In his current role, Yuki Nakamura leads sustainability strategies for domestic and overseas forest management and timber procurement at one of Japan’s largest forest owners and wood consumers and a major global pulp and paper company. Through the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), he develops natural capital accounting approaches to quantify and value forest ecosystem services and natural capital attributes, including carbon storage and biodiversity, and translate them into business value.

He began his career through social forestry projects in Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Thailand, before joining the Japan Forest Technology Association, supporting Japan’s Forestry Agency, local governments, and JICA. He later worked as Sustainability Compliance Reviewer at Ingka/IKEA and served as Country Manager, Japan at Preferred by Nature.

He holds an MSc in Forest Ecology and Management from the University of Freiburg and a BSc in Environmental Studies, Policy Option, from SUNY-ESF. He has also served as Lead Author of the Country-Specific Guidelines and as a Committee Member of the Expert Working Group for the Timber Due Diligence Guidelines under Japan’s Clean Wood Act.