Panel speakers for the session on science and traditional knowledge (L-R): Natalia Alekseeva, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UNEP; Ken Bopreang, Director of Biodiversity Department, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; Wadima Al Ahbabi, Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, UAE; Andrew Seguya, Executive Secretary, Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration; Taruhim Quadros, Trinational Alliance for Atlantic Forest Restoration; Adeshola Olatunde Adepoju, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria; Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK); and Hans Dencker Thulstrup, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)