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Piet Wit

Piet Wit

Netherlands
Chair, Commission on Ecosystem Management

2008 World Conservation Congress Poster

Commission on Ecosystem Management

Keith Wheeler

Keith Wheeler

USA
Chair, Commission on Education and Communication

2008 World Conservation Congress Poster

Commission on Education and Communication

Aroha Te Pareake Mead

Aroha Te Pareake Mead

New Zealand
Chair, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

2008 World Conservation Congress Poster

Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

Sheila Abed

Sheila Abed

Paraguay
Chair, Commission on Environmental Law

2008 World Conservation Congress Poster

Commission on Environmental Law

Nikita Lopoukhine

Nikita Lopoukhine

Canada
Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas

2008 World Conservation Congress Poster

World Commission on Protected Areas

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Simon Stuart

UK
Chair, Species Survival Commission

2008 World Conservation Congress Poster

Species Survival Commission

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