The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has appointed a new Emirati woman president at the World Conservation of Nature in Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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IUCN is a consortium that brings together some of the world’s most influential organizations and experts to conserve nature and accelerate the transition to sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRegional representation and scientific expertise are key to IUCN,\u201d said Enrique Lehmann, IUCN Global Director. “The union’s democratic process, which includes more than 1,400 countries, indigenous peoples’ organizations, and members of civil society, gives incoming President <\/a>Razan Al Mubarak and the council he chairs a strong mandate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Mubarak is the founding director of the Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, which under her leadership has supported more than 2,000 species conservation projects in more than 160 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She is also the Chair of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and Managing Director of Emirates Nature, a non-governmental organization affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members elect the chairs of the IUCN committees, which include 18,000 volunteer experts from around the world in a range of disciplines from species conservation to environmental law and protected area management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The committees assess the state of the world’s natural resources and provide the Federation with expert knowledge and policy advice on conservation issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n