All Speakers
Pheobe OKUTOYI
Senior Wildlife Officer
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
A dedicated young lady with a deep passion for nature and conservation, she is dedicated to fostering environmental stewardship and sustainability. Ms. Okutoyi actively champions the meaningful…
Jennifer DUNN
Green Cities Associate
AIPH
Jennifer Dunn is Green City Associate at AIPH. She manages the AIPH Green City Standard and the World Green Cities Award. In 2024, she was the Urban ReLeaf Research Officer at Dundee City Council.…
Ricardo OLA
Ingeniero Agronomo
Productor Agrícola
Ricardo Baldomero Ola Huitz, a Guatemalan agricultural engineer specializing in fruit and vegetable growing, with 14 years of experience in peach production. He is a producer and owner of an orchard…
Jose Luis POSTIGO SANCHEZ
Green List Officer
IUCN
Jose Postigo is a passionate environmentalist with a strong background in biodiversity management and international conservation research. His expertise includes endangered and invasive alien species…
Ron VAVE
Assistant Professor
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
I'm an indigenous Fijian, interdisciplinary marine social scientist who has worked in my home country (Fiji), the Indo-Pacific as part of the Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) network, and in Hawai'…
Nisreen ELSAIM
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Youth Alliance for Local Adaptation and Peace (YALAP)
Nisreen Elsaim is an accomplished environmental and climate activist with a Bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. She furthered her academic pursuits by obtaining a…
Julia NEWTH
Ecosystem Health & Social Dimensions Manager
WWT
I’m a social ecologist leading WWT’s Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions team, a dynamic group working at the intersection of social science and ecology. Our mission is to generate and apply…
Topiltzin CONTRERAS MACBEATH
Researcher
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), United Kingdom. For the past 40 years, has been a researcher at the Center for Biological Research of the Autonomous University of the State of…
Nathalie BRUNELLE
SVP Health Safety Environment
TOTALENERGIES SE
Biography - Nathalie Brunelle - 2025Nathalie BRUNELLE is Senior Vice President Health Safety & Environment Unit at TotalEnergies. She began her career in 1995 as process engineer, then…
Silvia MONTILLA CORTÉS
CGO
UNERGY
Silvia Montilla, 29, is a Colombian changemaker driving access to solar renewable energy across underserved communities in Latin America. She develops inclusive, people-centered solutions such as…
Antonio BENJAMIN
Chief Justice, High Court of Brazil (STJ)
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
Chair Emeritus. Appointed Justice of the National High Court of Brazil (STJ) in 2006 by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Professor Antonio Herman Benjamin was a career Assistant Attorney…
Vinitaa Hemant APTE
Founder & Director
TERRE Policy Centre
Dr. Vinitaa a multifaceted personality & founder of TERRE started this NGO with a motto “To think is good but to act is better”. Dr. Apte has an out of the box thinking process and due to which…
Silvia CARDELLINO
Senior Programme Officer - Food and Agricultural Systems
IUCN
Silvia Cardellino is Senior Programme Officer in the Food and Agricultural Systems Team at IUCN. She coordinates dialogue processes and policy influencing efforts to enhance coherent public policy…
Leonie MEIER
Global Lead Ecosystem Restoration and Grasslands and Savannahs
WWF Germany
Leonie Meier is the Global Lead for Ecosystem Restoration and Grasslands & Savannahs at WWF, where she drives initiatives to restore degraded ecosystems and protect biodiversity. With over a…
Carla MANJATE ROMBE
Regional Gender Officer
IUCN
Carla Manjate Rombe is a Mozambican development professional with over 15 years of experience in program management, strategic planning, and gender equality in natural resource governance. She…
Antoinette VERMILYE
Gallifrey Foundation
Antoinette, co-founder of the Gallifrey Foundation and She Changes Climate, tackles the deep connections between ocean health, climate, plastics, gender, and overfishing. She builds coalitions for…
Nicolas Rossin
Head of Biodiversity projects
FFEM
Nicolas Rossin is the Head of Biodiversity projects at the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM). The portfolio covers projects in developing countries dealing with protected areas,…
Hao MA
director general
Qinghai Provincial Development and Reform Commission
I graduated from Fudan University in China with a PhD in Economics. I am currently working at the Development and Reform Commission of Qinghai Province, mainly dedicated to providing stable energy…
Beatriz GARCIA
Associate Professor
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Dr. Beatriz Garcia is an Associate Professor of Environmental Law at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. She holds a Law degree from the University of Brasília, Brazil, and a PhD in International Law from…
Fatima EL-AARABY
Phd student
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Fatima El-Aaraby is a Moroccan researcher, biodiversity advocate, and PhD candidate at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan. Her doctoral research focuses on the distribution and conservation…
Alejandro NASSAR
Biologo
Colegio Anglo Colombiano
A Biologist graduate from the Universidad de los Andes with an emphasis on tropical forest ecology. I am currently finishing my Master's degree in Ecological Restoration at the Pontificia Universidad…
Odile CONCHOU
Nature Senior Advisor
AFD
Currently Nature Senior Advisor to the Executive Management of the Sustainable Development Solutions Direction at the French Development Agency (AFD), Odile CONCHOU has over 35 years of experience in…
Olivier BESSON
Olivier BESSON
Communications Associate
GEF
Irene HEUSER
Administrator / Expert on International and European Environmental Law
IUCN WCEL
Dr. Irene Lucia Heuser Since July 2018 Dr. Heuser is Chair of the Specialist Group on “Soil and Sustainable Agriculture Law“ of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. Dr. Irene Heuser…
Piergiuseppe MORONE
Piergiuseppe Morone is Full Professor of Economic Policy at Unitelma Sapienza with a strong interest in green innovation and sustainable circular bioeconomy pushing his research at the interface…
Alexandra ZIMMERMANN
Chair, IUCN SSC HWCCSG
IUCN SSC & Oxford University
Gwen BRIDGE
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Aurélien GUINGAND
Biodiversity project manager
Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
Aurélien GUINGAND is a development and environmental economics expert with 15 years of research and project management experience working in and in close partnership with government, private sector,…