Programme 29.04.2024

29 April 2024 at 14:00 - 15:30 CET
Online 

Programme
14:00

Opening Words
Robert Mavsar, Director, European Forest Institute (EFI)

14:05

How to link finance to forest biodiversity - what can science tell us?
Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Professor, Wageningen University and Research

14:25

Panel Discussion: Private finance and biodiversity protection – conflicting or complementing courses of action?  
 Moderator: Diana Tuomasjukka, Head of Bioeconomy Programme, EFI

  • Cornelia Frentz, Director Governance and Sustainable Investing, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)

  • Esa-Jussi Viitala, Senior Scientist in Bioeconomy Policies and Markets Research Group at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
  • Wendelin von Gravenreuth, Head of Illiquid Assets Forestry, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Germany 

  • Fanny-Pomme Langue, Secretary General CEPF, Brussels 

Q&A

15:25

Closing remarks
Helga Pülzl, Assistant Director for Policy Support, EFI