Jean François Timmers

Jean-François Timmers is WWF Global Soy Leader. Biologist with specialization in Economics and MSc in Ecology, Conservation and Sustainable Development, he led conservation, development, advocacy and research projects and programs in Brazil since 1992. Among these, he coordinated the “Man and the Biosphere – MAB” Program of UNESCO in Brazil and advocated for the international recognition of the importance of the Cerrado and other Brazilian ecosystems. He also coordinated the creation of new Federal protected areas in the Atlantic Forest, leading to the protection of more than 315 thousand hectares of highly threatened last remnants of original forests. He joined WWF-Brazil in 2012 to set up its Public Policies program, dealing with a wide range of policy, legislative and conservation issues in Brazil, among which the negotiations and implementation of the Soy Moratorium in the Amazon. In 2015, he joined WWF International as Global Soy Lead, coordinating WWF network´s actions aiming at responsible soy supply chains worldwide. From June 2016 to March 2017, Jean-François also led the initial structuring of WWF's new Global Food Practice, debating and framing the future scope of WWF's global actions on food.