Neil Burgess
Chief Scientist, UN WCMC
Neil is the Head of the Science Programme at UNEP-WCMC and a Professor at the Centre for Marcoecology, Evolution and Climate at the University of Copenhagen.
He has a long standing interest in the biogeography and conservation of African biodiversity. This has broadened in recent years to issues of the effectiveness and equity of protected areas and other conservation interventions, with regard to biological and human outcomes. He also has, and continues to, manage various forms of conservation projects in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe over the past 25 years.
