Noelle KUMPEL

Noëlle has over 25 years’ experience in conservation research, project/programme management and policy, including five years in the field in Africa and Asia and doctoral/postdoctoral research on the sustainability of wild meat hunting. Now specialising in advocating and advising on equitable, carbon-neutral, nature-positive targets, policy and implementation through international conventions (including the CBD, CITES, CMS, Ramsar, World Heritage and UNFCCC) and other policy mechanisms, her expertise spans topics as varied as protected and conserved areas, biodiversity indicators and monitoring, livelihoods, human rights, nature positive, nature-climate synergies and finance/corporate sector engagement. Based at BirdLife International, she is also currently Chair of the UK government’s Darwin Expert Committee, and previously sat on its Illegal Wildlife Trade Advisory Group, chaired the UK Bushmeat Working Group and co-founded and co-chaired the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group.