The process of elaborating the new agenda to preserve biodiversity has unfolded over previous months, now culminating with a ground-breaking conference of business leaders and key experts from different disciplines. By including a diverse group of participants from the private sector, government, research and conservation organizations, the initiative we are hosting will serve as a platform both to assess the present status of biodiversity and devise a practical blueprint for addressing the most immediate conservation needs.
Learn more about the speakers and attendees by clicking on the names below.
José Márcio Ayres
Senior Research Fellow
Wildlife Conservation Society
Andrew Balmford
Conservation Biology Group
Department of Zoology
University of Cambridge
George Branch
Department of Zoology
University of Cape Town
Thomas Brooks
Director, Biodiversity Analysis
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
Conservation International
Rodrigo Bustamante
Charles Darwin Foundation
Avecita Chicchon
Program Officer
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Robert Costanza
Department of Zoology
University of Maryland
Richard Cowling
Institute for Plant Conservation
Botany Department,
University of Cape Town
Lisa Curran
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
Carl Folke
Department of Systems Ecology
University of Stockholm
Gustavo Fonseca
Vice President and Executive Director
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
Conservation International
Madhav Gadgil
Center for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Claude Gascon
Vice President for Field Support
Conservation International
Roger Kitching
Chair in Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Griffith University
Gai Kula
Country Director, Papua New Guinea
Conservation International
Jane Lubchenco
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology
and OSU Distinguished Professor of Zoology
Department of Zoology
Oregon State University
Pam Matson
Institute for International Studies
Stanford University
Jeff McNeely
Chief Scientist
World Conservation Union
Russ Mittermeier
President
Conservation International
Dr. Gordon Moore
Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus
Intel Corporation
Jon Patz
Director
Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental Change
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Stuart Pimm
Professor of Conservation Biology
Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
Columbia University
Sandra Postel
Director
Global Water Policy Project
Sir Ghillean Prance
Director
Royal Botanical Gardens
David Rapport
Department of Rural Planning & Development
University of Guelphz
Peter Raven
Director
Missouri Botanic Garden
Callum Roberts
Department of Environmental Economics &
Environmental Management
University of York
Jon Paul Rodriguez
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
Anthony Rylands
Director
Conservation Biology
Conservation International
Carl Safina
Director
Living Oceans Program
National Audubon Society
Christian Samper
Director
Homboldt Museum
William Schlesinger
James B Duke Professor
Department of Botany
Duke University
Melanie Stiassny
Axelrod Curator
Department of Ichthyology Division of Vertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
Diana Wall
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Natural and Environmental Sciences
Colorado State University
David Wilcove
Senior Ecologist
Environmental Defense Fund
|
