The GWP conducts regular virtual knowledge exchange events on a range of topics related to anti-poaching, community engagement, tourism concessions, counter-wildlife trafficking, anti-corruption, and consumer demand reduction. Click on the event's title or photo below to replay the video recording.
If you would like to join virtual events, please email gwp-info@worldbank.org.
Franck Berthe, World Bank
Catherine Machalaba, EcoHealth Alliance
Dao Nguyen, IUCN
Dr Kalpy Julien Coulibaly, Pasteur Institute of Côte d'Ivoire
François Diaz, WOAH, founded as OIE
Jackson Katampi, Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Zambia
Sanjay Srivastava, World Bank
Corine Dickelet, Republic of Congo
Assim Serge Da, Republic of Congo
Jean Aime Goulou, Republic of Congo
Olivier Ondo Assame, Gabon
Augustin Mihindou Mbina, Gabon
Murielle Betoue Meyet, Gabon
Daniel Turner, ANIMONDIAL
Eliza Northrup, World Resources Institute
Chloe King, Solimar International
Carol Ritchie, EUROPARC Federation
Anna Spenceley, IUCN WCPA TAPAS Group
Jointly with the GEF
Diego Juffe Bignoli, Biodiversity Decisions and IUCN Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
Annika Keeley, Center for Large Landscape Conservation and IUCN Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group
Jessica Thorn, School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews
Wilfredo Pachon, ASL Sustainable Amazon for Peace Project, Colombia
Cindy Chimal, INTERPOL
Dr. Manoj Kumar, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Government of India
Erick Tran, UNODC
Ayse Koçak, TikTok
Giavanna Grein, WWF
Genevieve Connors, World Bank
Anna Spenceley, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS Group)
Vanice Mirembe Daawa, Uganda Wildlife Authority
Phonesuck Inthavong, Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park, Lao PDR
Mayra Castellanos, Cerro Azul, Colombia
William Alexander Rojas Melendez, Cerro Azul Puerta de Chiribiquete, Colombia
Adam Thalhath, Six Senses Laamu, Maldives
Shaha Hashim, Blue Marine Foundation
Vanessa Satur, World Bank
(co-hosted with the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program)
Majka Burhardt, Legado
Diana Alvira, Legado
Lilian Painter, Wildlife Conservation Society
Valerie Hickey, World Bank Group
Mauricio Sarabia Vie, T'simane Mosetén Regional Council of Pilón Lajas
Agustin Vicente Mamani Peña, Central Indígena del Pueblo Leco de Apolo
Siddharth Nair, SECURE Himalaya Project, UNDP
Monica Zavagli, World Bank
Francesco Ricciardi, ADB
Atty. Theresa Tenazas, DENR-BMB
Lodigario Rigor, ADB
Esteven Toledo, DENR-BMB
Cecilia Fischer, ADB
Ardi Risman, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of The Republic of Indonesia
Presentation: Lessons from the Philippines Project
Joni Seager, Bentley University
Rob Parry-Jones, WWF International
Tamara Leger, WWF International
Valerie Hickey, World Bank
Lisa Farroway, World Bank
Munashe Matare, GWP Zimbabwe Project
Yayat Afianto, UNDP Indonesia
Presentation: Gender and Illegal Wildlife Trade
Report: Gender and Illegal Wildlife Trade: Overlooked and Underestimated
Toolkit: Gender and IWT Toolkit
Lisa Farroway, World Bank
Ariella Kageruka, Rwanda Development Board
Kathleen H. Fitzgerald, Conservation Capital
Raymond Bourdeaux, World Bank
Mateus Mutemba, Government of Mozambique
Jean Labuschagne, African Parks
Keith Vincent, Wilderness Safaris
Presentation: Launch of Collaborative Management Partnership Toolkit
Karin Kemper, World Bank
Urvashi Narain, World Bank
Mark Lundell, World Bank
Natalia Jauri, Government of Argentina
Sindhu Prasad Dhungana, Government of Nepal
William Katongo, Government of Zambia
Presentation: Banking on Protected Areas Report – Key Findings
Report: Banking on Protected Areas: Promoting Sustainable Protected Area Tourism to Benefit Local Economies
Lisa Farroway, World Bank
Sue Snyman, Research at the African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation
Presentation: Conservation Livelihoods - Looking Beyond Tourism
Richard Diggle, WWF-Namibia
Carina Piment, Conexsus Brazil
Jasper Makala, Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative Tanzania
Joke Hoffman, BioCarbon Partners
Marissa Balfour, Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network
Adrian Dellecker, Luc Hoffman Institute
Adriana Moreira, World Bank
Jorge A. Ahumada, Conservation International
Tanya Birch, Google Earth Outreach
Jonathan Palmer, Wildlife Conservation Society
Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep, World Bank
Garo Batmanian, World Bank
Anna Spenceley, Tools and Resources for Nature-Based Tourism
Presentation: Tools and Resources for Nature-Based Tourism
Steve Noakes, Pacific Asia Tourism & Binna Burra Lodge, Australia
Presentation: Nature-Based Tourism in Asia and Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic - How the Sector is Responding
Paul Eshoo, Sustainable Tourism Advisor
Urvashi Narain, World Bank
Erick Fernandes, World Bank
David Gadsden, ESRI
Presentation: Esri Conservation Solutions
Laly Lichtenfeld, African People & Wildlife
Presentation: Geospatial-based Conservation Solutions
Chipangura Chirara, UNDP, Zimbabwe
Jaime Cavalier, Global Environment Facility
Presentation: African Parks
Garo Batmanian, World Bank
Susan Chomba, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Presentation: Land Restoration - Moving From Ivory Towers of Commitments To Practical Action - Perspectives from Regreening Africa
Mathew Reddy, Global Environment Facility
Timothy H. Brown, World Bank
Ioannis Vasileiou, World Bank
André Rodrigues de Aquino, World Bank Group
Kanitha Krishnasamy, TRAFFIC in Southeast Asia
Monica Zavagli, TRAFFIC
Presentation: Southeast Asia - At the Heart of Wildlife Trade
Report: Renewed game plan needed to tackle Southeast Asia’s wildlife trafficking problem
Giovanni Broussard, UNODC Global Programme for Combatting Wildlife and Forest Crimes in Southeast Asia
Charlotte de Fontaubert, World Bank Group
Timothy Wittig, Basel Institute on Governance
Presentation: Private Sector Engagement and Information Sharing with Law Enforcement to Combat Maritime Trafficking of Wildlife
Tom Milliken, Wildlife Trade Consultant
Daniel Sepetu, CMA CGM Transportation & Shipping Company
Swalleh Taher Faraj, Kenya Revenue Authority
Muthukumara S. Mani, World Bank
Paul Steele, IIED
Presentation: Insurance and Human Wildlife Conflict
Barbara Chabbaga, AB Consultants
Athula Senaratne, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Milanthi Sarukkali, Spark Actuarial, Sri Lanka
Richard W. Diggle, WWF Namibia
Presentation: Human Wildlife Conflict Microinsurance Scheme
Megan Hill, USAID
Judy Boshoven, Foundations of Success
Presentation: Conservation Enterprises - Integrating Conservation Goals into Development Projects
Dilys Roe, IIED
Timothy Brown, World Bank Group
Eleanora De Guzman, USAID Wildlife Asia
Sunny Patel, Trends Digital
David Cumplido, Trends, Digital
Jan Vertefeuille, WWF
Anny Liang, WWF
John Baker, Wild Aid
Presentation: Digital Approaches to Demand Reduction - Recent Results from the Field
Amy Dickman, Ruaha Carnivore Project and Lion Conservation Alliance
Presentation: Women in Nature Network
Presentation: Women in Wildlife Conservation - Insights from the Pride Lion Conservation Alliance
Richard Bergl, North Carolina Zoological Park
Presentation: SMART Improving the Effectiveness of Protected Areas Globally
Efrain Laureano, Chemonics
Presentation: Lawin Forest and Biodiversity Protection System Using SMART at Scale for Protection
Padu Franco, WCS Colombia
Presentation: SMART Adoption Case Study: Colombia
Claire Lewis, Frankfurt Zoological Society
Channing Mavrellis, Global Financial Integrity
Presentation: Illicit Financial Flows and Wildlife Trafficking
Sophie Le Clue, ADM Capital Foundation
Sam Inglis, ADM Capital Foundation
Presentation: Trading in Extinction - The Dark Side of Hong Kongs Wildlife Trade
Presentation: United for Wildlife Transport and Financial Taskforces
Michael Morantz, OECD
Presentation: Illegal Wildlife Trade: Southeast Asia
Phil Franks, IIED
Presentation: Governance Assessment of Protected and Conserved Areas (GAPA)
Mark Zimsky, Global Environment Facility
Penny Stock, UNDP
Glen Jeffries, Conservation Capital
Oliver Withers, Zoological Society of London
Presentation: Project Update and Introduction to the Rhino Impact Bond Concept
Tawanda Gotosa, SADC Secretariat
Presentation: SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas Support to Conservation and Sustainable Development
Nyambe Nyambe, KAZA TFCA Secretariat
Presentation: Kavanzo Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area - An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges
Karl Burkart, Leonardo Di Caprio Foundation
Kyler Abernathy, National Geographic Labs
Eric Dinerstein, WildTech, RESOLVE
Anna Bethke, Intel’s Artificial Intelligence Products Group
Presentation: TrailGuard AI Powered by Intel: Technology to Stop Poachers Before They Kill
François Duclos, Parks Canada
Presentation: Tourism Decision-Making at Parks Canada
George Stirrett Wood, World Bank
John M. Sellar, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Presentation: Ethics in the Battle Against Wildlife Crime and Trafficking
Vivek Menon, Wildlife Trust of India
Presentation: Ethics and Values in Conservation
Julian Lee, World Bank
Presentation: Before its Too Late Valorizing Wildlife in a Sustainable Way in the Western Congo Basin (in French)
Maxime Nzita Nganga, Congo Basin Forest Partnership
Samuel Wasser, Center for Conservation Biology, University of Washington
Elliott Harbin, Homeland Security Investigations Environmental Crimes Program
Kate Brooks, Filmmaker
Kai Collins, Conservation Manager, Wilderness Safaris
Presentation: Illegal Bushmeat and Poaching threats to Ecotourism in Botswana
Robin Naidoo, Senior Conservation Scientist, WWF
Hermione Nevill, World Bank/IFC
Presentation: Concessioning in Protected Areas 14 Characteristics of Success
Susan Snyman, IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group
Presentation: Promoting the Sustainability of Tourism Concessions
Richard Diggle, WWF
Presentation: Tourism Concessions in Protected Areas Namibia
Dr. Alexandra Zimmermann, IUCN Species Survival Commission
Presentation: Engaging a Global Community to Mitigate Human Wildlife Conflict
Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya, Elephant Ethologist and former Wildlife Director General, Sri Lanka
Presentation: From Conflict to Coexistence: A Strategic Approach to HEC Mitigation
Ravikant Singh and Raja Brij Bhushan, Binomial Solutions
Presentation: e-Eye® Binomial Solutions
Sophie Maxwell, Zoological Society of London
Presentation: Conservation Technology
Presentation: Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge
Lisa Samford, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival & Conservation Summit
Rhett Butler, Mongabay
Ellen Windemuth, Off the Fence Productions
Susan Kelly, Planet3 and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Mujon Baghai, Mujon Baghai Consulting
Presentation: Collaborative Management Partnerships in Africa
Greg Carr, Carr Foundation
Presentation: "Window on Eternity" Integrated Conservation and Development in Gorongosa Park, Mozambique
Andrew Parker, Africa Parks
Presentation: African Parks
Jeff Frank, FLIR System
Presentation: Thermal Technology for Conservation Applications
Robert Hannaford, UAV & Drone Solutions
Colby Loucks, WWF-US
Presentation: Using Technology to Stop Poaching: Some Thoughts and Lessons Learned