DrDanae Maniatis Forests, nature and carbon markets
Facilitation

Facilitation and speaking

I convene and facilitate round tables, working groups and panels on forests, nature and carbon markets, in rooms where governments, companies, scientists and civil society do not start from the same place.

I have been in these rooms as a scientist, as UN staff, as a country delegate and as an independent adviser. I have also worked in the field, so I know the subject in practice and not only in theory. That helps me tell a technical disagreement from a political one, and write up a discussion in a way each side recognises.

A room that reaches something usable: everyone heard, the disagreements named, and a summary people can act on.

I facilitate and speak in English, French, Italian and Dutch.

Tell me about your event

For

  • Secretariats and coalitions
  • Funders and foundations
  • Companies and industry groups running multi-stakeholder discussions

Formats

  • Round tables and working groups
  • Panels, as moderator or speaker
  • Validation workshops with government and civil society
  • Opening remarks and keynotes
In practice

Rooms I have facilitated, moderated and spoken in

  1. 2026
    Round table on carbon credit durability, Climate Week NYC
    I gave the opening remarks, led one of the discussion tables and reported back to the full room
  2. 2026
    Bridging the Nature-Tech Divide, London Climate Action Week
    Panel at the Nature Hub, June 2026
  3. 2024
    Greening technologies: unlocking opportunities in combating desertification in arid countries, UNCCD COP16, Riyadh
    Panellist, 5 December 2024
  4. 2021
    Speaker, COIMA Real Estate Forum, tenth edition, October 2021
  5. 2021
    Moderator, Orto Botanico di Brera, Milan, 4 September 2021
  6. 2020
    Seminar with Kimberly Todd, University of Oxford. Recording on the Oxford Nature Network channel
  7. 2019
    Speaker in the plenary, Global Landscapes Forum, Kyoto, 13 May 2019. Recording
  8. 2018
    High-level panel on forests in NDCs, 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, Yogyakarta
    Panellist, 23 April 2018
  9. 2012
    National consensus on the drivers of deforestation, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    For FAO, I oversaw the study with technical partners and civil society through to national validation
  10. 2009 to 2011
    UNFCCC REDD+ negotiations
    Country delegate in Copenhagen and Cancún, and FAO delegate in Durban