Council

The Council is composed of a minimum of seven and a maximum of twenty-one individuals chosen from among the representatives of the Members and the Honorary members. These individuals are elected by the General Assembly. It contains three subcommittees: the Membership Committee, the Programme and Policy Committee, the Executive Committee.

Dr. Aili Pyhälä

Council Member with special responsibility for Northern Europe and Russia.
Chair of the Membership Committee

Ghanimat Azhdari

Council Co-chair of the Theme on “Documenting territories of life”

Dr. Marco Bassi

Council Member with special responsibility for Southern Europe and the Mediterranean

Felipe Gomez

Council Member with special responsibility for Mesoamerica and the spanish-speaking Caribbean

Thomas Jalong

Council Member with special responsibility for South East Asia

Jorge Nahuel

Council Member with special responsibility for the Cono Sur region of South America

Wrays Perez Ramirez

Council Member with special responsibility for the Amazon Region of South America

Giovanni Reyes

Council Member with special responsibility ​for the relationship with GEF (exceptional role until December 2019)

Aman Singh

Council Member with special responsibility for South Asia

Vivienne Solis Rivera

Council Member with special responsibility about ICCAs and gender issues ​(exceptional role until December 2019)

Pooven Moodley

Council co-chair of the Theme on “Defending Territories of Life”

Dr. Yingyi Zhang

Council Member with special responsibility for East Asia, including China

Alifereti Tawake

Council Member with special responsibility for Austronesia (comprising Taiwan, Hawaii, the Pacific islands)