Landscapes / Regions

Virginia Young
Director of the International Forests and Climate Program, ARCS
She is Chair of Gondwanalink Ltd, and a member of the Board of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative - organisations that provide leadership for two of the world’s foremost ecological connectivity protection and restoration initiatives - in the south of Western Australia and along the eastern seaboard of Australia, respectively. Read More
She is a past president of the Australian Committee of IUCN and supports a number of IUCN global initiatives, including as a member of the IUCN Task Force on primary forests and intact forest landscapes.
She has led innovative nature conservation programs in Australia and was awarded the Wild Magazine ‘Environmentalist of the Year’ in 2001 for her work to protect Australia’s forests and recognized as one of 20 global visionaries by the Wild Foundation in 2010 for her work pioneering connectivity conservation programs in Australia.

Peter Curry
Specialist, Australian rangeland and grazing ecology
In his home state of Western Australia Peter recognises that a few independent initiatives with long-term persistence continue to yield the most remarkable outback stewardship successes of our time. Working with other specialists, pastoralists, traditional owners, innovative land users and reserve managers, in state, national programs & international projects, Peter has come to value old and new ways of appreciating and understanding these landscapes.

John Burton
Global landscapes & biodiversity, Anthropology, sustainable agriculture, impact investments
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Alberto Yanosky
Global landscapes & biodiversity, Anthropology, sustainable agriculture, impact investments
Economics Program

Neil MacLeod
Wilderness Economics, Restoration Agriculture & Pastoralism
Wildlife & Evolution Program

Charles 'Chip' Barber
Senior Global Biodiversity Adviser, World Resources Institute
Chip worked as a consultant with a wide variety of organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UN University, NRDC, IUCN, IFC, UNDP, UNEP, and The Nature Conservancy.
Chip received his B.A. in Legal Studies from the University of Massachusetts, his M.A. in Asian Studies, J.D., and Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California at Berkeley. He is fluent in Bahasa Indonesia.

Dr. Annabelle Olsson
Wildlife Veterinarian and conservation ecologist
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Geoff Spanner
Film & Documentary Maker

Tobias Baumgaertner
Film & Documentary Maker
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Bio-economic Modeler / Agricultural Economist
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