Biografía
Spike Millington has been Vice President and Director of Asia Programs for the International Crane Foundation. Prior to that he was Chief Executive of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) since May 2012. EAAFP brings together 34 National Government agencies, inter-governmental organizations and international NGOs and companies to protect migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the Flyway. He spent 2011 in Washington helping USAID develop its global biodiversity strategy. From 2001-2003, he worked at the Asian Development Bank to develop the China-GEF Partnership to Combat Land Degradation in Dryland Areas, GEF’s first long-term programme in land degradation. From 2006-2010 he was UNDP Chief Technical Advisor for the EU-China Biodiversity Programme, based in the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Beijing, where he was responsible for policy and institutional strengthening, as well as technical support to field projects and awareness raising activities. From 1985-1998 he lived in Africa working on natural resources and biodiversity conservation programmes, including protecting endangered Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, coordinating the environmental policy and institutional component of Madagascar’s pioneer Environmental Action Plan and advising the Ethiopian government on its National Conservation Strategy. Spike holds a B.Sc (Honours) in Biology from the University of Leeds (UK) and an MS in Ecology & Evolution from the University of Michigan (USA).