Based in Washington, DC, Jeff Hayward leads Rainforest Alliance's global program active in carbon verification, best practices and standards for climate mitigation and adaptation, REDD+ capacity building and facilitation of carbon forestry and agroforestry projects.
Based in Washington, DC, Jeff Hayward leads a global program active in carbon verification, best practices and standards for climate mitigation and adaptation, REDD+ capacity building and facilitation of carbon forestry and agroforestry projects. He has 20 years experience working to advance sustainability in natural resource management, particularly through policy mechanisms that responsibly harness markets. For nearly six years, he managed the Rainforest Alliance's forest certification programs in the Asia-Pacific region from Jakarta, Indonesia. In forest certification and carbon verification, he has conducted more than 100 assessments or audits. Hayward has been lead trainer for introductory and advanced forest carbon auditing courses and is a registered Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) expert with the Verified Carbon Standard and a lead verifier with the Climate Action Reserve.
