All Speakers
ANN WAHINYA
Director
Global Trauma Project
Ann WahinyaDirector, Global Trauma Project – KenyaAnn Wahinya, M.A., is the Kenya Director of Global Trauma Project (GTP) and a development practitioner with over 15 years’ experience in…
Olivia QingYang CHENG
Student
Centre for Global Education
My name is Olivia Cheng. I’m 16 years old from Canada, and I'm incredibly grateful and empowered to bring conservation efforts to youth and youth to the conservation space. This cause is extremely…
Karen PODVIN
IUCN Secretariat
Karen is Ecuadorian; she has a BSc in Applied Ecology from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (2007); a Specialization in Climate Change from the Simón Bolívar Andean University (2011); and an…
Nigel DUDLEY
Consultant
Equilibrium Research
Nigel Dudley is a consultant ecologist. His work focuses particularly on ecosystem services, broad-scale approaches to conservation, planning and management of protected and conserved areas and…
Laura Alejandra PARRA
Biodiversity officer
CNTI
With a solid track record in defending the territorial and environmental rights of Indigenous Peoples, I lead initiatives and projects that promote their active participation in biodiversity and…
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…
Richard CUTHBERT
Director of Conservation
World Land Trust
I have worked in international biodiversity conservation for over 25 years, undertaking conservation research and implementing projects on a wide range of species, issues, habitats and countries.…
MARK JONES
Head of Policy
Born Free Foundation
Mark joined Born Free in October 2014 to work on international wildlife trade and wildlife management issues. A vet by training, Mark worked for many years on fish health and protection, before…
Minnie DEGAWAN
Managing Director
FSC Indigenous Foundation
An indigenous rights activist with a long history of advocacy work at local, regional and global levels and hands on experience on FPIC and community education. Worked with conservation…
Liette VASSEUR
Professor/ UNESCO Chair
Brock University
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…
Yijie Peng
Senior Vice President&Chief Sustainability Officer
Ant Group
Ms.PengjoinedAlipayinNovember2012andhadservedasvicepresidentandgeneralmanageroftheinternationalbusinessgroup,whereshelaidthefoundationsofAlipay'sinternationalbusinesses.…
Bibhab TALUKDAR
Secretary General and Executive Director
Aaranyak
Bibhab Talukdar is a conservation biologist and involved in field research and applied conservation measures to secure rhinos in Asia. He is one of the founders of Aaranyak in 1989, a NGO based in…
Jessica da Silva
Principal Scientist
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Jessica da Silva is a Principal Scientist at the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Her research focuses on integrating evolutionary genomics into wildlife management and policy, with a…
Jacob PARK
Visiting Professor
University of Johannesburg
Theme on Economics and Regenerative FinanceJacob Park is Associate Professor in Vermont State University (Castleton) https://www.castleton.edu/directory/faculty-staff-directory/details/jacob-park and…
Adlai Salcedo
Founder
Wildlife Protection Map
Adlai Salcedo is a documentary filmmaker and the founder of Wildlife Protection Map (WPM), an initiative focused on raising awareness of overlooked endangered species through scalable, modular, and…
Orsibal Eliú RAMÌREZ CARDONA
Oficial técnico en adaptación al cambio climático y restauración del paisaje for
UICN
Orsibal Ramírez Cardona is a Forest Engineer with over 15 years of experience in integrated water resources management, forest landscape restoration, watershed management, and ecosystem-based…
Sahil NIJHAWAN
Research Fellow
ZSL/Nature Conservation Foundation/ICCA
Dr Sahil Nijhawan is an interdisciplinary conservation anthropologist who has worked on human-wildlife relations across Latin America, Southern Africa and India. For the past decade, he has lived and…
Melinka NAJERA
Coordinadora regional del Programa Enlazando
IUCN
After my graduation in Spain and Belgium as a forestry engineer with a master in tropical forestry and development, I moved to the Central America region in 2011. During my career, I have gained…
Aizhong LIU
Secretary General
Centre for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Aizhong Liu, Professor at Southwest Forestry University in China, Secretary General at Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge. Engaged in researches in plant science and…
Vishwaja BAKKATHATLA
Student
No
am Vishwaja Bakkathatla, a student of grade 10 in Pallavi Model School, Hyderabad, India. I am a girl who aspires to experience, learn, and share knowledge with others. Dance has always been my…
Abdullah ALHARTHI
Manager of Rangeland Restoration
National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification
Dr. Abdullah Alharthi is a rangeland restoration specialist with a Ph.D. in Range Science & Forestry (KSU, 2022) and 14+ years of experience. He is Manager, Rangeland Rehabilitation and…
Luca CHINOTTI
Manager, Conservation Policy Development
World Wide Fund For Nature International - WWF
Luca Chinotti is a Manager in Conservation Policy Development at WWF.Prior to joining WWF, he worked at the International Land Coalition (ILC) as Global Policy Advisor and at Oxfam International as…
JUN LIU
Senior Expert of the Department
China National Petroleum Corporation
Kira MILEHAM
Strategic Partnership Director, Global
IUCN Species Survival Commission
Director of Strategic PartnershipsDr Kira Mileham is a science communicator with a focus on collaborative partnerships, human behaviour change and species conservation. Kira specialises in working…
Ayman SULEIMAN
minister
ministry of Environment
Aiman A. A. Soleiman OKLAT, Ph.D.MINISTER OF ENVIRONMNET With experience over 23 years covered many topics related to Environment.
Chansol KO
Programme Officer
GCIDA
Justin GULINO
Conservation Associate
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
I am a PhD student in Ecology and Biodiversity at the Victoria University of Wellington. I am studying how Wellington has reversed avian biodiversity loss across the city and how this may be…
Sarah ROBERTS
Environmental Journalist
Jamma International
Sarah Roberts is an environmental journalist, author and presenter whose career began in animal behaviour with a focus on sharks. Her work has since taken her all over the world, from guiding grizzly…