All Speakers

Letícia GUIMARãES

Head of Biodiversity

Vale SA

Leticia Guimarães has 20 years of experience working with biodiversity and business, in the last 15 years she had working in the mining sector managing and mitigating biodiversity risk and impacts.…

Lewis Cocks COCKS

Aquarium Curator

The National Aquarium

Working with aquatics since the age of 15, i have steadily been involved with aquariums, conservation and fieldwork for 20 years and have spent the last 13 years in the GCC. Currently the Curator of…

LIA LOPEZ

Fellowship and Learning Manager

Conservation International

Lia López is an Environmental Engineer from Capulálpam de Méndez, Oaxaca, Mexico. She is dedicated to the conservation of natural resources and the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples. As the…

Liam DALL

Executive Director, US

African Parks

Liam T. Dall is the Executive Director of African Parks Foundation of America, responsible for all US based operations and activities in support of the advancement of safeguarding African protected…

Liam FLOCKHART FORD

Humboldt Project Scientist

Families In Nature

Liam Flockhart Ford actively brings both scientific knowledge and a passion for conservation and sustainability to his work. He is the Program Coordinator of Blue Carbon Plus (BC+), a first-of-its-…

Lianchawii CHHAKCHHUAK

Technical Advisor - GEF

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Liang Jim LIM

Senior Director, International Biodiversity

National Parks Board

Liang LI

Vice Dean

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Libby SANDBROOK

FFI

Liette VASSEUR

Professor/ UNESCO Chair

IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

Deputy Chair - Commission on Ecosystem Management. Dr. Vasseur is a full professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Brock University. She is a member of the Environmental…

Liezl STUART DEL ROSARIO

Policy Manager

World Wide Fund for Nature - Philippines

Lili Shafdila NURSIN

Research and Grant Manager

PROGRES (Sulawesi Regional Ecological Conservation Initiative)

I am a native of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. I was born in Balantak, on June 10, 1998. One of the districts in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi. I pursued my undergraduate education in Biology…

Lilian Marlene APAZA VARGAS

Gerente Áreas Protegidas

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Bióloga boliviana, con Maestría en Gestión y Auditorías Ambientales, especializada en Espacios Protegidos. Postgrado en “Liderazgo, cambio climático y ciudades”. Becaria de: FLACSO Ecuador, Brandeis…

Lilian PINTEA

Vice President Conservation Science

The Jane Goodall Institute Global

Dr. Lilian Pintea brings thirty years of experience in using geospatial technologies to the job of conserving chimpanzees, other wildlife, and their vanishing habitats. As Vice President of…

Liliana JAUREGUI

Director

IUCN NL

As Director of IUCN NL (the Dutch Committee of IUCN), I bring more than 30 years of experience working at the intersection of environmental justice and human rights. Based in Amsterdam, the…

Liliana NÚÑEZ VELIS

Presidenta

Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre

Liliana Núñez Velis Born in Havana, she graduated in History. Currently, she is the president of the Antonio Núñez Jiménez Foundation (FANJ), which is based in Havana and has several…

LILLIAN YVONNE RAMIREZ MATIAS

Directora Ejecutiva

Fundación para la Conservación de los Recursos Naturales y Ambiente en Guatemala

LILLIAN YVONNE RAMÍREZ MATÍASEmail: yramirez@fcg.org.gtUniversity San Carlos de Guatemala. Industrial Engineering StudiesLatin American Faculty of Social Sciences -FLACSO-. Post-Graduate…

Lina OSMAN

Head, Sustainable Finance - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan

Standard Chartered Bank

Lina is the Regional Head of Sustainable Finance, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan at Standard Chartered Bank. She has over 19 years of banking experience across Sustainable Finance, Corporate…

Lina SARKIS

Development Coordinator

Al Shouf Cedar Society

Lina Sarkis carries over 15 years of experience in the fields of conservation, rural development, and NGO management. She has a proven track record in leading initiatives for biodiversity…

Linda BEDOYA TIUL

Student

Asociación Ak'Tenamit

Linda Kerly Nohelia Bedoya Tiul is a young student at the educational center operated by the Ak'Tenamit Association, a grassroots Indigenous organization in Guatemala and a member of the IUCN.Linda…

Linda KRUEGER

Director, Biodiversity & Infrastructure Policy

The Nature Conservancy

Linda Krueger is Director of Biodiversity & Infrastructure Policy at The Nature Conservancy, where she is responsible for promoting policies related to implementation of global biodiversity…

Linda SHEEHAN

Executive Director

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Linda Sheehan is Executive Director of Environment Now, a California-based foundation that supports action on waterways, forests, climate change, and rights of nature. Previously, she was Senior…

Lisa Aylett

World Heritage Outlook Coordinator

IUCN

Lisa Aylett has a BSc in Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management from the University of Edinburgh and a MSc in Conservation Science from Imperial College London. Having grown up in…

Lissette VICTORERO

Science Advisor

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

Lite NARTEY

Affiliate Professor of Strategy

INSEAD

Lite Nartey is an Affiliate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD (Fontainebleau campus), in France. Leveraging her professional background in international development, her academic research seeks to…

Liubov TIMOFEEVA

Nature-based Solutions Project Officer

IUCN Secretariat

Liubov Timofeeva serves as a Nature-based Solutions Project Officer at the Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, which she joined in 2023. Her primary focus is on NbS projects for…

Liv LIBERMAN

Program Manager

Revive & Restore

Liv is a marine biologist, conservation program manager, and science communicator. As Program Manager at Revive & Restore, Liv develops and oversees applied genetic rescue projects around the…

Liz CHAMBERLIN

Director of Innovation

Point Blue Conservation Science

Dr. Liz Chamberlin is Director of Innovation at Point Blue Conservation Science, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to wildlife conservation and nature-based solutions. She leads Point Blue’s…