Specialist Groups 2021-2025

Climate Change Specialist Group
Risa Smith (Co-Chair), Lauren Wenzel (Co-Chair)​

Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
Gary Tabor (Chair)

Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas Specialist Group​
Bas Verschuuren (Co-Chair), Edwin Bernbaum (Co-Chair)

Freshwater Specialist Group
Harmony Patricio (Co-Chair), Rebecca Flitcroft (Co-Chair)

Geoheritage and Cave and Karst Protected Areas Specialist Group
Kyung Sik Woo (Co-Chair), Wesley Hill (Co-Chair)

Governance, Equity and Rights Specialist Group
Heidi Kretser (Co-Chair), Phil Franks (Co-Chair), Terence Hay-Edie (Co-Chair)

Green List Standard and Management Effectiveness Specialist Group
Marc Hockings (Co-Chair), Sandra Valenzuela (Co-Chair)

Health and Well-Being Specialist Group
Jo Hopkins (Co-Chair), Denise Hewlett (Co-Chair)

High Seas Specialist Groups
Kristina Gjerde (Chair)

Mountains Specialist Group
Peter Jacobs (Chair)

Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures Specialist Group
Harry Jonas (Co-Chair), Kathy Mackinnon (Co-Chair)

Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship Specialist Group
Miquel Rafa I Fornieles (Chair)

Protected Area Sustainable Finance Specialist Group
Charles Besançon (Co-Chair), Candice Stevens (Co-Chair)

Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group
Anna Spenceley (Chair)

Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group
Kevan Zunckel (Chair)

Urban Conservation Strategies Specialist Group
Thaddeus Trzyna (Chair)

Wilderness Specialist Group
John Waithaka (Co-Chair), Vance Martin (Co-Chair)