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Ana PEREZ DE VARGAS DE MESA

EKTHAR

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Rong CHEN

Deputy Director

Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau

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Jennifer SAWADA

Senior Manager

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Jen Sawada provides strategic guidance and project management support for the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project. In that capacity, she focuses on campaigns that work to promote a conservation...

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Atsuhiro YOSHINAKA

Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Curriculum VitaeName: YOSHINAKA AtsuhiroTitle: ProfessorChairperson, Department of Environmental SciencesRakuno Gakuen UniversityDate of Birth: 1 June 1962Nationality: JapaneseE-mail: a-yoshinaka@...

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Fedes VAN RIJN

Policy & Impact lead

Commonland

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Khaled FAHMY

Executive Director

Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)

A distinguished environmental economist and policy expert with over 40 years of experience in sustainable environmental management, climate action, and institutional development, H.E. Dr Fahmy’s...

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Wendy ELIOTT

Senior Director Wildlife, Biodiversity Practice

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Wendy Elliott is the Senior Director, Wildlife at WWF-International, working primarily on strategic design and innovation across WWF’s global wildlife conservation portfolio. Wendy has worked at the...

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Samwel SHABA

CEO

Honeyguide

Sam Shaba is the CEO of Honeyguide Foundation since 2024, where he has risen through the organization since joining in 2014. He leads a team of over 50 professionals, proving that community-led...

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Craig HILTON-TAYLOR

Head, Red List Unit

IUCN

I have been head of the IUCN Red List Unit for the past 26 years, the unit is responsible for overseeing the production and maintenance of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. My responsibilities...

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Martin Vaillancourt

Directeur général

RNCREQ

Director General of the RNCREQ, a network of 230 sustainable development specialists working across Québec. Mr. Vaillancourt is interested in the sustainable development of territories, both from the...

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Susana CÁRDENAS

Directora

Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

Susana Cardenas is an ecologist and natural resource economist currently working as full-time professor, researcher and Director of the Institute of Applied Ecology at Universidad San Francisco de...

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Anne-Sophie LAPOINTE

International Affairs Advisor

Gouvernement du Québec

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Antoine CLéMENT

Analyste forêt

Nature Québec

Antoine Clément is a Forest Policy Analyst at Nature Québec. With a background in public and international affairs, he has studied and worked at the intersection of environmental issues and policy....

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SEONGHWAN JO

Head of Visitor Service Division

Korea National Park Service

Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Chungbuk National University in Cheong-ju City, South KoreaServing at the Korea National Park Service since 2014Research AchievmentStudy on the...

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Ousama EL GHAZZI

Strategy&, part of the PwC network

Partner at Strategy& with 15 years of strategy consulting experience focused on environment and conservation of natural resources, with deep expertise in land degradation, desertification, land...

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dong WANG

Director-General

Turenscape

Dong Wang, National Registered Urban Planner & Senior Landscape ArchitectDirector-General, Eco-city Design Center | TURENSCAPE. Deputy Director, NbS innovation center, CALA, Peking...

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Prachi JADHAV

Regional Manager

WWF

Prachi Jadhav is the Regional Programme Manager with WWF, leading Mekong in BALANCE (MiB), a Sida-funded initiative that aims to deliver inclusive and equitable biodiversity governance across...

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JOSEPH PIERRE CLAUDE GASCON

DIRECTOR

Global Environment Facility

Dr. Claude Gascon is Director of Strategy and Operations at the Global Environment Facility (GEF). In this capacity Dr. Gascon leads the development of strategic planning, programming,...

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Luc Roscelin TéDONZONG DONGMO

Conservation Scientist - Africa

IUCN

Luc holds a PhD in Biology (Terrestrial Ecology), with a specialization in Wildlife Habitat Management. His doctoral training took place at Ghent University (Terrestrial Ecology Unit) and at the...

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Helene WILLEM

Mubadarat IUCN CSO Programme Officer

IUCN Mediterranean Centre for Cooperation

Hélène Willem is a programme officer at the IUCN Mediterranean Centre for Cooperation, where she coordinates initiatives supporting civil society organisations in North Africa and across the...

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Prajna PANDA

Programme Manager

IUCN SSC AsESG

Prajna Paramita Panda is a conservation professional currently serving as the Program Manager for the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG). Working earlier for...

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Khaled MARAFI

Expert ecosystems management - Candidate IUCN Regional Council West Asia

Councillor Elected From The Region WEST Asia

With over 27 years of experience in environmental management, dryland restoration, and sustainable development, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise, regional knowledge, and leadership. My...

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Hana MATSUZAKI

Hana Matsuzaki has joined IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team after seven years' experience as an officer in the nature conservation sector at the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. Among her...

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Vivek MENON

IUCN Councilor and Executive Director

Wildlife Trust of India

Vivek Menon is a leading Indian wildlife conservationist, environmental commentator, author, photographer and policy think tank with a passion for elephants. Founder of five environmental and nature...

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Atef OUERGHI

Programme Officer

UNEP-MAP-SPA/RAC

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Nikhil ADVANI

Senior Director - Wildlife and Climate Resilience

World Wildlife Fund

Dr. Nikhil Advani's role at WWF is at the intersection of wildlife, rural communities, and climate change. Projects under Nikhil's portfolio focus on better understanding how wildlife and rural...

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YUMI SON

Senior Programme Officer, Coastal and Marine

IUCN

Ms. Yumi Son is the Coordinator of the Regional Coordination Unit (RCU) for the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Phase II (BOBLME II) Project, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization...

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Jonathan Magnus LEDGARD

CEO and co-founder

Tehanu-Interspecies Money

Jonathan Ledgard leads Interspecies Money, a concept he invented to enable nonhuman life to participate in the market economy. A longtime foreign and war correspondent for The Economist and a...

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