Simon Hall
Manager, Tropical Forests & Agriculture
National Wildlife Federation
About Simon Hall
Simon Hall is the Manager of the Tropical Forest and Agriculture Program at the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). He leads NWF’s portfolio of work on cattle and soy in Latin America. Simon serves as NWF’s liaison to the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) and the Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock (GTPS), and served on the Board of Directors for the GRSB in 2015 and 2016. With a background in natural resource economics, Simon provides strategic guidance in the application of economic decision making tools and market-based approaches to conservation. Since joining NWF in 2013, Simon has worked with the private sector, government, civil society, and academics to improve supply chain traceability and advance more sustainable agricultural production systems. Prior to joining NWF, Simon worked on land use change and agriculture expansion in frontier regions of the Brazilian Amazon as a researcher and consultant with Salisbury University and North Carolina State University.
About The National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is one of the oldest and largest wildlife conservation and education organizations in the United States. NWF has over six million members and supporters across 50 state and territorial affiliates. For the past thirty years, NWF has worked to protect wildlife habitat in key regions across the tropics. The goal of NWF’s International Division is to eliminate tropical deforestation and the loss of wildlife habitat resulting from the production of globally traded agricultural commodities. NWF works with other leading conservation organizations through coalitions and multi-stakeholder partnerships to advance support for deforestation-free agriculture production, financing and sourcing. For more information, please visit: http://international.nwf.org/