The MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy is developing leaders in the conservation sector, specifically supporting senior and young professionals from MAVA Foundation’s partner organisations.

Meet the alumni !

MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy – cohort 6

cohort 6, MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy

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Ana Colovic Lesoska

WWF Adria

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Anaik Anthonioz Blanc

Luc Hoffmann Institute

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Anja Arning

EuroNatur Foundation

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Anna Luíza Behrens-Castella

Partners for a New Economy

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Anneza Georgopoulou

WWF Greece

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Artenisa Peculaj

WWF Adria

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Christian Christian Schaible

European Environmental Bureau

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Eda Elif Tibet

Global Diversity Foundation

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Genti Kromidha

Institute for Nature Conservation in Albania

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Goran Šikić

Association Biom

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Hélène Willem

IUCN Mediterranean Cooperation Center

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Honey Kohan

BirdLife Europe

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Ibtissam Bouseta

Moroccan biodiversity and livelihoods association

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Irene Marchi

BirdLife Europe

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Iva Šoštarić

Association Biom

Iveta Cadrova

Zero Waste Europe

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Jack McQuibban

Zero Waste Europe

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Jessica Villat

Luc Hoffmann Institute

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Joanne Swinson

Partners for a New Economy

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Joseph Harris-Confino

Capitals Coalition

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Lorena Segura-Champagnon

Tour du Valat

Louise Amand

Capitals Coalition

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Matthias Heinrich

EuroNatur Foundation

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Mercedes Muñoz Cañas

IUCN Mediterranean Cooperation Center

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Mosor Prvan

WWF Adria

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Neyran Akyıldız

WWF Turkey

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Odette Gonzalez

European Climate Foundation

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Piotr Barczak

European Environmental Bureau

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Sophia Koukoulaki

WWF Greece

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Tomislav Hudina

Association Biom

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MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy 2022 – cohort 5

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Aleksandra Nikodinovic

IUCN

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Alice Gama

Vulture Conservation Foundation

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Andrea Gonzalez Rodriguez

European Environmental Bureau

Bruna Campos

EuroNatur Foundation

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Burcu Ateş

Yolda Initiative

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Camille Loth

WWF Mediterranean

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Cátia Nunes

Associação Natureza Portugal - WWF Portugal

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Chris Hopkins

Green Economy Coalition

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Christian Faye

GAIA

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Cveta Trajce

PPNEA

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Daniela Zaec

Macedonian Ecological Society

Danijel Loncar

WWF Adria

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Eleni Karatzia

Vulture Conservation Foundation

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Gema Rodriguez

Fundación Biodiversidad

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Goran Sekulić

WWF Adria

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Katia Freire Lopes

BIOS.CV

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Katy Wiese

European Environmental Bureau

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Kristin Meyer

IUCN

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Leonie Leonie Kraut

EuroNatur Foundation

Martine van Weelden

Capitals Coalition

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Mauro Randone

WWF Mediterranean

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Meryem Aakairi

Moroccan biodiversity and livelihoods association

Najma Mohamed

Green Economy Coalition

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Olsion Lama

PPNEA

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Patrick ten Brink Patrick ten Brink

European Environmental Bureau

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Rita Sá

Associação Natureza Portugal - WWF Portugal

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Robertina Brajanoska

Macedonian Ecological Society

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Samir Lopes Tavares Martins

BIOS.CV

Timothy Polaszek

Capitals Coalition

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Ugo D'Ambrosio

Global Diversity Foundation

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MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy 2021 – cohort 4

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Alexandra Pappa

MedINA

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Alexis Katsaros

MedINA

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Annette Spangenberg

EuroNatur Foundation

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Arnau Teixidor Costa

IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation

Biljana Ječmenica

Association Biom

Blake Robinson

Circle Economy

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Bledi Hoxha

PPNEA

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Bolesław Słociński

Association Biom

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Caspar von Daniels

Circle Economy

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Dimitrios Tsekeris

Friends of the Earth

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Emily Caruso

Global Diversity Foundation

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Francesca Carlsson

EEB - European Environmental Bureau

Heli Parna

Zero Waste Europe

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James Gabarretta

Nature Trust Malta

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Jovan Andevski

Vulture Conservation Foundation

Khaled Noby Mohamed

Nature Conservation Egypt

Klaudja Koci

PPNEA

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Krista Farrugia

Nature Trust Malta

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Mariel Vilella

Zero Waste Europe

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Melanie Wijnands

Circle Economy

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Natalia Papu Carrone

Circle Economy

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Natalie Beckett

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Nessie Reid

Global Diversity Foundation

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Pommelien da Silva Cosme

Global Diversity Foundation

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Rachid AIT BABAHMAD

Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA)

Sandra Wigger

EuroNatur Foundation

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Sergiy Moroz

EEB - European Environmental Bureau

Spyros Kotomatas

WWF Greece

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Sven Kapelj

Association Biom

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MAVA Leaders for Nature Programme 2021 – cohort 1 (French speaking)

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Adama Sidibé

ONG Nature Mauritanie

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Ahmed Souki

Notre Grand Bleu

Aissa Regalla de Barros

IBAP - institut de la Biodiversité et des Aires Protégées

Ala eddine Said

Notre Grand Bleu

Amadou Malik Ba

Association NAFORE pour la protection de l'environnement

Amady Ndiaye

ONG Nature Mauritanie

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Bocar Sabaly Balde

Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA)

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Dior Alioune Sidibé

Direction de l'Environnement et des Etablissements Classés

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Hortensio Lima

Direction générale des ressources marines

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Ibraima Djifam

Foundation BioGuinea

Iderlindo Jorge Santos

GRID-Arendal et Wetlands International Afrique

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Jean Henri Bienvenue Sene

RAMPAO

Karima Yahia

WWF North Africa

Khadija Bourass

Groupe de Recherche pour la Protéction des Oiseaux au Maroc (GREPOM/BirdLife Maroc)

Maimouna Saleck

ONG BiodivrCités

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Mamadu Sane

Fondation Bioguinée

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Mohamed Ouknin

Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA)

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Mohamed Lamine Sidibé

Centre de Protection du Milieu Marin et des Zones Côtières (CPMZC)

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Moulaye Mohamed Wagne

Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches (IMROP)

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Ndickou Gaye

Master Chaire Unesco sur sur Gestion Intégrée et Développement intégrée du Littoral Ouest africain/UCAD (GIDEL)

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Oumar Ba

BirdLife International

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Rafika Challouf

Institut National des sciences et Technologies de la mer

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Salih Amarir

Association de Gestion Intégrée des Ressources Maroc (AGIR)

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Soufiane M'Sou

Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihoods Association (MBLA)

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Yakhya Gueye

Wetlands International Africa



MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy 2020 – cohort 3 (English speaking)

Cohort 3 – MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy, Jordan, Feb 20 (c) Thibaut Branquart

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Nizar Hani

Al Shouf Cedar Society (ACS)

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Lara Kanso

Al Shouf Cedar Society (ACS)

Daphne Mavrogiorgos

ARCHELON

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Panagiota Theodorou

ARCHELON

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Zeljka Rajkovic

Association BIOM

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Mate Zec

Association BIOM

Blandine Melis

Biosfera Cabo Verde

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Kleider Neves

Biosfera Cabo Verde

Thandiwe Chikomo

BirdLife International

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Ivana Selanec

Association BIOM

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Iván Ramírez Paredes

BirdLife International

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Sofia Capellan

BirdLife International

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Simone Gager

Circle Economy

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Gwen Cunningham

Circle Economy

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Patrizia Heidegger

European Environmental Bureau

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Anton Lazarus

KIMO International

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Raouf Mohammed

Nature Conservation Egypt - former

Natalie El-Assiouty

Nature Conservation Egypt

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Laura Dami

Tour du Valat

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Delphine Nicolas

Tour du Valat

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Euclides "Ukie" Resende

Fundaçao Tartaruga

Katja Weisheit

Fundaçao Tartaruga

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Marko Pecarevic

Marko

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Kasandra-Zorica Ivanic

WWF Adria

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Teresa Gil

WWF Spain

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Felipe Fuentelsaz

WWF Spain

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Marta Santamaria

Natural Capital coalition

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Joke Dufourmont

The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions

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Lisa Ernoul

Tour du Valat

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Jamal Hamzeh

SPNL- Society for The Protection of Nature in Lebanon

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Lorenzo Poglia

WWF Suisse

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Imen Rais

WWF North Africa

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MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy 2019 – cohort 2 (French speaking)

Cohort 2 – MAVA Leaders for Nature 2019 – Casablanca (c) Thibaut Branquart

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Melanie Annen

Jorat, une terre à vivre au quotidien

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Manel Ben Ismail

Notre Grand Bleu (NGB)

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Stefania Campogianni

WWF Greece/WWF Med Programme

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Sophie Chanel

Jorat, une terre à vivre au quotidien

Pierre Condamine

Zero Waste Europe

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Djibril Diallo

Nature Mauritanie

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Houda El Alaoui

Centre de Coopération pour la Méditerranee de l'UICN

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Marie Gallot-Lavallée

Parc Naturel Regional Gruyere Pays-d'Enhaut

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Ahmed Ghedira

Notre Grand Bleu (NGB)

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Khady Gueye

Wetlands International Africa (WIA)

Coralie Hermeloup

Tour du Valat

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Djibril Ly

Parc National du Banc d'Arguin

Faouzi Maamouri

WWF Afrique du Nord

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Maher Mahjoub

Centre de Coopération pour la Méditerranee de l'UICN

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François Margot

Parc Naturel Regional Gruyere Pays-d'Enhaut

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Laura Marre-Cast

Tour du Valat

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Erica Mazerolle-Castillo

Impact Hub Geneva/Lausanne

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Julia Nerfin

WWF Switzerland

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Moussa Pouye

IUCN

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Yassine Ramzi Sghaier

Centre d'activités régionales pour les aires spécialement protegées

Ahmed Senhoury

PRCM

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Ebaye Sidina

Parc National du Banc d'Arguin

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Felix Stähli

Impact Hub Geneva/Lausanne

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Esra Tat

Zero Waste Europe

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Anna Vafeiadou

WWF Greece/WWF Med Programme

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MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy 2018 – cohort 1 (English speaking)

Cohort 1 MAVA Leaders for Nature Academy 2018 (c) Thibaut Branquart – grandnordfilms.com

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Oriana Balzan

Nature Trust Malta

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Vicky Barboka

WWF Greece

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Catherine Bohne

TOKA: The Organization to Conserve the Albanian Alps

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Julia Braendle

WWF Switzerland

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Liesbetch Casier

International Institute for Sustainable Development

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Marta Cavallé

Low Impact Fishers of Europe

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Adam Ceesay

Wetlands International Africa (WIA)

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Herculano de Andrade Dinis

Associação Projecto Vitó

Maria del Rocio Moreno Carrillo

MAIO Biodiversity Foundation

Denis Dias

MAIO Biodiversity Foundation

Stefan Ferger

EuroNatur Foundation

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Thanos Giannakakis

WWF Greece

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Eva Hernández

WWF Netherlands

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Daniel Heusser

WWF Switzerland

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Liridon Hoxa

Kosova Environmental Education and Research Center

Jovana Janjušević

Center for Protection and Research of Birds

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Adilson Leno dos Passos

MAIO Biodiversity Foundation

Aleksandar Novović

Eco Logic

Claudia Orlandini

Low Impact Fishers of Europe

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Konstantinos Perikleous

Terra Cypria

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Sboniso Phakathi

Southern African Wildlife College

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Clive Poultney

Southern African Wildlife College

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Ferran Rosa Gaspar

Zero Waste Europe

Gabriel Schwaderer

EuroNatur Foundation

Rafael Seiz

WWF Spain

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Lefkios Sergides

Terra Cypria

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Assad Serhal

Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

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Joan Marc Simon

Zero Waste Europe

Shalimar Sinno

Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Marija Stanisic

Center for Protection and Research of Birds

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Stella Stylianou

Association of Professional Fishermen of Zygi

Ibrahima Thiam

Wetlands International Africa (WIA)

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Aleksandër Trajçe

Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA)

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David Uzsoki

International Institute for Sustainable Development

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