See the Fellows Program Brochure here<\/a><\/h2>\nTo date, Forest Trends has engaged more than 30 leaders through this program. Fellows have gone on to join the Forest Trends Board of Directors, contribute as thought leaders on our initiative teams, join our staff, or become key implementation partners around the world. Still others accompany us on special field visits to the Amazon and Mekong, help us promote our work, or remain steady collaborators and co-authors on papers and reports. They are an extraordinary group of change makers and visionaries, including community leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, scientists, lawyers, and financiers.<\/p>\n
As we enter a new quarter of century of our work, Forest Trends seeks to expand our Fellows program to meet the climate challenges our world is facing, at the speed and scale at which we need to find solutions. Twenty years of experience has taught us that bringing together the most creative, entrepreneurial minds in the field is the way to make a powerful impact.<\/p>\n
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