Ewald Rametsteiner

Ewald Rametsteiner

Deputy Director, Forestry Division - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Impact of Policies and Global Initiatives on Innovation in the Forest Sector

Virtual Event

November 12, 2026 - 12:00 PM

Speaker Biography

Ewald Rametsteiner – Deputy Director, Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Ewald Rametsteiner is Deputy Director of the Forestry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Since joining FAO, he has served in several leadership roles, including Programme Coordinator of the Strategic Programme on Sustainable Agriculture and leader of the Forest Governance Team. Prior to FAO, Rametsteiner worked at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the European Forest Institute. He has also served as a member of secretariats of intergovernmental bodies and as a policy adviser on sustainability issues for a range of international organizations and governments. He holds a PhD in Forest Policy and Economics from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU).