ART was established and governed by an Interim Steering Committee (ISC) from 2018 until the ART Board was formally convened in 2019. ART greatly appreciates the following Interim Steering Committee members who devoted considerable time in their personal capacities to support and guide the development of the first version of TREES:

• Lorenzo Bernasconi (Rockefeller Foundation)
• Andreas Dahl-Jorgensen (Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative)
• Nat Keohane (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Dan Zarin (Climate and Land Use Alliance)

 

ART also appreciates the support of the following expert committee members who served in their personal capacity to provide advice to ART during the development of TREES 1.0 and the TREES Validation and Verification Standard.

TREES Standard Committee

• Prof. Dr. Martin Herold
• Donna Lee
• Valérie Merckx
• Paulo Moutinho
• Till Neeff
• Rama Chandra Reddy
• Marieke Sandker

TREES Verification Committee

• Edwin Aalders
• Juan Chang
• Lawson Henderson
• Shawn McMahon
• Marco van der Linden

TREES Safeguards Committee

• Daniela Rey Christen
• María Garcia Espinosa
• Ana Karla Perea
• Nicholas Meitaki Soikan
• Steve Swan

 

ART also appreciates the efforts of the following expert committee members who served in their personal capacity to evaluate potential new approaches for inclusion  in TREES 2.0.

ART Removals Committee

• Rohini Chaturvedi
• Till Neeff
• Sassan Saatchi
• David Shoch
• Mark Wishnie

ART HFLD Committee

• Pradeepa Bholanath
• Tom Evans
• Jason Funk
• Marieke Sandker