vegetative Seed Systems, and Rural Development

Expertise: Agro-forestry enterprise development and supply chain management // Business development services // Postharvest utilization and processing // Natural resources management // Sustainable farming systems and commodity-based agricultural development // Vegetatively propagated seed system // Project design management, M&E.