RLE Team

The Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) is developed and implemented jointly by the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and the IUCN Science and Data Centre, in collaboration with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC).

The RLE is governed by four interacting committees with specific functions: (i) the Steering Committee, (ii) a Committee for Scientific Standards (CSS); (iii) a Database Management Committee; and (iv) a Red List of Ecosystems Partnership Committee. It is supported by the Red List of Ecosystems Thematic Group of the CEM, which is a group of volunteer experts that undertake diverse duties in support of the objectives of the RLE.

Steering Committee

The RLE Steering Committee supports and oversees the implementation of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems strategy. It is constituted by:

Chair of IUCN's Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)

Angela Andrade

Conservation International - Colombia / IUCN-CEM

Colombia

Lead of RLE Thematic Group and Chair RLE Committee for Scientific Standards

David A. Keith

University of New South Wales

Australia

Co-Lead of RLE Thematic Group

Emily Nicholson

Deakin University

Australia

Head of IUCN Biodiversity Assessment and Knowledge Unit

Richard Jenkins

IUCN

United Kingdom

Chief scientist IUCN

Thomas Brooks

IUCN

United Kingdom / United States of America

Representative from the RLE Partnership

Beth Polidoro

Arizona State University

United States of America

Representative from the RLE Partnership

David Obura

Coastal Oceans Research and Development - Indian Ocean (CORDIO)

Kenya

Representative from the RLE Partnership

Hedley Grantham

Wildlife Conservation Society

Australia

Representative from the RLE Partnership

Irene Zager

Provita

Venezuela

The work of the Steering Committee is supported by:

Red List of Ecosystems Programme Manager

Marcos Valderrabano

IUCN

Switzerland

RLE Collaborators

The Red List of Ecosystems programme is supported by volunteer experts from all over the world, who undertake diverse duties in order to advance the objectives established in the Strategic Plan, including: