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Aban Marker Kabraji provides strategic leadership for the Asia Regional Office of [https://www.iucn.org/ IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature] in Bangkok, Thailand. This includes oversight of 11 country offices with nearly 300 staff and some 70 environmental initiatives. Ms. Kabraji has been with IUCN since 1988 when she joined the Pakistan office as Country Representative. Since then she has amassed extensive experience negotiating with governments, IUCN members and partners to support implementation of major global conventions such as [[Convention on Biological Diversity]], [[ |
Aban Marker Kabraji provides strategic leadership for the Asia Regional Office of [https://www.iucn.org/ IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature] in Bangkok, Thailand. This includes oversight of 11 country offices with nearly 300 staff and some 70 environmental initiatives. Ms. Kabraji has been with IUCN since 1988 when she joined the Pakistan office as Country Representative. Since then she has amassed extensive experience negotiating with governments, IUCN members and partners to support implementation of major global conventions such as [[Convention on Biological Diversity]], [[Ramsar]]{{dn|date=December 2016}} and [[CITES]]. |
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Ms. Kabraji co-chairs the IUCN-UNDP regional initiative [https://www.mangrovesforthefuture.org/ Mangroves for the Future] and is the nominated Chair of [http://www.traffic.org/ TRAFFIC], a wildlife trade monitoring network. She has also co-chaired the advisory committee for Ecosystems for Life, a Bangladesh-India water dialogue programme. Ms. Kabraji has been a member of the External Advisory Board for the [http://gisf.yale.edu/ Yale Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry] and the Governing Board for the [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]] (IISD). Ms. Kabraji is a McCluskey Fellow and visiting Professor at the [[ Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies]] and a member of the Advisory Committee of the [http://www.uncrd.or.jp/ United Nations Centre for Regional Development] (UNCRD). |
Ms. Kabraji co-chairs the IUCN-UNDP regional initiative [https://www.mangrovesforthefuture.org/ Mangroves for the Future] and is the nominated Chair of [http://www.traffic.org/ TRAFFIC], a wildlife trade monitoring network. She has also co-chaired the advisory committee for Ecosystems for Life, a Bangladesh-India water dialogue programme. Ms. Kabraji has been a member of the External Advisory Board for the [http://gisf.yale.edu/ Yale Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry] and the Governing Board for the [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]] (IISD). Ms. Kabraji is a McCluskey Fellow and visiting Professor at the [[ Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies]] and a member of the Advisory Committee of the [http://www.uncrd.or.jp/ United Nations Centre for Regional Development] (UNCRD). |
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| Born | March 12, 1953 |
| Nationality | Pakistani[1] |
| Alma mater | University of London Karachi University |
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| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
Aban Marker Kabraji (b: 12 March 1953, Bombay (now Mumbai), India),[2] is a Pakistani biologist and scientist. She is Regional Director of the Asia Regional Office of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Previously, she was Country Representative for the IUCN Pakistan office.
Family
The eldest of three children, she is the niece of Jamsheed Marker.
Work
Aban Marker Kabraji provides strategic leadership for the Asia Regional Office of IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature in Bangkok, Thailand. This includes oversight of 11 country offices with nearly 300 staff and some 70 environmental initiatives. Ms. Kabraji has been with IUCN since 1988 when she joined the Pakistan office as Country Representative. Since then she has amassed extensive experience negotiating with governments, IUCN members and partners to support implementation of major global conventions such as Convention on Biological Diversity, Ramsar[disambiguation needed] and CITES.
Ms. Kabraji co-chairs the IUCN-UNDP regional initiative Mangroves for the Future and is the nominated Chair of TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. She has also co-chaired the advisory committee for Ecosystems for Life, a Bangladesh-India water dialogue programme. Ms. Kabraji has been a member of the External Advisory Board for the Yale Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry and the Governing Board for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Ms. Kabraji is a McCluskey Fellow and visiting Professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD).
Earlier in her career, Ms. Kabraji was involved in the conservation of endangered Green Turtle population off the coast of Karachi and Baluchistan.[3]
IUCN is an observer at the UN General Assembly, with Headquarters in Switzerland.
See also
References
- ^ Aban Marker Kabraji Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Aban Marker Kabraji Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Green Sea Turtle in Karachi and Baluchistan
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