All Speakers
Chantal VAN HAM
Landscape Partnerships Lead - Europe
Commonland
Chantal van Ham works at Commonland to bring people together to restore landscapes and regenerate the Earth: our common land. With Commonland's holistic approach to landscape restoration - the 4…
Chanthasone PHOMMACHANH
Lao Programs Director
Saola Foundation
I am a biodiversity survey specialist and Lao national with extensive experience in leading field-based biological monitoring teams in the forests of the Annamite range. I am the Laos…
Charles DOUMENGE
Researcher
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Trained in botany and tropical forest ecology at the University of Montpellier (France), I have been a researcher at CIRAD since 1999. I began my career in 1983 as manager of the Ipassa-Makokou…
Charles Karangwa
Global Head Nature-based Solutions
IUCN Secretariat
Charles Karangwa is the Global Head of Nature-based Solutions Centre at IUCN. He was recently appointed to advise Her Excellency Razan Mubarak, IUCN President and COP28-COP 29 High Level Climate…
Charles KNAPP
Vice President
John G. Shedd Aquarium
I am a conservation science practitioner working for the past 30 years to save endangered species. I work at the nexus of the zoological, academic, governmental, and traditional conservation spaces…
CHARLES OLUCHINA
Regional Programme Coordinator
IUCN Secretariat
Mr. Charles Oluchina is a natural resource management, sustainable development, corporate management, community empowerment and business development specialist with over 23 years of professional…
Charlie TOKELEY
Communication Officer
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
I hold an MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and since 2013 have conducted research and project implementation for conservation and rights initiatives in the LAC region. These…
Charlotte KARIBUHOYE SAID
CEO & Founder, Interface pour la Nature
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Charlotte is CEO and Founder of Interface pour la Nature, an advisory and consulting company for environmental sustainability. She worked previously as Head of strategic alliances and West Africa…
Charlotte SMITH
Conservation Education Director
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Charlotte has extensive experience in conservation and nature based education, behaviour change and community engagement. As Director of Conservation Education she is responsible for the Chester Zoo'…
Charlotte STRECK
Founder and Managing Partner
Climate Focus
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Streck is founder, co-owner and President of Climate Focus and a former Senior Counsel with The World Bank in Washington, DC. Charlotte serves as an advisor to numerous…
Cheikh MOHAMEDOU
Ecologist
IUCN Secretariat
Senior Ecologist with over 10 years of experience in ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. Brings a systems perspective that links biodiversity outcomes with…
Chelsea HUNTER
Assistant Professor
University of North Texas
Chelsea Hunter (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Texas and an environmental anthropologist. Her research interests largely center around…
Chen CHENG
SHAN SHUI Conservation Center
Dr. Cheng ChenProgram Director, Nature Watch Program, Shan Shui Conservation CenterPhD on ecology in Chinese Academy of ChinaPost Doc in Life Science School, Peking UniversityDr. Cheng Chen is…
Cheryl CHARLES
President and CEO Emeritus
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
#NatureForAll Co-Chair
Cheryl Charles is an innovator, entrepreneur, educator, author and organizational executive. Throughout her career, Cheryl has focused on the well-being of children, families…
Cheryl MARGOLUIS
Executive Director of CARE-WWF Alliance
WWF
Cheryl Margoluis is the Executive Director of the CARE-WWF Alliance, a unique partnership between two global leaders in development and conservation. She leads efforts to design and scale integrated…
Chetan KUMAR
Global Head
IUCN Secretariat
Chetan brings in a strong track record of conducting and managing interdisciplinary research programs on environment and development issues. His work has mainly focussed on better understanding and…
Chloe HANS-BARRIENTOS
Senior Director
Conservation International
Chloe Hans-Barrientos is Senior Director at Conservation International and Project Director for the GEF-7 Inclusive Conservation Initiative (ICI). She leads a global partnership with Indigenous…
Chloé ORLAND
Action Against Hunger
Dr. Chloé Orland is an ecologist specializing in the impacts of climate and environmental change on biodiversity and vulnerable populations. She is currently the Ecology Advisor at Action Against…
Chongjun ZHONG
Chongjun ZHONG
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Chouly OU
Rewild/SHOAL
Dr. Chouly Ou serves as the Freshwater Fish Conservation Coordinator at Re:wild. In partnership with SHOAL, she drives efforts to promote a high-impact freshwater fish conservation program in support…
Chris Dorsett
Ocean Conservancy
Chris GALLIERS
President International Ranger Federation
International Ranger Federation
Chris has close on 20 years of conservation experience. Chris is a member of the Game Rangers Association of Africa, an organisation he chaired for 6 years. He was also elected as the Africa…
Chris GORELL BARNES
Founding Partner
Ocean 14 Capital
Chris Gorell Barnes is a social entrepreneur focused on solving one of the world’s greatest threats the crisis in the oceans. He is Founding partner of Ocean 14 capital a €200M leading impact…
Chris MAHON
Chief Executive IUCN National Committee UK
United Kingdom National Committee of IUCN Members
I have degrees in Environmental Science (BSc. (Hons.)) and Environmental Assessment (MSc). For thirteen years I led the Cheshire Wildlife Trust as its Director and latterly, its Chief Executive, as…
Chris SANDBROOK
Professor of Conservation and Society
University of Cambridge
I am a conservation social scientist with a range of research interests around the central theme of biodiversity conservation and its relationship with society. My current research investigates (i)…
Christel DELMAS
Director Environmental Services
CLS
Working togehter with engineers, scientists, institutions to think, create and deploy space based solutions to monitor, understand, protect and sustainably manage our planet resources
Christelle SALAME
Christi LINARDICH
Senior Researcher/Manager
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Senior Researcher/Manager, IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unit, Marine Fishes Red List Authority