Dr William DARWALL

Head, Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, IUCN

Dr William Darwall is Head of the IUCN Global Species Programme’s Freshwater Biodiversity Unit. He has over 30 years experience working on and leading collaborative research projects on the ecology and conservation of aquatic ecosystems in developing countries. The main focus of his current work with IUCN includes implementation of large-scale biodiversity assessments of freshwater systems, including assessment of species threatened status for the IUCN Red List and the identification of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). He has completed projects to assess the status of freshwater biodiversity throughout continental Africa, Europe and large parts of Asia.