The Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force consists of members of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Species Survival Commission (SSC) with extensive knowledge of the various aspects of marine mammal place-based conservation, including science, policy, management and education.
Membership cannot be acquired by self-nomination
Members are appointed by the Task Force Chair(s)
Membership is reviewed every four years in correspondence with the IUCN World Conservation Congress
Task Force Members
Jo Marie V. Acebes, National Museum of the Philippines and Balyena, Philippines
Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas, USA
Monica Arso Civil, University of St. Andrews, UK
Karen Baird, SPREP, Samoa
C. Scott Baker, Oregon State University, USA
Rob Baldwin, Five Oceans Environmental Services, Oman
Bradley Barr, University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland
Jeffrey Bernus, Caribbean Cetacean Society, Martinique, France
Charlotte Boyd, KBA Expert, IUCN, Switzerland
Gill Braulik, University of St. Andrews, UK
Anna Bunney, ORCA, UK
Susana Cardenas Alayza, Peru
Simon Childerhouse, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
Danielle Cholewiak, NOAA Fisheries, USA
Tim Collins, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kenya
Rochelle Constantine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Enrique A. Crespo, CESIMAR-CONICET, Argentina
Jon Day, Queensland, Australia
Violaine Dulau, Globice, Reunion, France
Peter Evans, Sea Watch Foundation, UK
Susan Gallon, MedPAN, France
Claire Garrigue, IRD, Noumea, New Caledonia, France
Tilen Genov, Morigenos, Slovenia
Anita Gilles, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Germany
Pavel Gol’din, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
Sascha Hooker, University of St. Andrews, UK
Erich Hoyt, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, UK
Miguel Iñíguez, Fundacion Cethus, Argentina
Fairul Izmal, Mare Cet Research, Malaysia
Benjamin Kahn, APEX Environmental, Indonesia
Francine Kershaw, Natural Resources Defense Council, UK
Jeremy Kiszka, Florida International University, USA
Caterina Lanfredi, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
Sophie Laran, Université de La Rochelle, France
Mary-Anne Lea, University of Tasmania/IMAS, Australia
Phénia Marras-Ait Razouk, French Biodiversity Agency, France
Helene Marsh, James Cook University, Australia
David Mattila, International Whaling Commission Secretariat, USA
Gianna Minton, Megaptera Marine Conservation, The Netherlands
Hilary Moors-Murphy, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Putu Liza Mustika, Cetasi, Indonesia
Anne Nelson, CollabPacific, USA
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
Linda Nowlan, University of British Columbia, Canada
Carlos Olavarría, CEAZA, Chile
Romulus-Marian Paiu, Mare Nostrum, Romania
José Palazzo, Jr., Truda Palazzo & Associates, Brazil
Simone Panigada, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
Cecilia Passadore, Vida Silvestre Uruguay
Graham Pierce, CSIC, Spain
Elena Politi, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
Monique S. Pool, Green Heritage Fund, Suriname
Margi Prideaux, Wild Migration, Australia
Ester Quintana, Guatemala
Lorenzo Rojas Bracho, Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Mexico
Howard Rosenbaum, Wildilfe Conservation Society, USA
Debbie Russell, University of St. Andrews, UK
Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Rodney Salm, The Nature Conservancy, USA
Nataliya Shumeyko, Kaspika, Russian Federation
Mark Simmonds, OceanCare, UK
Brian Smith, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
Federico Sucunza, GEMARS & IA, Brazil
Dipani Sutaria, Ahmedabad, India
Michael Tetley, IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, UK
Jorge Urbán, UABCS, La Paz, Mexico
Dag Vongraven, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
Rob Williams, Oceans Initiative, Vancouver, Canada
Andrew Willson, Future Seas Global SPC, Sultanate of Oman
Margherita Zanardelli, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
