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IUCN World Heritage Team
IUCN's work on World Heritage is coordinated by the World Heritage Team, part of the IUCN Centre for Conservation Action. The World Heritage Team also works with a network of thematic and regional World Heritage focal points embedded in other IUCN teams. Our work on World Heritage is supported through technical expertise of IUCN's international network of experts, including the IUCN World Heritage Panel and the WCPA Vice-chair for World Heritage.
Tim Badman
Head IUCN World Heritage Team
Tim Badman is Director of the World Heritage Team at IUCN, having served as Director of the IUCN World Heritage Programme since 2009 and Director of the IUCN Nature ...
Mizuki Murai
Senior Programme Coordinator World Heritage
Mizuki joined IUCN in 2015 and oversees IUCN’s work on World Heritage. She is the deputy head of IUCN’s delegation at World Heritage Committee meetings ...
Katherine Zischka
World Heritage Conservation Officer
Since 2019, Kathy coordinates IUCN’s statutory Advisory Body work on monitoring the state of conservation of natural and mixed World Heritage sites under the ...
Clemens Küpper
Programme Officer, Nominations and Strategy
Clemens Küpper joined IUCN in 2020 as Evaluations and Operations Officer for the World Heritage Programme. He is responsible for coordinating the ...
Paul Ngafack
World Heritage Monitoring Officer
Paul Ngafack is the World Heritage Monitoring Officer at IUCN. He is the regional focal point for West & Central Africa and North America. Before joining IUCN ...
Eugene Jo
Programme Coordinator - World Heritage Leadership
Eugene Jo is the Programme Coordinator for the joint IUCN/ICCROM World Heritage Leadership Programme. She joined ICCROM in 2017 and is based in ...
Taras Bains
Taras Bains - Junior Professional
Taras Bains joined IUCN in 2024 as Junior Professional for World Heritage. He coordinates the newly introduced Preliminary Assessment Process, which provides ...
Robbert Casier
World Heritage Programme Development Officer
Robbert joined IUCN in 2024. He supports the expansion of the portfolio of IUCN’s World Heritage work and explores partnerships and collaborative work ...
Lisa Kopsieker
World Heritage Outlook Coordinator
Lisa joined IUCN in 2024. She is coordinating the fourth World Heritage Outlook, which is a global assessment of key conservation issues across all natural and ...
WCPA Vice-chair for World Heritage
Vice-Chair for World Heritage, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Position being filled.