The Equator Initiative team would like to sincerely thank all the following independent experts for their generous and insightful support, wisdom and guidance in reviewing 310 nominations and preparing the short-list for the Equator Prize 2008.

Sarah Timpson
Special Adviser            
United Nations Development Programme           
United States

Erika Aguirre           
Consultant           
Conservation Planning for local NGOs and academic sector
Mexico

Janice Astbury           
Senior Program Officer           
The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation           
Canada

Maria Berlekom           
Programme Coordinator           
Swedish International Biodiversity Programme (SwedBio)           
Swedish Biodiversity Centre
Sweden

Nicholas Bertrand           
Programme Officer, Secretariat Convention on Biological Diversity
Focal Point Private Sector
United Nations Environment Programme
Canada

Jill Blockhus
Senior Policy Advisor                       
The Nature Conservancy           
United States

Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend                       
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic & Social Policy and
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Switzerland

Donato Bumacas           
Chief Executive Officer            
Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Communities and Youth Development, Inc. (KAMICYDI)           
Philippines

Felipe Carazo
Conservation Strategies and Science Manager
The Nature Conservancy
Central America

Gladman Chibememe           
Chibememe Earth Healing Association (CHIEA)
Zimbabwe

Sara Davidson
Program Coordinator
Marine & Freshwater Policy & Partnerships
The Nature Conservancy
United States

Kate Dodson
Deputy Director for Sustainable Development
UN Foundation
United States

Janet Edmond                       
Director
Population Environment Program
Conservation International           
United States

Steve Edwards           
Technical Adviser                        
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
United States

Annelie Fincke
Junior Professional Associate
Social Policy Unit
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Switzerland

Paolo Galizzi
Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director,
Sustainable Development Legal Initiative (SDLI)
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice                       
Fordham Law School           
United States

Luis Gomez-Echeverri            
International Advisor on Climate Change
Independent           
United States

Michael Hooper
Richard S. Goldsmith Fellow in International Conflict and Negotiation           
Stanford University           
United States

David Huberman
Economics and Environment
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Switzerland

Jane Carter Ingram           
Assistant Director
TransLinks, Wildlife Conservation Society           
United States

Maria Ivanova           
Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary
Director, Global Environmental Governance Project, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
United States

Sujeewa Jashinghe           
Project Director           
Center for Eco-Cultural Studies           
Sri Lanka

Jose Juárez Varela
Director of Strategic Initiatives           
Union de la Selva
Mexico

K.A.J. Kahandawa           
Programme Director
Operation Day's Work Sri Lanka           
Sri Lanka

Pratima Kale
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
United States

Thierno Kane
Civil Society Organizations Division, Partnership Bureau
United Nations Development Programme
United States

William Kennedy           
Senior Programme Officer for the Environment           
United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
United States

Agnes Kiss
Lead Ecologist and Regional Safeguards Coordinator Europe and Central Asia           
World Bank
United States

Pamela Kraft           
Executive Director           
Tribal Link Foundation, Inc.           
United States

David Kuria                       
Kijabe Environment Volunteers - KENVO
Kenya

Radhika Lal
Policy Advisor
Bureau of Development Policy
United Nations Development Programme
United States

Jonathan Labozzetta           
Program Coordinator           
Toledo Institute for Development and Environment – Belize
Belize

Gerry LaRue
Strategic Alliances Development
Voyava
United States

Frederick Lyons
Britain

Roan McNab           
Guatemala Program Director
Wildlife Conservation Society
Guatemala

Jeffrey A. McNeely           
Chief Scientist           
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Switzerland

John Mutter           
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University           
United States

Joseph Mutua                       
Director and Team Leader – Natural Resource Management           
Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT)           
Kenya

Esther  Mwaura           
Executive Director           
GROOTS Kenya           
Kenya

Jose Pascowitch           
Executive Director           
VIsão Sustentável Consultancy
Brazil

Alejandra Pero           
Independent consultant on civil society and indigenous peoples' issues
Italy

Leo Peskett                       
Poverty-Environment Partnership           
United Kingdom

Ishwar Poojar                       
Center for Environment Education India           
India

Bibhu Prasad Mohanty            
Director-Operation           
Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency           
India

R. Rengalakshmi           
Principal Scientist           
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation           
India

Claire Rhodes           
Program Co-ordinator, Community Knowledge Service
Ecoagriculture Partners 
United Kingdom

Bharati Sadasivam
Policy Advisor
Civil Society Organizations Division
Partnerships Bureau
United Nations Development Programme
United States

John Scott           
Programme Officer for Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices
Focal point for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities                       
Convention on Biological Diversity           
Canada

Sean Southey                       
Vice President
Rare Conservation
United States

Jenny Springer           
Director, Livelihoods and Governance           
World Wildlife Fund
United States

Penny Stock                       
International Coral Reef Action Network           
United Kingdom

Suneetha M Subramanian
United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies
Japan

Joseph Tanui                       
African Highlands Initiative
World Agroforestry Centre
Kampala
Uganda

Carmen Tavera                       
Acting Deputy Director, Division of GEF Coordination
United Nations Environment Programme
Nairobi

Gelila Terrefe
Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team
United Nations
United States

Ghislain Thierry
Cocoa Trader                       
United States

David Velasco Samperio           
Representative
La Selva Internacional           
Mexico

Erika Vohman           
Executive Director           
The Equilibrium Fund           
United States

Jake Werksman
Program Director of Institutions and Governance Program           
World Resources Institute           
United States

Lara Yacob                       
University of Waterloo
Canada

Michael Zwirn                       
Director of U.S. Operations
Wildlife Alliance           
United States