Members & Associates

The IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group comprises specialists from around the world spanning a range of disciplines including zoology, conflict mediation, stakeholder dialogue processes, social psychology, behaviour change and social marketing, behavioural ecology, animal cognition, environmental history, conservation planning, and other topics. The HWCCSG consists of staff, sub-group leaders, members, government focal points and working group associates. Membership is by invitation, based on nominations and applications, combined with two-yearly reviews of specific technical or regional gaps in our membership.

Leadership Team

Alexandra Zimmermann

Founding Chair, Co-Chair

Germany/UK

Sugoto Roy

SSC Liaison Lead

Switzerland

Silvio Marchini

Co-Lead, Latin America WG

Brazil

Mayukh Chatterjee

Co-Chair

India/UK

Jenny Glikman

Co-Lead, Social Science WG

Spain/Italy

Mariana Catapani

Co-Lead, Latin America WG

Brazil

Luna Milatović

Programs & Partnerships Manager

Serbia

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Beatrice Frank

Co-Lead, Social Science WG

Canada/Italy

Kim Wolfenden

Lead, Marine WG

Australia

Mariam Weston Flores

Programme Officer

Mexico

Simon Pooley

Lead, Coexistence WG

UK/South Africa

Joshua Plotnik

Lead, Animal Behaviour WG

USA/Thailand

Members

Sahil Nijhawan

Member

India/UK

Susan Canney

Member

Mali/UK

Koustubh Sharma

Member

Kyrgystan

Michael Manfredo

Member

USA

Jose Gonzalez Maya

Member

Colombia/Mexico

Simon Hedges

Member

Ronit Amit

Member

Costa Rica

Rogerio de Paula

Member

Brazil

Arash Ghoddousi

Member

Netherlands/Iran

Doug Clark

Member

Canada

Gnaneswar Ch

Member

India

Kirsten M. Leong

Member

USA Hawaii

Lauren Evans

Member

Kenya

Sian Waters

Member

UK/Morocco

Loki Osborn

Member

Zimbabwe/USA

Anna Songhurst

Member

Botswana/UK

Santiago Zuluaga

Member

Colombia

Kate Hill

Member

Juliette Young

Member

France

Virat Singh

Member

India

Brian McQuinn

Member

Canada

Aleksandër Trajçe

Member

Albania

Beatriz Arroyo Lopez

Member

Spain

Emmanuel Akampurira

Member

Uganda

Hanna Pettersson

Member

UK/Sweden

Kirstie Ruppert

Member

USA

Mireille Gonzalez

Member

USA

Tarsh Thekaekara

Member

India

Greta Francesca Iori

Member

Ethiopia/UK

Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

Member

China/Spain

Gladman Thondhlana

Member

South Africa

Diogo Veríssimo

Member

UK/Portugal

Camilla Sandström

Member

Sweden

Ee Phin Wong

Member

Malaysia

Amy Dickman

Member

Andreas Kranz

Member

Austria

Boripat Siriaroonrat

Member

Thailand

Emu Ostermann-Miyashita

Member

Japan

Igor Khorozyan

Member

Armenia

Kristi Maciejewski

Member

South Africa

Ruth Akagu

Member

Nigeria

Thandiwe Mweetwa

Member

Zambia

Nurzahfarina Othman

Member

Malaysia

James Stevens

Member

Barbara Chesire

Member

Kenya

Arie Trouwburst

Member

Netherlands

Richard Hoare

Member

Zimbabwe

Özgün Emre Can

Member

Türkiye

John Linnell

Member

Norway

Annu Jalais

Member

India

Chanpen Saralamba

Member

Thailand

Ethan Doney

Member

USA

Julie Young

Member

USA

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Laura Perry

Member

Sayan Banerjee

Member

India

Past Members & Staff

Chloe Inskip (Editorial Officer), Marina Tavolaro (Library Officer), Stephen Redpath (Member), Rachel Hoffmann (Member), Vidya Athreya (Member), Dilys Roe (Member), Elaine Lan Yin Hsiao (Member), Hannes König (Member), James Butler (Member), Hollie Booth (Member), and Adam Ford (Member)

Government Focal Points

Our Focal Points are post-holders in governments who deal substantially with HWC-related matters in their countries. Focal Points are not Members but are liaisons between governments and the HWCCSG, and who bring to the Specialist Group’s attention any needs identified by their governments, to facilitate collaboration and help foster science-policy links for HWC-related aspects of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. See our page on Focal Points for further information.

Working Group Associates

Working Groups are led by Members of the Steering Group, and include several members as well as non-members (Associates), who are listed here. More information about working groups can be found on our Projects page.