Structure of the Global Forest Coalition
The main decision-making body of the Global Forest Coalition is the Coordination Group, which consists of seven regional focal points, two Indigenous Peoples' focal points and the Chairperson.
The coordination group reports to the Board of the Foundation Global Forest Coalition, which was established in 2005 as the legal host organization of the coalition. The Board of the Foundation Global Forest Coalition has decided that it will adopt the decisions of the coordination group as binding advice.
The International Secretariat is based in Amsterdam. A Southern office has been established in Asunción, Paraguay.
GFC Board
Fiu Mata'ese Elisara-La'ulu - chair person
Ole Siosiomaga Society Inc., (OLSSI), Samoa
fiu.elisara@lesamoa.net or ngo_siosiomaga@samoa.ws
Mary Louise Malig
La Via Campesina, Philippines
marylouisemalig@gmail.com
Estebancio Castro Diaz
International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal People of Tropical Forests, Panama
castroestebancio@gmail.com
Executive director
Simone Lovera, Paraguay
simone.lovera@globalforestcoalition.org
Currently, the following groups are acting as regional or Indigenous Peoples' focal points of the Global Forest Coalition:
Focal point Spanish-speaking IPOs
Marcial Arias, Fundación para la Promoción del Conocimiento Indigena, Panama
mariasg@cwpanama.net
Focal point English-speaking IPOs
Hubertus Samangun, ICTI Tanimbar, Indonesia, coordinator Nusanfara Region International Alliance of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples of the Tropical Forests
hsamangun@yahoo.com
Focal point South and East Asia
Swati Shresth, Centre for Grassroots Development, India
swatishresth@yahoo.com
Focal point Latin America and the Caribbean
Censat Agua Viva, Amigos de la Tierra, Colombia
Danilo Urrea: agua@censat.org
Tatiana Roa Avendaño: totuma07@yahoo.com
Visit: www.censat.org
Focal point Oceania
Sandy Gauntlett, Pacific Indigenous Peoples Environment Coalition, Aotearoa/New Zealand
sandyoceania@yahoo.com
Focal point Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia
Anna Laletina and Andrey Laletin
Friends of the Siberian Forests, Russia
sifforest@akadem.ru or laletin3@yahoo.com
Visit: www.sibforest.org
NGO focal point Africa
Wally Menne, Timberwatch, P.O. Box30577, Mayville 4058, South Africa.
Visit: www.timberwatch.org
wally_m@iafrica.com
Focal Point for African Indigenous Peoples' Organizations
Sada Albachir and Jennifer Koinante, IPACC, South Africa
Visit: www.ipacc.org.za
sadaalbachir@yahoo.fr / koinante6@yahoo.com
Focal point North America
Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project, Hinesburg,
VT 05461, Box 412, USA
Visit: www.globaljusticeecology.org
anne.petermann@globalforestcoalition.org
Focal point Europe
Almuth Ernsting, Deepak Rughani, Biofuelwatch
10 Talisman Drive, Aberdeen AB10 7EX UK
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk
info@biofuelwatch.org.uk
Campaign Coordinator for the GE tree, REDD and agrofuels campaign
Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project, USA
Visit: www.globaljusticeecology.org
anne.petermann@globalforestcoalition.org
Southern GE tree, REDD and agrofuels campaigner
Camila Moreno, FoEI Brazil
cc_moreno@yahoo.com
Research, writing, editing, project management
Ronnie Hall, United Kingdom
ronnihall@googlemail.com
Media coordinator
Janneke Romijn
Tel 06 444 23 101
janneke.romijn@globalforestcoalition.org
Communications manager
Yolanda Sikking, Netherlands
yolanda.sikking@globalforestcoalition.org
Financial Administrator
Ioanet Araceli, Netherlands
ioantv@hotmail.com
Translator/campaign assistant
Juan Carlos Araujo, Paraguay
texeceranch@hotmail.com
Coordinator underlying causes micro-grants facility
Andrei Laletin, Friends of the Siberian Forests, Russia
sifforest@akadem.ru or laletin3@yahoo.com
Address International Secretariat
2e Schinkelstraat 134
1075 TT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: 31-6 239 132 17
Postbank Amsterdam account no: 910323.
