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Chris Buss is listed as Director and Co-Founder at FFORA, a with 2 employees, based in Gland, Vaud, Switzerland. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Chris Buss.
Chris Buss previously worked as Director, IUCN Centre for Economy and Finance at Iucn and Director, Forest Conservation Programme at Iucn.
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Chris has nearly 30 years experience in leading and developing initiatives and programmes around the topics of Nature-based Solutions, regenerative agriculture and natural resource management, with a particular focus on people centered and rights based approaches with farmers organisations and Indigenous Peoples groups. With long and short term work in over 45 countries Chris has coupled this field experience with engagement in global, regional and policy fora, with a strong emphasis on mobilizing innovative finance that responds to local needs. In his previous role at IUCN he had overall responsibility for the IUCN Centre for Economy and Finance including the Economics, Climate Change and Multilateral Business Development (GEF / GCF) thematic teams (whilst directly leading he Agriculture and Enterprise & Investment teams) with a portfolio over U$500m in direct programme funding from a range of government and private sector investments Before that role he led the Forest and Climate Change & Gender and Rights Programmes in IUCN, co-led the Nature and Nature Based Solutions thematic areas for the UNFCCC COP26 High Level Champion, and was the co-lead of The Forests Dialogue.
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Director, Iucn Centre For Economy And Finance
Chris is Director of the IUCN Centre for Economy and Finance responsible for overall programme delivery of the Economics, Enterprise & Investment, Climate Change and Multilateral Business Development (GEF / GCF) thematic teams with a portfolio over U$500m in direct programme funding from a range of government and private sector investments. Delivering policy and programme transformation through a range of Nature-based Solutions, natural resource management, conservation, climate change, governance (local and global) and rural livelihood projects with global and field based organizations.
Oct 2021 - Sep 2023
Director, Forest Conservation Programme
Responsible for strategic direction and implementation of a U$50m+ project portfolio, including generating new knowledge on forest and land management, global policy, mobilising conservation finance, private sector engagement and scaling implementation of forest, land, Nature-based Solutions and climate action.Responsible for the programmes financial and operational management, and overall resource mobilization, financial resources, budgets, communications, and management of a team of 15+ staff (and leading the wider forest and land use IUCN team of over 40 staff), plus quality assurance of overall programme and project cycle processes.
Jun 2019 - Oct 2021
Senior Programme Officer, Forest Conservation Programme
Lead the project management and delivery of IUCNs forest programme of work, including leading a team of up to 10 people and project portfolio of over U$20m (public and private sector funds) built around locally controlled forests, and primary forests
Jan 2011 - Jun 2019
Nature-Based Solutions Adviser
Cop26 High Level Champions Team
For COP26 and onwards to COP27;Growing Climate Ambition Alliances for delivering Nature-based Solutions through facilitating engagement, collaborative arrangements, commitments and actions with non-state actors (private sector including farmers) building on existing globally and nationally relevant and driven initiatives. Providing leading technical and policy guidance to ensure Nature-based Solutions campaigns shift the needle in how nature is valued and used in climate change and land use strategies, and the threats to nature reduced.
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
Long Term Work Africa
Various roles in providing technical support to governments, NGOS, and local communities. Involved in all key aspects of programme and project management, and implementation of thematic areas ranging from national forest policy development, establishment of forest enterprises, local forest governance, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity strengthening programmes.
Jan 1998 - Jan 2009
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Chris Buss works for FFORA.
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Chris Buss is listed as Director and Co-Founder at FFORA.
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Chris Buss is based in Gland, Vaud, Switzerland while working with FFORA.
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Chris Buss has worked for Ffora, Iucn, Cop26 High Level Champions Team, and Various Companies.
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