IUCN COMMISSION GROUP

IUCN CEESP-SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Inter-Commission

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Overview and description

Description:

The IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) is a global volunteer network formed by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2012, as a joint initiative of ...

The IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) is a global volunteer network formed by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2012, as a joint initiative of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). It aims to mobilise global expertise across the science, policy and practice sectors to address the urgent challenges of overexploitation of wild species and support robust, equitable models of sustainable use that meet human needs and priorities.

Group leadership

Dr Dilys ROE

Dr Dilys Roe is the biodiversity lead at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) – a UK-based sustainable development think tank – and Chair of the CEESP-SSC Sustainable Use ...

Dr Dilys Roe is the biodiversity lead at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) – a UK-based sustainable development think tank – and Chair of the CEESP-SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi). She has a PhD in Biodiversity Management from the Durrell Institute (DICE), University of Kent. Her work focuses on the human dimensions of conservation – including understanding and supporting the necessary conditions for effective community-based conservation  - and on integrating biodiversity into climate and development policy. She has over 25 years of experience with a geographical focus predominantly – though not exclusively - on East and Southern Africa. Dilys is a member of the UK Government Darwin Expert Committee and Illegal Wildlife Trade Advisory Group and the Scottish First Ministers Environment Council. She is also a Trustee of Resource Africa and a member of the Programme Committee of WWF-UK and Conservation Committee of the Durrell Wildlife and Conservation Trust.

At a glance

Official name:
IUCN CEESP-SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Inter-Commission