WCPA Steering Committee

WCPA Chair and Deputy Chair

Mr. Nikita LOPOUKHINE
Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
c/o Parks Canada - Parcs Canada
7th Floor
25 Eddy Street
Gatineau Quebec K1A 0M5
Canada
Tel: ++1 819 956 9908
Fax: ++1 819 994 5140
Email: nik.lopoukhine@pc.gc.ca
Mr Trevor SANDWITH
Deputy Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Director of Protected Areas Policy
The Nature Conservancy Worldwide Office
4245 N Fairfax Drive, Suite 100
Arlington VA 22203-1606
USA
Tel: ++1 703/841-2644
Fax: ++1 703/276-3241
Email: tsandwith@tnc.org

WCPA Steering Committee at Yellowstone National Park, USA, 2007

WCPA Steering Committee at Yellowstone National Park, USA, 2007

Photo: Charles Besancon, UNEP-WCMC

WCPA Regional Chairs

Ms. Penelope FIGGIS AO
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Australia / New Zealand
4 Woolcott Street
Waverton New South Wales 2060
Australia
Tel: ++61 (2) 9922-5275
Fax: ++61 (2) 9957-6815
Email: figdon@ozemail.com.au
Sra. Sônia RIGUEIRA
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Brazil
Presidente
Instituto Terra Brasilis
Rua Rio Grande do Norte, 1.560 Conj. 405
Bairro Funcionários
Belo Horizonte MG 30130-131
Brazil
Tel: ++55 (31) 3225-0414
Fax: ++55 (31) 3225-0414
Email: rigueira@terrabrasilis.org.br
Mr Floyd HOMER
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Caribbean
President
The Trust for Sustainable Livelihoods
7 Latania Drive
Roystonia, Couva
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: ++1 (868) 679 4012
Fax: +1 868 636 7496
Email: fmhome@sunbeach.net
Dr Eduard Michael MÜLLER
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Central America
Presidency
Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional
35 Calle 15 y Avenida 17
Barrio Escalante
Apartado Aéreo 504-0250
San José
Costa Rica
Tel: ++(506) 283-6464
Fax: ++506 280-8433
Email: emuller@uci.ac.cr
www.uci.ac.cr
Mr Ali Aliraza KAKA
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for East Africa
Executive Director
East African WildLife Society
City Square
PO Box 20110-00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: ++254 (20) 387 4145
Fax: ++254 (20) 3870335
Email: director@eawildlife.org
Dr Yan XIE
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for East Asia
Interdisciplinary Research Promoting Centre, Director
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
25 Beisihuan Xilu
Haidian
Beijing 100080
China
Tel: ++86 (10) 6264-7675 , ++86 10 8490 5835
Fax: ++86 (10) 6264-7675
Email: xieyan@public3.bta.net.cn
www.chinabiodiversity.com
Prof. Roger CROFTS
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Europe
CBE Environmental Adviser
6, Old Church Lane
Duddingston Village
Edinburgh EH15 3PX
United Kingdom
Tel: ++44 (131) 661 7858 , cell ++44 (0) 780595267
Email: roger@dodin.idps.co.uk
Mr Mohammad S.A. SULAYEM
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for North Africa/Middle East
NCWCD Advisor,
Conservation Planner
National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development
PO Box 1141
Riyadh 11431
Saudi Arabia
Tel: ++ 966 506467787
Fax: ++ 966 1 441 8413
Email: msulayem2@yahoo.com
Mr David HARMON
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for North America
Executive Director
George Wright Society
PO Box 65
Hancock MI 49930-0065
USA
Tel: ++1 (906) 487-9722
Fax: ++1 (906) 487-9405
Email: dharmon@georgewright.org
www.georgewright.org
Mrs Natalia Romanovna DANILINA
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for North Eurasia
Director
Environmental Education Center Zapovedniks
Institute of Economics
15th Floor, Nakhimovsky Pr. 32
Moscow 117218
Russia
Tel: ++7 (095) 129-0688
Fax: ++7 (495) 129-0688
Email: danilina.zapovedniks@gmail.com
Mr Tepa SUAESI
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for the Pacific Region
Division of Environment and Conservation
Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Meteorology
Principal Terrestrial Conservation Officer
PO Box 628
Apia
Samoa
Tel: ++68 (5) 301 00/779 3503
Fax: ++68 (5) 213 63
Email: tepa.suaesi@mnre.gov.ws
Mr Hector MAGOME
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for South Africa
Social Ecology Department, Director Conservation Services
South African National Parks
643 Leyds Street, Mucklenuek
PO Box 787
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel: ++27 (12) 426-5218
Fax: ++27 (12) 343-2832
Email: hectorm@sanparks.org
Sra. Carmen E. MIRANDA
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for South America
President
SAVIA
Av. Mariscal Montenegro Nº982, San Miguel
Casilla Postal 3-34986 SM
La Paz
Bolivia
Tel: ++59 (12) 2220220 , ++59 (12) 2222440
Fax: ++59 (12)2220707
Email: cemirandal@gmail.com
Dr Uday Raj SHARMA
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for South Asia
Director General
Department of Forest
Babarmahal
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: ++977 (1) 4227574 , banaspati@flora.wlink.com.np
Fax: +977 (1) 4227374
Email: udaysharma@wlink.com.np
www.biodiv-nepal.gov.np/pr_dept.html
Ms Cristi Marie Capati NOZAWA
WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Southeast Asia
Partner Development Officer
BirdLife International (Asia Division)
4F TM Suidobashi Bldg..
Misaki-cho 2-14-6 Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0061
Japan
Tel: ++81 3 5213 0461
Fax: ++81 3 5213 0462
Email: cristi@birdlife-asia.org
www.birdlife-asia.org
Prof Brice SINSIN
WCPA Regioal Vice Chair Central & West Africa
Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Enseignant
University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
B.P. 526
Cotonou 01
Benin
Tel: ++229 21361119 , ++229 90026857
Fax: +229 21303084
Email: bsinsin@gmail.com

 

WCPA Strategic Direction

CBD & Capacity Development

Mr Jason Garth Spensley
Strategic Direction Vice Chair

International Development Specialist
The Nature Conservancy
42 St. Joachim
Pointe Claire Québec H9S 4P3
Canada
Tel: ++1 520 247 5367 (mobile)
Fax: +1 520 620 1799
Email: jspensley@tnc.org

Economic Valuation Task Force

Mr Nicholas CONNER
Task Force Leader
Principal Conservation Economist
Environment and Conservation Economics Section
National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales
59-61 Goulburn street
PO Box A290
Sydney South 1232
New South Wales 2000
Australia
Tel: ++61 (0) 2 9995 6053
Fax: ++61 (0) 2 9995 5938
Email: nicholas.conner@environment.nsw.gov.au
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/

 

Information Management Task Force

Mr. Thomas D. MORITZ
Task Force Leader
Chief, Knowledge Management
Associate Director, Administration
The Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles CA 90049-1688
USA
Tel: ++1 (310) 440-6363
Email: tmoritz@getty.edu

Mr Silvio OLIVIERI
Task Force Leader
Senior Technical Advisor for Conservation Information Systems
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Rue Mauverney 28
Gland 1196
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 999 0301 , +41 22 366 5360
Email: silvio.olivieri@iucn.org

Law and Protected Areas Task Force

Prof. Bernhard Willem BOER
Professor in Environmental Law
Australian Centre for Environmental Law
University of Sydney
173-175 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 02000
Australia
Tel: 61-2-9351-0200 , 61-2-9692-9706
Fax: 61-2-9351-0200
Email: auscan5001@yahoo.com.au
www.law.usyd.edu.au/~acel

Sustainable Financing Task Force

Mr Lee THOMAS
Task Force Leader
PO Box 251
Hall ACT 2618
Australia
Tel: ++61 (2) 6230 2282
Email: lee.thomas2@bigpond.com

Tourism Task Force

Dr. Paul F. J. EAGLES
Task Force Leader
Professor
Department of Recreation & Leisure Studies
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environmental Science
200 University Avenue West BMH 2214
Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Tel: ++1 (519) 888-4567 x2716 , ++1 (519) 740-1590
Fax: ++1 (519) 746-6776
Email: eagles@uwaterloo.ca

Associate Prof. Robyn BUSHELL
Task Force Leader
Head
Tourism for Healthy Futures
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC NSW 1797
Australia
Tel: ++61245 701 562
Fax: ++61 245 701 207
Email: r.bushell@uws.edu.au
www.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au/tourism

Training Task Force

Mr. James BARBORAK
Task Force Leader
Director, Protected Areas and Corridor Conservation
Center for Biodiversity Conservation Mexico and Central America
Conservation International
Apartado 8-3870
San Jose 1000
Costa Rica
Tel: ++50 (6) 234 5349 , cell: ++506 357 9843
Fax: ++50 (6) 253 0500
Email: jbarborak@conservation.org
www.wcs.org

 

WCPA Strategic Direction

Conserving Biodiversity

Mr. Graeme WORBOYS
Strategic Direction Vice Chair
3, Rischbieth Crescent
Gilmore ACT 2905
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6292 9908 , +61 419 163 126
Fax: +61 2 6292 9908
Email: g.worboys@bigpond.com

Cave and Karst Task Force

Prof. Elery HAMILTON-SMITH

Task Force Leader
Managing Director
Rethink Consulting
PO Box 36
Carlton South Victoria 3053
Australia
Tel: ++61 (3) 9489-7785
Fax: ++61 (3) 9481-2439
Email: elery@alphalink.com.au

 

Conservation Planning Task Force

Professor Bob PRESSEY
Task Force Leader
The Ecology Center
University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072
Australia
Tel: ++61 7 3365 2454
Fax: ++61 7 3365 1655
Email: bob.pressey@jcu.edu.au

Grasslands Task Force

Mr William HENWOOD
Task Force Leader
Senior Planner, Marine Programme Unit
Park Establishment Branch
Parks Canada - Vancouver
300 - 300 West Georgia Street
Vancouver BC V6B 6B4
Canada
Tel: ++1 (604) 666-0285 , ++1 (604) 985-5122
Fax: ++1 (604) 666-0446
Email: bill.henwood@pc.gc.ca

High Seas Task Force

Ms. Kristina Maria GJERDE
Task Force Leader
Global Marine Programme
IUCN
Ul. Piaskowa 12c
Konstancin-Chylice 05-510
Poland
Tel: ++48-22-754 1803
Fax: ++48-22-756 4919
Email: kgjerde@it.com.pl

Islands Task Force

Ms Pippa HEYLINGS
Task Force Leader
Director
Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA)
Mariano Echeverría 843 y Francisco Feijoo (barrio Quito Tenis)
PO Box Casilla 17-17-558
Quito
Pichincha
Ecuador
Tel: ++(593-2) 2920635 / 2920636
Fax: (593-2) 2920635 / 2920636
Email: pippa.heylings@ffla.net

Marine Biome

Dr Dan LAFFOLEY
Vice Chair
Head, Marine Conservation
Natural England
Northminster House
Peterborough Cambs PE1 1UA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1733 455 234 , cell +44 7702253031
Fax: +44 1733 568 834
Email: dan.laffoley@naturalengland.org.uk
dan.laffoley@googlemail.com

Mountains Biome

Mr. Graeme WORBOYS
Vice Chair
3, Rischbieth Crescent
Gilmore ACT 2905
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6292 9908 , +61 419 163 126
Fax: +61 2 6292 9908
Email: g.worboys@bigpond.com

Wetlands and Protected Areas Task Force

Dr Harry C. BIGGS
Task Force Leader
Programme Integrator, Conservation Services
South African National Parks
Scientific Services Building
Private Bag X402
Skukuza
Mpumalanga 1350
South Africa
Tel: 27 13-7354230 (office) , 27 829054664 (mobile)
Fax: 27 13-7354055
Email: biggs@sanparks.org
http://www.sanparks.org

WCPA/CEESP Strategic Direction

Governance, Equity and Livelihoods

Mr. Ashish KOTHARI
Strategic Direction Vice Chair
Founder-Member
KALPAVRIKSH - Environmental Action Group
908 Deccan Gymkhana,
Apt. 5, Shree Dutta Krupa
Pune 411 004
India
Tel: ++91 (20) 565 4239
Fax: ++91 (20) 565-4239
Email: ashishkothari@vsnl.com

Dr Grazia BORRINI-FEYERABEND
Strategic Direction Vice Chair
Ancienne Ecole
Bugnaux 1180
Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 826 0024
Fax: ++41 (21) 826-0024
Email: gbf@cenesta.org


 

Cities and Protected Areas Task Force

Dr Ted. TRZYNA
Task Force Leader
President
California Institute of Public Affairs
PO Box 189040
Sacramento CA 95818
USA
Tel: ++1 (916) 442-2472
Email: Ted_Trzyna@interenvironment.org
www.InterEnvironment.org

Cultural and Spiritual Values Task Force

Mr. Robert George WILD
Task Force Leader
LTS International Bush Loan
Penicuik Nr.
Edinburgh EH26 0PH
United Kingdom
Tel: ++44 131 440 5500
Fax: ++44 131 440 5501
Email: rob-wild@ltsi.co.uk

Protected Areas and Equity Task Force

Mr Ali Aliraza KAKA
Task Force Leader
Executive Director
East African WildLife Society
City Square
PO Box 20110-00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: ++254 (20) 387 4145
Fax: ++254 (20) 3870335
Email: director@eawildlife.org

Transboundary Conservation Task Force

Mr Charles BESANCON
Task Force Leader
Head, Protected Areas Programme
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CBZ 0DL
United Kingdom
Tel: ++44 1223 277 314 extension 232
Fax: ++44 1223 277 136
Email: Charles.Besancon@unep-wcmc.org

Mr Trevor SANDWITH
Task Force Leader
Director of Protected Areas Policy
The Nature Conservancy Worldwide Office
4245 N Fairfax Drive, Suite 100
Arlington VA 22203-1606
USA
Tel: ++1 703/841-2644
Fax: ++1 703/276-3241
Email: tsandwith@tnc.org

WCPA Strategic Direction

Science & Management

Dr Marc HOCKINGS
Strategic Direction Vice Chair
University of Queensland, Gatton Campus
School of Natural and Rural Systems Management
Lawes
Queensland 4343
Australia
Tel: ++61 (7) 5460-1140 , ++61 (7) 46393437
Fax: ++61 (7) 5460-1324
Email: uqmhocki@uq.edu.au
http://wcpa.iucn.org  

Protected Area Categories Task Force

Mr Nigel DUDLEY
Task Force Leader

Equilibrium
47 The Quays
Cumberland Road
Spike Island
Bristol BS1 6UQ
United Kingdom
Tel: ++44 (117) 925-5393
Fax: ++44 (117) 925-5393
Email: Equilibrium@compuserve.com
www.equilibriumconsultants.com

Protected Landscapes Task Force

Ms Jessica BROWN

Task Force Leader
Senior Vice President
International Programs
QLF/Atlantic Centre for the Environment
55, South Main Street
Ipswich MA 01938-2321
USA
Tel: ++1 (978) 356-0038 , ++1 (978) 462-8076
Fax: ++1 (508) 356-7322
Email: jbrown@qlf.org
www.qlf.org
 

Wilderness Task Force

Mr Vance G. MARTIN
Task Force Leader
President
The WILD Foundation
PO Box 20527
Boulder CO 80308
USA
Tel: ++1 (303) 442-8811
Fax: ++1 (303) 442-8877
Email: vance@wild.org
wild.org

 

Implementation Mechanisms

World Heritage

Mr. Allen PUTNEY

WCPA Thematic Vice Chair for World Heritage
736 Allison Dr.
P.O. Box 4046
Incline Village
Nevada 89450
USA
Tel: ++1 (775) 833-3627
Fax: ++1 (775) 833-3626
Email: putney.allen@att.net
CBD

Mr. Nikita LOPOUKHINE
Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
c/o Parks Canada - Parcs Canada
7th Floor (CEO Office)
25 Eddy Street
Gatineau
Quebec K1A 0M5
Canada
Tel: +1 819 956 9908
Fax: +1 819 934 5939
Email: nik.lopoukhine@pc.gc.ca

UNEP-WCMC

Mr Charles BESANCON
Head
Protected Areas Programme
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge
CBZ 0DL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 277 314 extension 232 , +44 7920 511 921 cell
Fax: +44 1223 277 136
Email: Charles.Besancon@unep-wcmc.org

 

WCPA Senior Advisors

Mr. Harold EIDSVIK
President
Eidsvik - Parks International Inc.
10915 Prentice Place
Sidney BC V8L 5H7
Canada
Tel: ++1 (250) 656-0736
Fax: ++1 (250) 656-0768
Email: heidsvik@shaw.ca

Prof. Lawrence HAMILTON
Professor Emeritus of Forest Conservation
Islands and Highlands Environmental Consultancy
342 Bittersweet Lane
Charlotte Vermont 05445
USA
Tel: ++1 (802) 425-6509
Fax: ++1 (802) 425-6509
Email: silverfox@gmavt.net
 

Ms. Lynn P. HOLOWESKO C.B.E., J.P.
IUCN Regional Councillor
Holowesko and Company
West Bay Street
PO Box N-7776-348
Nassau N.P.
Bahamas
Tel: ++1 (242) 362-6251 / 2
Fax: ++1 (242) 362-5871
Email: lynnholowesko@gmail.com
Mr. Graeme KELLEHER
Senior, Advisor High Seas, Working Group Leader
12 Marulda Street
Aranda
Canberra ACT 2614
Australia
Tel: ++61 (2) 6251-1402
Fax: ++61 (2) 6247-5761
Email: graempa@home.netspeed.com.au
Dr Kenton R. MILLER
WCPA Chair emeritus; WRI VP emeritus
Lost Hollow Farm
1956 Hidden Hollow Rd.
Mathias WV 26812
USA
Tel: ++1 304 897 6576 , cell 240 605 1168
Fax: ++1 (304) 897-7745
Email: kenton@hardynet.com
Prof. Adrian PHILLIPS
2 The Old Rectory
Dumbleton Near Evesham WR11 7TG
United Kingdom
Tel: ++44 1386 882 094 , ++44 788 162 0035 mobile
Fax: ++44 1386 882 094
Email: adrianp@wcpa.demon.co.uk

WCPA Youth Advisors

Ms. Kristy FACCER
Project Manager
IUCN South Africa
1067 Arcadia Street
Hatfield
PO Box 11536
Pretoria 0028
South Africa
Tel: ++27 (12) 3428304/5/6
Fax: +27 086 624 7671
Email: Kristy.Faccer@iucn.org

Ms Cassie WRIGHT
35 Sail Street
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
Australia
Tel: ++61 (8) 8955 1350
Email: cassiewright@alphalink.com.au