Contributors

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Janet Sumner

Janet Sumner has more than 30 years’ experience working as an environmental leader. She has been the Executive Director of Wildlands League since 2003. 

In 2017, Janet was appointed co-chair of the National Advisory Panel (NAP) with a mandate to provide recommendations on how to protect 17% of Canada’s terrestrial lands and inland waters by 2020; and, in 2019 Janet was appointed the Special Representative on Nature for Canada.

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Kaya Adleman

Kaya Adleman has been working at Wildlands League as Carbon Manager for over a year. During this time she has been collaborating with key stakeholders on forestry policy and management issues, specifically from a climate and nature based solutions perspective. Kaya has an honours degree in environment from McGill University. Her thesis looks at the prevalence of greenwashing in agricultural cooperatives.