Mr Brent MITCHELL

Senior Vice President, Quebec Labrador Foundation / Atlantic Center for the Environment

Brent A. Mitchell is Senior Vice President of QLF Atlantic Center for the Environment, a US/Canadian NGO advancing conservation through international exchange, capacity-building, facilitation, and technical assistance in over 50 countries. He is a founding partner in the (U.S.) National Park Service Stewardship Institute and past president of the George Wright Society, the protected area professionals association of North America. A long-time member of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas, he leads a volunteer specialist group on Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship, and is a member of several others, including the specialist group on Protected Landscapes and Seascapes. He consults for IUCN on the UNESCO World Heritage program, especially on mixed natural and cultural sites, and is also a member of ICOMOS.