PhD. Dilys Roe. Specialist Group Chair UICN SULi

Dilys Roe is a Principal Researcher at the Londonbased International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) where she leads the Institute’s work on biodiversity and conservation. Her work focuses on the human dimensions of conservation – including understanding and supporting the necessary conditions for effective communitybased conservation. A strong element of her current work is on engaging local communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade and, more broadly, enhancing community voices in conservation policymaking and strategies for linking biodiversity conservation with human wellbeing and social justice. Dilys has a PhD in biodiversity management from the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology and the University of Kent. She is a member of the UK Government Darwin Expert Committee (DEC) and Illegal Wildlife Trade Advisory Group, and a Fellow of the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Dilys became the Chair of SULi in January 2019.

PhD Enrique Flores. Rector of Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

Zootechnical engineer from the National Agricultural University La Molina with a master's and doctorate in Grassland Science from Utah State University, and a postdoctoral degree in Agronomy and Forages from the University of California (USA). He is currently a senior professor in the academic department of Animal Production and a permanent researcher in the laboratory of ecology and grassland use. His research is related to the field of ecology and grassland management.

Dr. Eric Cosio. Director of the Institute for the Sciences of Nature, Territory and Renewable Energies of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (INTE-PUCP)

Doctor in Botany – Vegetal Biochemistry. Master of Biochemistry from Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University. Licentiate in Biology from the same University.  Full professor at the Department of Sciences, Section of Chemistry of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP).

Dr. Pedro Gamboa Moquillaza. Head of Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (Sernanp)

Lawyer graduated from the University of Lima, with master's degrees in Law with a mention in Civil and Commercial Law at the National University of San Marcos. Diploma in Concession Law from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. Member of the Agrarian Law Commission of the Illustrious Bar Association of Lima for three periods. He has more than fifteen years of experience in public management and management of protected natural areas and procedural defense. He has served as general secretary, coordinator of the Sinanpe II Project and legal advisor of the Machupicchu Program in the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), since 2000. He currently serves as head and president of the Board of Directors of the SERNANP, since December 2011.

PhD. Nathalie Van Vliet. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Associate researcher of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). This institution is a non-profit, scientific institution that conducts research on the most pressing challenges of forest and landscape management around the world. Using a global, multidisciplinary approach, we aim to improve human well-being, protect the environment, and increase equity. To do so, we conduct innovative research, develop partners’ capacity, and actively engage in dialogue with all stakeholders to inform policies and practices that affect forests and people. CIFOR is a CGIAR Research Center, and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). Our headquarters are in Bogor, Indonesia, with offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Yaounde, Cameroon; Lima, Peru and Bonn, Germany. Research in the six thematic work areas is underway in more than 50 countries.