About the RLE
RLE Team
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-CEMColombia
Lead of RLE Thematic Group and Chair RLE Committee for Scientific Standards
David A. Keith
University of New South WalesAustralia
Representative from the RLE Partnership
Beth Polidoro
Arizona State UniversityUnited States of America
Representative from the RLE Partnership
David Obura
Coastal Oceans Research and Development - Indian Ocean (CORDIO)Kenya
The work of the Steering Committee is supported by:
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:
Calvin Lee
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Chloe Sato
Centre for Integrative Ecology School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Clare Vernon
Centre for Integrative Ecology,School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Emily Nicholson
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Franz Essl
Environment Agency Austria / Department of Conservation Biology University of ViennaAustria
Guoke Chen
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
Hui Xiao
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Jessica Rowland
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Jianbo Tan
Research Center for Digital Mountain and Remote Sensing Application, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
Jon Paul Rodríguez
Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas / Provita / IUCN SSCVenezuela
Kate Watermeyer
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Kathryn M. Rodríguez-Clark
Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones CientíficasVenezuela
Keping Ma
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change / Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
Lucie M. Bland
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Mark D. Spalding
The Nature Conservancy / Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of CambridgeEngland
Michael A. McCarthy
Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of MelbourneAustralia
Michael Traurig
Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityAustralia
Patricio Pliscoff
Instituto de Geografía y Departamento de Ecología,Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile
Richard Kingsford
Australian Wetlands Rivers and Landscapes Centre, University of New South WalesAustralia
Sergio Zambrano-Martínez
Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones CientíficasVenezuela
Tracey J. Regan
Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The University of MelbourneAustralia