Thomas Fatheuer is a social scientist and lived in Brazil from 1992 to 2010, most recently as head of the Heinrich Boll Foundation's office in Rio de Janeiro. Prior to that he worked on forest conservation projects in the Amazon region for the German Development Service (DED) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). Currently, he is living and working as an author and consultant in Berlin. He is the author of numerous publications on the Brazilian development model, the conservation of tropical forests and the concept of Buen Vivir. Lili Fuhr is a graduate geographer and, since 2008, heads the international Ecology and Sustainable Development Department at the Heinrich Boll Foundation with a special focus on international climate and resource politics. She blogs regularly at www.klima-der-gerechtigkeit.de. Barbara Unmussig is a political scientist and, since 2002, Co-President of the Heinrich Boll Foundation. She has acted since 2009 as deputy member of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR). Her work focuses on issues such as the social aspects of globalisation, human and women's rights and international climate, resource and agricultural policy. Among other roles, she is chair of the jury for the Anne Klein Women's Award, which has been presented annually since 2012 by the Heinrich Boll Foundation. Barbara Unmussig has published numerous articles for books and journals.