Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez

Ede Ijjasz has more than 30 years of senior technical and management experience at the World Bank, academia, and consulting. His expertise is in the areas of finance, infrastructure, global environment, sustainable development, cities, water resources, climate change, agriculture, blue economy, resilience, fragility and conflict, resettlement, PPPs, and ESG.

Biranchi Kumar Choudhury

Biranchi Kumar Choudhury hold two Master degrees, one in Agriculture (Agronomy) and another in Sustainable Development (Climate Change). He is currently working in Cambodia and supporting the Ministry of Economy and Finance as Program Implementation Advisor to implement the Climate Resilient Rice Commercialization Sector Development Program (Rice-SDP) and the Ministry of Interior as International Project Coordination Specialist to implement Tonle Sap Small holder Development Project-Additional Financing (TSSD-AF).

Chungshen Yao

Mr. Chunsheng Yao is FAO GEF Portfolio Officer, managing and implementing GEF projects on biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and land restoration. He has over 10 years of work experience in the environment and development field, including international and national foundations, development agencies and NGOs. He used to work as Senior Program Manager of SEE Foundation to manage projects on biodiversity conservation and nature education.

UNDP/GEF Strengthening the Protected Area Network for Migratory Bird Conservation Along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) in China Project.

This presentation addressed the importance of strengthening the wetlands protected area network for migratory bird conservation along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) in People's Republic of China