President:
Mr Mohammed Valli Moosa, South Africa

Treasurer:
Sven Sandström, Sweden


Regional Councillors:

Africa
Accel Arnaud Ndinga-Makanda, Congo
Amadou Ba, Senegal
Zohir Sekkal, Algeria

Meso and South America
Juan Marco Alvarez, El Salvador
Cláudio Carrera Maretti, Brazil
Silvia Sánchez Huamán, Peru

North America and the Caribbean
Lynn Holowesko, Bahamas
Huguette Labelle, Canada
Russell Mittermeier, USA

South and East Asia
Nobutoshi Akao, Japan
Ma Keping, China
Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, Thailand

West Asia
Talal Al-Azimi, Kuwait
Mr Ali Darwish, Lebanon
Mr Javed Jabbar, Pakistan

Oceania
Lionel Gibson, Fiji
Christine Milne, Australia
Diana Shand, New Zealand

East Europe, North and Central Asia
Kalev Sepp, Estonia
Alexey Yablokov, Russia
Marija Zupancic-Vicar, Slovenia

West Europe
Purificació Canals, Spain
Alistair Gammell, UK
Manfred Niekisch, Germany


Appointed Councillors:

Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury, Bangladesh
G. A. Boon von Ochssée, Netherlands
Aroha Te Pareake Mead, New Zealand

Representative of the Swiss Confederation
Dr Pierre Hunkeler, Switzerland


Commission Chairs:

Commission on Ecosystem Management
Dr Hillary Masundire, Zimbabwe
Chair, Commission on Ecosystem Management

Commission on Education and Communication
Mr Keith Wheeler, USA
Chair, Commission on Education and Communication

Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
Dr Taghi Farvar, Iran
Chair, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

Commission on Environmental Law
Ms Sheila Abed, Paraguay
Chair, Commission on Environmental Law

World Commission on Protected Areas
Mr Nikita Lopoukhine, Canada
Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas

Species Survival Commission
Dr. Holly T. Dublin, USA
Chair, Species Survival Commission