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Julian Huxley, the first Director General of UNESCO, took the initiative to set up IUCN. At the time of its founding IUCN was the only international organisation focusing on the entire spectrum of nature conservation (an international organisation for the protection of birds, now BirdLife International , had been established in 1922).
Andersen was appointed Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in January 2015. [2] [26] As Director General, Andersen was responsible for IUCN's operations in its 50 plus offices worldwide [27] Under Andersen's leadership, IUCN held its 2016 World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, United States.
Oberle was Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Chair of the Green Economy and Resource Governance program at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and is a former director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment [2] and State Secretary for the Environment. [3]
From 1991 to 1997 he worked for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Southern Africa and Washington, D.C. He was Chief Technical Adviser of the Mekong River Commission (1997–1998) before becoming Secretary-General of the World Commission on Dams. In 2001 he returned to IUCN as Director-General. [3]
She was Director General of IUCN, [1] the International Union for Conservation of Nature, from January 2007 to January 2015. [2] Prior to this, Marton-Lefèvre was Rector of the University for Peace (UPEACE), a graduate-level international university, mandated by the United Nations, providing education, training and research on issues related to peace and conflict.
Jane Smart is a charity chief executive.She is the Global Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources [1] (IUCN)'s Biodiversity Conservation Group and Head of its Species Program. [2]
Talbot was chosen Director-General of the IUCN in 1980, over Don McMichael and Adrian Phillips who was the IUCN Director of Programmes. [27] [28] He was met by immediate financial troubles. These he met by an outside audit and retrenchment, with voluntary reductions in senior staff, and by prioritizing the Conservation for Development Centre ...
Thiaw worked in his country's Ministry of Rural Development for 10 years before joining the World Conservation Union (IUCN), where he served ten years holding different positions. [3] Thiaw joined the United Nations in 2007 as Director of the Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) at United Nations Environment Programme . [4]