Simone Lovera is the Executive Director of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)

Lovera was a co-founder of the Global Forest Coalition. Before GFC, Lovera worked for various international environmental organizations like Friends of the Earth International, Sobrevivencia in Paraguay, International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Lovera is a graduate in international environmental law and focused her Phd on carbon markets and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programs.

She has been involved in many independent monitoring reports on the implementation of international agreements like the Convention on Biodiversity and coordinates joint campaigns on carbon trade, market-based conservation mechanisms, and the impacts of agro-fuels. She lives and works in Paraguay.

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