Samuel GELLER

Samuel Geller is a Senior Protected and Conserved Areas Advisor for Environment Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Canadian Wildlife Service. In his role, Sam leads an ECCC Screening Task Team specializing in assessments of candidate Protected Area (PA) and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs). He started with ECCC in 2018 working as part of the Pan-Canadian Pathway to Canada Target 1 initiative in a secretariat role and in 2019 joined this Screening Task Team, preforming PA/OECM site assessments as an active member. He focuses on biodiversity conservation outcomes across Canada, working with a broad spectrum of partners and stakeholders to recognize their contributions to Canada’s Protected and Conserved Areas Network. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with a minor in Environmental Sciences and a specialization in conservation ecology.