Contributors xxv and was also in charge of the Species Conservation Division at the M inistry of the Environment. Lidio is responsible for the establishment of the Plants for the Future Initiative in Brazil. He also acted as negotiator during meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Pommelien Da Silva Cosme (Global Diversity Foundation) has a bachelor’s de- gree in Arabic and Islamic Studies, and a master’s degree in Business Commu- nications from K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
She is based in Marrakech (Morocco), where she has been working for the Global Diversity Foundation since 2017. In her role as Mediterranean Programme and Communications Coordinator, she contributes to the successful implementation of the High Atlas Cultural Land- scapes Programme through the delivery of creative and engaging communica- tions, and co-leads on grant management and donor relations. Peter Dawe (Royal Botanic Gardens) has been the Youth Community Greening Coordinator for the Royal Botanic Gardens for the last four years and has been de- livering environmental education to students and communities for the last 30 years.
This experience, combined with a Master of Environmental Management, Bach- elor of Education, and Diploma of Sustainability, provides him with the expertise, knowledge, and passion to deliver such an important message and programme. Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College London) is the Executive Director of the Partnership for Child Development (PCD), Imperial College London. PCD is recognized internationally for its focus on quality science and building the evidence base around effective, sustainable, and scalable school health and nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries.
Her work has influenced both UN strategy and government plans to establish schools as scalable and sustainable platforms for the delivery of simple health services to children and to the wider community. She was instrumental in developing the principles of good practice: Focusing Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH) launched at Education for All (EFA) 2000.
Kaia Engesveen (WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development) is a technical officer at the Unit for Nutrition Policy and Scientific Advice in the WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, where she supports the monitoring, development, and implementation of national nutri- tion policies, including the Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI). Kaia holds an MSc in public health nutrition from the University of Oslo, where her research focussed on a human rights-based role and capacity analysis for breast- feeding.
Before joining WHO, she worked at the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN), the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Republic of Maldives.