Wild Europe
"Originally established in 2005, the Wild Europe initiative promotes a coordinated strategy for protection and restoration of wilderness and large wild areas of natural process and habitat, addressing the threats and opportunities facing them.
"Wild Europe was formally launched in 2009 at an EC Presidency conference in Prague which was opened by Vaclav Havel, former Czech President and author of the ‘Velvet Revolution’." [1]
"The Wild Europe initiative currently includes representatives and individuals from the following organizations:
- Alterra Consultancy
- Birdlife International
- CEEWEB
- Conservation Capital
- Council of Europe
- ECNC/LHN
- European Commission
- European Nature Trust
- European Wilderness Society
- Europarc Federation
- Frankfurt Zoological Society
- Institute of European Environmental Policy
- IUCN Regional Office for Europe and Global
- Natuurmonumenten
- Rewilding Europe
- Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
- UNESCO
- Wilderness Foundation UK
- Wildland Research Institute
- World Wide Fund for Nature
Wild Europe Executive Committee as at May 2018 [1]
- Ladislav Miko (Chair) Head of EU Commission representation in Slovakia,
former Director of Natural Environment at European Commission DG Environment, subsequently Deputy Director General, DG SANCO.
- Alberto Arroyo IUCN EU Representative Office
- Toby Aykroyd Coordinator, Wild Europe Initiative
- Andreas Baumueller Head of Natural Resources, WWF European Policy Office
- Neil Birnie Chief Executive, Conservation Capital
- Michael Brombacher Head of Europe Department, Frankfurt Zoological Society
- Steve Carver Director, Wildland Research Institute
- Eladio Fernandez Galiano Former Head of Biodiversity, Council of Europe
- Catarina Ferreira European Conservation Coordinator, IUCN
- Hugh Fullerton-Smith Former Director, European Nature Trust
- Barbara Herrero EU Nature Policy Officer, Birdlife International
- Natarajan Ishwaran Professor, ICST for Natural and Cultural Heritage
Former director, UNESCO Ecology and Earth Sciences division
- Lawrence Jones-Walters Head of Biodiverse Environment. Wageningen Environmental Research
- Rob Jongman Former Director, Alterra Consultancy
- Cyril Kormos Vice Chairman for World Heritage, IUCN-WCPA
- Monika Kotulak CEEweb for Biodiversity
- Zoltan Kun Independent, former Chairman of European Wilderness Society
- Peter Loeffler European Commission, DG Environment
- Sabien Leemans OBO WWF European Policy Office
- Jeffrey McNeely Chief Scientist (retd), IUCN Global
- Neil McIntosh Deputy Director ECNC/LHN
- Vance Martin Chairman, IUCN Wilderness Task Force
- Federico Minozzi European PO, Europarc Federation
- Patrick Nuvelstijn European Coordinator, Natuurmonumenten
- Olli Ojala Finnish Environment Institute
Former European Commission DG EnvB3
- Christoph Promberger Director, Fundatia Conservation Carpathia (FCC) Romania
- Carol Ritchie Director, Europarc Federation
- Jo Roberts Chief Executive, Wilderness Foundation UK
- Max Rossberg Chairman European Wilderness Society
- Frans Schepers Managing Director, Rewilding Europe
- Erika Stanciu President, ProParcs
Former President, Europarc Federation. WWF DCP
- Magnus Sylven International consultant, former director WWF Europe & Middle East
- Graham Tucker Head of Biodiversity Programme, Institute of European Environmental Policy
- Daniel Vallauri Programme Manager Forest Biodiversity, WWF France
- Jaap van der Waarde Senior Advisor, Landscapes and Species, WWF Netherlands
- Tony Whitbread Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (UK)
- Sebastian Winkler Former Coordinator, Countdown 2010
