IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Trevor leads IUCN’s Global Programme on Protected Areas which consists of a small secretariat staff based in headquarters in Switzerland, and in an extensive distributed staff located in all of IUCN’s regional offices around the world. His role includes co-ordinating IUCN’s work to conserve biodiversity and ensure its sustainable and equitable use through mainstreaming protected areas as an effective institutional model. In particular, it involves promoting political commitment and public funding to regional and national efforts to establish representative systems of protected areas, that are effectively managed, equitably governed and sustainably financed. It includes raising awareness and communicating the value of protected areas as natural solutions to society’s major challenges, including addressing basic human needs for food and water, and as part of the “green infrastructure” for disaster risk reduction and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Trevor acts as the focal point for the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, and for the alignment of its task forces and specialist groups in pursuit of IUCN vision and mission in the many ways in which protected areas play significant roles. It also entails a focus on key development areas for protected areas research, policy and practice, including but not limited to the economics and sustainable financing of protected areas, the recognition of the full suite of management categories and governance arrangements for protected areas, management standards and capacity development, as well as relevance to sectors including health, water, climate, food and water security. A major responsibility, working across the IUCN programme including its specialist commissions, is the planning and management of the 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress, a 10 yearly event that seeks transformative change in the way in which protected areas make their contribution to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.

Contact Trevor by email : trevor.sandwith@iucn.org

Pedro Rosabal's work in IUCN includes preparing technical documents and assessments on protected areas issues, support and networking with the World Commission on Protected Areas, project coordination and management, project development and negotiation, as well as technical and policy input to the CBD process and the UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention, including the evaluation of WH nominations and undertaking monitoring missions to WH properties.

His regional experience in IUCN covers Latin America and the Caribbean, North Africa and the Middle East, North Eurasia and the Pacific. He is member of the IUCN/World Heritage Panel and the International Council of Experts of the Institute for Responsible Tourism. He also contributes regularly to master courses on protected areas issues organized by the University of Almeria, the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the International University Menéndez Pelayo.

Email: pedro.rosabal@iucn.org

Delwyn deals with all communication for protected areas and WCPA , including promotion, publications and the Global Protected Areas Programme and the WCPA Website.

She manages the IUCN WCPA membership database and deals with the day-to-day communication with WCPA members.

She is also responsible for the logistics and general administration of many of  the IUCN and WCPA Global Protected Area Meetings.

She is Swiss and Australian, bilingual French and English and has worked in environment for more than 20 years.

Email: delwyn.dupuis@iucn.org

Marie main responsibilities will include assistance in coordinating technical input to the follow-up of recommendations from the 10th Conference of the Parties of the CBD, as well as strengthening capacities towards organizing the next 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress. Marie will be also GPAP/WCPA Outreach and Communication activities particularly focusing on key messages to deliver at the next IUCN-WCC.

 Marie’s work is kindly supported by the Carlo Schmid Programme for Internships in International Organisations and EU Institutions which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), a publicly-funded independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany.

This is indeed a most welcome support to enhance GPAP’s capacity whilst contributing to Marie’s professional development. Marie has a bachelor's degree in Biology and has completed her master's degree in Biodiversity and Ecology in 2011. Her studies focused on forest and plant ecology and nature conservation issues. She has carried out research on forest fire ecology in a protected area in Mongolia and was employed as a research assistant at the Plant Ecology and Grassland Sciences departments of Göttingen University, Germany. She has regularly performed volunteer work focusing specifically on forest protection for a number of international institutions.