Pacific Forest Trust: Protecting Forests and Putting the Forest Back into Forestry

Laurie Wayburn

Brown Bag Lunch Online Presentation with Laurie Wayburn, President, Pacific Forest Trust

Monday, April 4, 2022 - 12:00pm

Brown Bag Lunch Online Presentation with Laurie Wayburn, President, Pacific Forest Trust: Since 1993, the Pacific Forest Trust has created economic incentives that reward private forest owners for conserving their forests whole and practicing sustainable forestry. We’ll discuss what this means and how it shapes regional and national forest conservation and climate policies. Learn about The van Eck forest and the services being provided in an effort to save wildlife and their habitats, create effective climate change solutions, conserve intact forested landscapes, and protect natural water sources.

Laurie Wayburn is co-founder and president of Pacific Forest Trust. Ms. Wayburn is an accomplished forest and conservation innovator who advises policymakers at the state, regional, national, and international levels. She pioneers new approaches to develop sustainable resource economies using her deep experience in the fields of conservation, ecosystem services, and sustainability. A preeminent authority on the climate and ecosystem benefits of forests, she leads efforts enacting climate change and other ecosystem service policies that unite conservation and sustainable management with market-based approaches. Recipient of the Kingsbury Browne Conservation, James Irvine Foundation, and EPA Climate Leadership awards, Ms. Wayburn is a frequent speaker, writer, and media commentator on effective incentives for conservation and sustainable resource management. Prior to co-founding Pacific Forest Trust with Constance Best in 1993, Ms. Wayburn worked internationally for 10 years in the United Nations Environment Program and Ecological Sciences Division of UNESCO. She later served as executive director of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory and was the founder and first coordinator of the Central California Coast Biosphere Reserve. Ms. Wayburn is a graduate of Harvard University and currently serves on the Land Trust Alliance Leadership Council.