Lucio Brotto is Co-Founder and Director of the Sustainable Investments Unit at ETIFOR, a spin-off company of the University of Padova, Italy. He is active in developing and auditing forest-based projects and has experience in Europe, Costa Rica, Honduras, Haiti, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, DR Congo, Uganda, Angola, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cambodia and Vietnam. Typically Lucio is involved with sustainable planning and management of forests according to voluntary certification standards such as the FSC and carbon standards.

Davide Pettenella is Professor of Forest Policy and Economics at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Padova, Italy. He has worked with numerous organizations including the World Bank, FAO, European Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ENCC in developing countries and economies in transition.