WCPA Marine Contacts

Prof. Dan Laffoley
WCPA Vice Chair Marine
c/o Natural England
Northminster House
Peterborough PE 4 6EX
UK

Tel: +44 01733 455234
Email: dan.laffoley@naturalengland.org.uk
 

 Elizabeth De Santo
MPA Coordination Officer
IUCN USA Multilateral Office
1630 Connecticut Avenue
Washington DC 20009-1053
USA
Louisa J Wood
MPA Technical Advisor
c/o Seas Around Us Project
UBC Fisheries Centre
2202 Main Hall
Vancouver,
BC V6T 1ZA
Canada
 		  

WCPA Marine Regional Coordinators

Antarctica

Susie Grant
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
Tel:++44 (0)1223 221274
Fax:++44 (0)1223 362616
Email: suan@bas.ac.uk
www.antarctica.ac.uk

Arctic

Jeanne L. Pagnan
Vice President
Twin Dolphins
c/o 53 Brouage
Gatineau, Quebec
Canada J9J 1J5
jpagnan@cyberus.ca

Mediterranean

Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
Tethys Research Institute
via Benedetto marcello 43, 20124 Milano, Italy
ph. +39 335 6376035, fax +39 02 700518468,
Email: disciara@tin.it

Northwest Atlantic

Jennifer Smith
Manager, GIS/Conservation Planning
WWF-Canada Atlantic Regional Office
5251 Duke Street
Suite 1202
Halifax, NS
Canada B3J 1P3
t(902) 482-1105
f(902)482-1107
jsmith@wwfcanada.org 
 

Northeast Atlantic

Jeff Ardron
Scientific Advisor on Marine Protected Areas
 German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Marine and Coastal Nature Conservation Unit
Isle of Vilm, D-18581 Putbus, Rügen, Germany  
tel:  +49 (0) 38 301 86 129
fax: +49 (0) 38 301 86 150  
Email: jeff.ardron@bfn-vilm.de

Baltic

Åsa Andersson
Programme Officer Marine Protected Areas
WWF-Sweden
Ulriksdals Slott, S-170 81 Solna,
Sweden
Direct: +46 8 624 74 17
E-mail: asa.andersson@wwf.se

Wider Caribbean

Leslie Walling
Executive Director of the Caribbean Conservation Association,
Barbados
lesliejohnwalling@yahoo.com

West Africa

Dr Charlotte Karibuhoye
MPA programme Coordinator - FIBA/ PRCM
c/o UICN
Avenue Bourguiba x Castors
Dakar - Sénégal
Phone: +221 869 02 88/ 570 51 71
Fax: +221 824 92 46
Email: Charlotte.Karibuhoye@iucn.org

South Atlantic Northern Area

Mabel Augustowski
Biological Oceanographer, MSc.
Marine Conservation Research Center (CEMAR)
www.cemarbrasil.org
IUCN/WCPA Marine-Brazil, coord.
Ubatuba, SP - Brazil
e-mail: mabelaug@uol.com.br  
cell phone: +55 (12) 8121 1616

South Atlantic Southern area

To be appointed
 

Central Indian Ocean

Aarthi Sridhar
Senior Research Associate
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment No. 659, 5th A Main, Hebbal, Bangalore 560024
Mobile: +919900113216
Direct line: +91-80 - 65356130
Tel: (91) (80) 23533942, 23530069, 23638771
Fax: (91) (80) 23530070
e-mail: aarthisridhar@yahoo.co.uk

Arabian Sea

To be appointed

 

East Africa

Dr. Nyawira Muthiga
Conservation Scientist
Wildlife Conservation Society
P. O. Box 99470
Mombasa 80107
KENYA
Tel ++254-726-529001
Fax: ++254 733-621375
email: nmuthiga@wcs.org

East Asian Sea

To be appointed

South Pacific

Kathy Walls
Director, Wildlife Conservation Society – South Pacific Programme
11 Ma’afu St, Suva, Fiji Islands.
Email: kwalls@wcs.org

 Northeast Pacific

Kate Willis
Marine Planning & Protected Areas Campaign Manager Living Oceans Society
1405-207 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7
Canada
Phone: (604) 696-5044
Fax: (604) 696-5045
Email: kwillis@livingoceans.org

Northwest Pacific

To be appointed

Southeast Pacific

Segundo Coello, Ph.D.
Technical Manager
T2A Consulting - Desarrollo Humano Sostenible
Bosmediano 1051 y Carlos Guerrero
Edificio Miguel de Cervantes, Planta Baja
Quito - Ecuador
Tel: (5939) 9756 169 / 231 9855
segundo.coello@gmail.com

Australia/New Zealand

Subject to confirmation

Jon Day
Director, Conservation, Biodiversity & World Heritage, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Email: j.day@gbrmpa.gov.au

 

WCPA Senior Advisors

Name Region Affiliation
Rili Djohani SE Asia Country Director,
The Nature Conservancy
Sylvia Earle North America Executive Director, Conservation International
Bill Eichbaum Marine public policy and governance Vice President – Marine Portfolio, WWF - US
Julius Francis East Africa Executive Director, Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association (WIOMSA)
Nicole Glineur Global Program Manager Biodiversity & Private Sector, The Global Environment Facility
Henning von Nordheim Europe Scientific Director,  Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Graeme Kelleher Oceanea & High Seas Oceanea & High Seas Senior Advisor; Chairman, WCPA/IUCN High Seas Task Force
Dan Laffoley Global WCPA – Marine Vice Chair & Chair of Senior Advisory Group
Jane Lubchenco Pacific North America Wayne & Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology, Oregon State University
Rolph Payet Small Island States Chairman, Seychelles Centre for Marine Research and Technology - Marine Parks Authority (SCMRT-MPA)
Sr. Jaime Rovira South America Member of the National Environmental Commission of Chile, specialist in nature resources conservation
Rodney V. Salm Western Indo-Pacific Director, Marine Conservation, The Nature Conservancy
Sebastian Troeng
 		 Global Director, Regional Marine Strategies, Conservation International.
Alan T. White Global Senior Scientist, Global Marine Initiative, The Nature Conservancy

World Commission on Protected Areas