Thora Amend Email & Phone Number | Thora Amend's work focuses on diverse aspects of conservation & development, such as the management of biocultural landscapes, multiple values of nature for human wellbeing (including Nature-based Solutions for climate change and other societal challenges), governance of protected and conserved areas, environmental communication, public outreach. She carries out trainings, conducts field studies, develops concepts, and designs educational material. Over the past decades, she has worked with community-based conservation projects in Meso- & South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia. She lives between Latin America and the medieval little town of Laufenburg / Germany on the Swiss border in an old train station. The International Youth Forum "Go4BioDiv", a leadership program for dedicated youths around the world, was carried out under her direction in India, Japan, and Germany as a joint initiative of IUCN, UNESCO-world heritage center, CBD-Secretariat, GIZ and BMZ. As co-founder of Conservation & Development, Thora has developed interactive exhibitions, i.e. on the Amazon, Vietnam, Mongolia, Madagascar, as well as cooperation strategies for the "International Wilderness Camp" in the Bavarian Forest. For several years she served as a strategic advisor for the EUROCLIMA+ program in Brussels and Latin America. She heads several publication series: "Development has many Faces", "Parques Nacionales y Conservación Ambiental", and forms part of the Editorial Boards of PARKS, IUCN’s journal of protected areas and conservation, and “Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes”, on the ecological, cultural and spiritual values of these areas. Thora has worked for German cooperation, mainly GIZ, for many years, but also for other organizations, such as KfW, BfN, IUCN, CBD-Secretariat, and teaches in several universities. She co-founded and organized the summer seminars on "current trends and challenges for nature conservation" on the Isle of Vilm, International Academy; and is Honorary Member of the ICCA Consortium. As a long-standing member of IUCN’s Commissions on Protected Areas (WCPA), and on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Thora forms part of the Specialist Groups on 'Protected Land- and Seascapes', 'Natural Resource Governance' and on 'Other effective area-based conservation measures' (OECM). As former vice-chair of WCPA she focused on Governance and rights-based approaches in nature conservation.

Thora Amend

Thora Amend's work focuses on diverse aspects of conservation & development, such as the management...
Greater Freiburg Area, Greater Freiburg Area, Germany

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Thora Amend’s Location Greater Freiburg Area, Greater Freiburg Area, Germany

Thora Amend’s Current Industry Iucn Conservation And Development International Academy For Nature Conservation Bundesamt Fur Naturschutz Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Thora Amend’s Prior Industry Secretariat Of The Convention On Biological Diversity | Global Footprint Network | Unesco | Undp

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Iucn

commission activities

2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - Present

Conservation And Development

Co-Founder

2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - Present

International Academy For Nature Conservation Bundesamt Fur Naturschutz

Conservation & development: seminars & trainings

1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - Present

Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit

concepts & evaluations: biodiversity, climate change & development

1992-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - Present

Secretariat Of The Convention On Biological Diversity

Trainings

2004-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Global Footprint Network

Elaboration of training materials, cooperation GIZ - Footprint Network

2008-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Unesco

Initiator & Coordinator 'Go4BioDiv' (IUCN; UNESCO; GIZ and other partners)

2008-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Undp

Teamleader - multimedia publication on agrobiodiversity (for EU, UNDP, GIZ, Chinese Ministry)

2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z - 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

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Greater Freiburg Area, Greater Freiburg Area, Germany

Thora Amend is a Thora Amend's work focuses on diverse aspects of conservation & development, such as the management of biocultural landscapes, multiple values of nature for human wellbeing (including Nature-based Solutions for climate change and other societal challenges), governance of protected and conserved areas, environmental communication, public outreach. She carries out trainings, conducts field studies, develops concepts, and designs educational material. Over the past decades, she has worked with community-based conservation projects in Meso- & South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia. She lives between Latin America and the medieval little town of Laufenburg / Germany on the Swiss border in an old train station. The International Youth Forum "Go4BioDiv", a leadership program for dedicated youths around the world, was carried out under her direction in India, Japan, and Germany as a joint initiative of IUCN, UNESCO-world heritage center, CBD-Secretariat, GIZ and BMZ. As co-founder of Conservation & Development, Thora has developed interactive exhibitions, i.e. on the Amazon, Vietnam, Mongolia, Madagascar, as well as cooperation strategies for the "International Wilderness Camp" in the Bavarian Forest. For several years she served as a strategic advisor for the EUROCLIMA+ program in Brussels and Latin America. She heads several publication series: "Development has many Faces", "Parques Nacionales y Conservación Ambiental", and forms part of the Editorial Boards of PARKS, IUCN’s journal of protected areas and conservation, and “Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes”, on the ecological, cultural and spiritual values of these areas. Thora has worked for German cooperation, mainly GIZ, for many years, but also for other organizations, such as KfW, BfN, IUCN, CBD-Secretariat, and teaches in several universities. She co-founded and organized the summer seminars on "current trends and challenges for nature conservation" on the Isle of Vilm, International Academy; and is Honorary Member of the ICCA Consortium. As a long-standing member of IUCN’s Commissions on Protected Areas (WCPA), and on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Thora forms part of the Specialist Groups on 'Protected Land- and Seascapes', 'Natural Resource Governance' and on 'Other effective area-based conservation measures' (OECM). As former vice-chair of WCPA she focused on Governance and rights-based approaches in nature conservation.

Thora Amend currently works in the Iucn | Conservation And Development | International Academy For Nature Conservation Bundesamt Fur Naturschutz | Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit |

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Secretariat Of The Convention On Biological Diversity | Global Footprint Network | Unesco | Undp

Thora Amend has the following professional experience:
Iucn | Conservation And Development | International Academy For Nature Conservation Bundesamt Fur Naturschutz | Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit | Secretariat Of The Convention On Biological Diversity | Global Footprint Network | Unesco | Undp

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