Jean-Pierre Kiekens, Conference Chair, presided over the awards ceremony


John M. Hagan, PhD, Director, Forest Conservation Program at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, President of the Jury of the 2006 ForestLeadership Awards


Paul Orser, Director, UPM Forestry and Wood Sourcing, made an acceptance speech on behalf of the three winning organizations, UPM, WWF and DNV, for winning the 2006 ForestLeadership Partnership Award


From left to right: Jean-Pierre Kiekens, Conference Chair; Paul Orser, UPM, Patrick Hardy, Manager, Climate Change Services, Eastern and Central Canada, DNV and Tony Iacobelli, Director of Forests and Fresh Water, WWF-Canada (acting on behalf of WWF-International) accepted the 2006 ForestLeadership Partnership Award.


William Banzhaf, President of the Sustainable Forestry Board, commented on the winner fo the 2006 Leadership Award


Larry Selzer, President and CEO of The Conservation Fund, and recipient of the 2006 Leadership Award


Jean-Pierre Kiekens, William Banzhaf and Larry Selzer


Larry Wiseman, President of the American Forest Foundation, commented on the winner of ForestLeadership's 2006 Communication Award


Musician and Tree Farmer Chuck Leavell, winner of ForestLeadership's 2006 Communication Award made an acceptance speech via video recording


Larry Wiseman accepted the award on behalf of Chuck Leavell


Presentation of the 2006 ForestLeadership Conference Team, with from left to right, Robin Clark, Tamara Extian-Babiuk, Daphne Ferguson, Stephanie Nadeau and Jean-Pierre Kiekens


After dinner speaker, Monte Hummel, President-Emeritus of WWF-Canada


His presentation focused on the Conservation First Principle