Members

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.

Staff & Group Leads

Alexandra Zimmermann

Chair

Jenny Glikman

Co-Lead, Social Science WG

Simon Pooley

Lead, Coexistence WG

Luna Milatović

Policy Officer

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Beatrice Frank

Co-Lead, Social Science WG

Kim Wolfenden

Lead, Marine WG

Mariam Weston Flores

Programme Officer

Silvio Marchini

Co-Lead, Latin America WG

Joshua Plotnik

Lead, Animal Behaviour WG

Marina Tavolaro

Library Officer

Mariana Catapani

Co-Lead, Latin America WG

Members

James Stevens

Loki Osborn

Zimbabwe/USA

Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

China/Spain

Barbara Chesire

Kenya

Diogo Veríssimo

UK/Portugal

Camilla Sandström

Sweden

Vidya Athreya

India

Brian McQuinn

Canada

Rogerio de Paula

Brazil

Hollie Booth

Indonesia/UK

Greta Francesca Iori

Ethiopia/UK

Nurzahfarina Othman

Malaysia

Koustubh Sharma

Kyrgystan

Michael Manfredo

USA

Arie Trouwburst

Netherlands

Richard Hoare

Zimbabwe

Ee Phin Wong

Malaysia

Amy Dickman

Hannes König

Germany

James Butler

New Zealand

Sahil Nijhawan

India/UK

Sugoto Roy

Switzerland

Santiago Zuluaga

Colombia

Mayukh Chatterjee

UK/India

Jose Gonzalez Maya

Colombia/Mexico

Simon Hedges

Özgün Emre Can

Turkey

Elaine Lan Yin Hsiao

USA

Aleksandër Trajçe

Albania

Adam Ford

Canada

Susan Canney

Mali/UK

Anna Songhurst

Botswana/UK

Gladman Thondhlana

South Africa

Kate Hill

Juliette Young

France

Virat Singh

India

Ronit Amit

Costa Rica

John Linnell

Norway

Dilys Roe

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.