[a] Assene Nkou, J.M., National President of the Association of Cameroonian Foresters, Cameroon
[b] Blate, G.M. and J.C. Zweede, respectively, Coordinator for the Tropical Forest Foundation's (TFF) Forest Management Low-Impact Logging (FM-LIL) Programme and Director of Fundação Floresta Tropical, Brazil
[c] Bruenig, E.F., Associate Member, Oxford Forestry Institute, Oxford University, UK
[d] Cárdenas, M., Executive Director, Instituto Ecuatoriano Forestal y de Areas Naturales y Vida Silvestre, Ecuador
[e] Djombo, H., Minister of the Forest Economy, the Republic of the Congo
[f] Fimbel, R. and C. Fimbel, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
[g] Gaucher, P., Forestry Commissioner of the Natural Reserves of Nouragues and Trinité, French Guiana
[h] Gnomba, J., Minister of the Environment, Water, Forests, Game and Fisheries, the Central African Republic
[i] Kaimowitz, D., Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
[j] Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, Minister of Primary Industries, Malaysia
[k] Lorbach, J., Forestry Officer, Forest Products Division, Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
[l] Mabala, M., Secretary of State of the Ministry of Water, Forests and Reforestation, Republic of Gabon
[m] Mengin-Lecreulx, P., Regional Director of the National Forestry Bureau, French Guiana
[n] Nori Hamid, M., Economic Counsellor of the Sudan Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
[o] Rietbergen, S., Programme Officer Forest Conservation, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
[p] Taplah, A.J., Deputy Managing Director for Operations at the Forestry Development Authority (FDA),\z Monrovia, Liberia, and Lecturer at the Department of Wood Science, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Liberia
[q] Tweneboah, P., Principal Planning Officer, Ministry of Lands and Forestry, Ghana