Andrew PLUMPTRE

Andrew Plumptre, PhD, is head of the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Secretariat, based at BirdLife International in Cambridge, UK. The KBA Secretariat supports the implementation of the KBA Programme of the 13 KBA Partners which is focused on identifying, mapping, monitoring and conserving sites of importance for the global persistence of biodiversity. In this role he works with governments, scientists and conservation practitioners to train and support KBA national Coordination Groups to identify their KBAs. With more than 30 years in international conservation he has worked extensively in East and Central Africa where he supported the establishment of new protected areas based on scientific data from biological and socioeconomic surveys together with the engagement of members of local communities. He supported protected area authorities to better manage and conserve their protected areas in this region and developed tools to monitor and improve law enforcement practice which are now being applied around the world.