IUCN’s work on World Heritage is managed by the World Heritage Programme, headquartered in Gland, Switzerland. We work in close collaboration with a network of World Heritage science advisers, World Heritage focal points in each of IUCN’s regional offices, the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), and IUCN’s Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP).
Contact details:
IUCN World Headquarters
Rue Mauverney 28
1196 Gland
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (22) 999-0000
Fax: +41 (22) 999-0002
IUCN World Heritage Programme
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Tim Badman
Director, IUCN World Heritage Programme
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Peter Shadie
Senior Adviser, World Heritage
Mizuki Murai
World Heritage Conservation Officer, Partnerships
Lead on building partnerships for IUCN’s World Heritage conservation work. Regional focal point for East and Southern Africa, North America and Asia. Thematic lead on linkages to species conservation, freshwater, industrial commitments and impacts including extractives, infrastructures, hydropower, renewable energy and impact assessment processes. For related queries, contact: mizuki.murai@iucn.org
Katherine Zischka
World Heritage Conservation Officer
Lead on the coordination of IUCN's work on monitoring the state of conservation of natural and mixed World Heritage sites. Regional focal point for West and Central Africa, the Arab States and Western Europe. Thematic lead on tourism, marine and pollution. For related queries, contact: katherine.zischka@iucn.org
Matthew Emslie-Smith
World Heritage Monitoring Officer (maternity cover)
Lead on the IUCN World Heritage Outlook. Regional focal point for Central Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Oceania. Thematic lead on climate change and nature-based solutions, fire and benefits. For related queries, contact: matthew.emsliesmith@iucn.org
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Clemens Küpper
Evaluations and Operations Officer, World Heritage Programme
Lead on IUCN's evaluations of World Heritage nominations, upstream support to States Parties, and coordination of the IUCN World Heritage Panel. Thematic lead on governance, rights, culture and indigenous heritage, and conflict. For related queries, contact: clemens.kupper@iucn.org
Elena Osipova
Senior Monitoring Officer, IUCN World Heritage Outlook
Currently on maternity leave.
Célia Zwahlen
Communications Officer, World Heritage Programme
For press, editorial, image or web-related queries, contact: celia.zwahlen@iucn.org
Matea Osti
Knowledge and Information Officer, World Heritage Programme
For queries on the IUCN World Heritage Outlook website or other knowledge products produced by the IUCN World Heritage Programme, and on geospatial technology and infrastructures, contact: matea.osti@iucn.org.
Ulrika Åberg
World Heritage Monitoring Officer
Ongoing research and monitoring on the state of conservation of natural and mixed World Heritage sites. For related queries, contact: ulrika.aberg@iucn.org
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Jean-Baptiste Bosson
World Heritage Officer
Ongoing research (especially on glaciers) and monitoring on the state of conservation of natural World Heritage sites. For related queries, contact: jean-baptiste.bosson@iucn.org
Eugene Jo
Programme Coordinator - World Heritage Leadership
For queries about the IUCN/ICCROM World Heritage Leadership programme, contact: eugene.jo@iccrom.org
Johary Rakotojohary
Programme Finance Manager - IUCN Global Programme Operations Unit
Advisers
Bastian Bertzky
World Heritage Science Adviser
Cyril Kormos
Vice-Chair for World Heritage, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Tilman Jaeger
Programme Adviser, IUCN World Heritage Programme
Regional focal points
East Africa – IUCN East Africa Regional Office (Kenya)
Leo Niskanen
Technical Coordinator - Conservation Areas & Species Diversity
leo.niskanen@iucn.org
West and Central Africa – IUCN West and Central Africa Regional Office (Burkina Faso)
Youssouph Diedhiou
Protected Areas Officer
youssouph.diedhiou@iucn.org
http://www.papaco.org/
Latin America & the Caribbean – IUCN Mesoamerica Regional Office (Costa Rica)
José Courrau
Senior Officer, Protected Areas
jose.courrau@iucn.org
Melissa Marín
Oficial Técnica (Cambio Climático)
melissa.marin@iucn.org
Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (Bahrain)
Tabe’a programme: arcwh.org/tabea-program
