The Global Rewilding Alliance is constituted as a non-profit Association in Geneva, Switzerland, which we established in January 2023. The members of the Association are our three Board members:
Mark Halle
Mark is the co-founder of Better Nature and acts as a senior advisor at both the FC4S: Financial Centres for Sustainability and at Nature Finance. A former Director of the IUCN and Founder of the International Institute for Sustainable Development – Europe, Mark brings vast experience and a wide global network.
Carolina Morgado
Carolina is the Executive Director of Fundación Rewilding Chile, formerly Tompkins Conservation Chile. Carolina has been with the organisation for over 25 years, having worked with Douglas and Kristine Tompkins since they began conservation projects in Chilean Patagonia. Carolina led the process of the large land donation to the Chilean State for the creation of five National Parks and the extension of others, being the largest donation of its kind in the world. Recent projects include the creation of future terrestrial and marine protected areas along the Route of Parks of Patagonia, the consolidation of the Huemul National Corridor, and the monitoring programs of vulnerable species within national parks in collaboration with the National Park Service and the Wildlife and Livestock Agency, such as the huemul, puma, rhea, condor, and small cats, among others.
Frans Schepers
Frans is a co-founder and the Executive Director of Rewilding Europe. He started loving nature as a teenager, graduated in forestry, land– and water management and was responsible for the design of reshaping and ecological restoration of 50 km of the river Meuse on the border between Belgium and Netherlands. From 2000-2014 he worked at WWF Netherlands, rewilding large landscapes in Europe, Africa and Central Asia. As the Executive Director of Rewilding Europe since 2011, he is leading a team across Europe, with ten large landscapes becoming rewilding icons for Europe, where wild nature with abundant wildlife provide new socio-economic opportunities. Apart from demonstrating rewilding at landscape scale, his focus is also much on widespread adoption of rewilding, building and facilitating a European rewilding movement. Frans is a keen birdwatcher, has travelled numerous countries around the world and is still connected to Zambia, where he is a Trustee of the Zambian Carnivore Programme.
Gregor Pipan
Gregor has two decades of experience in the financial investment industry. In the last years, he has been predominantly focusing on the environmental factors across different asset classes and the underlying regulation and standards. Currently he holds the position of the Program Manager on Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt at NatureFinance, where he is working on the integration of nature related KPIs into sovereign and sub-sovereign debt issuance. He is also exploring linkages to the biodiversity and carbon credits markets and alternative financing sources for nature conservation and restoration projects. He has also been involved for years in supporting the medical and tactical capacity building of anti-poaching ranger units.
Reem AlMealla
Dr. Reem AlMealla is a nature lover by default, a marine biologist by profession and a climate advocate by concern. She is the founder of Nuwat, an environmental research and conservation think and do tank, education provider and advisory. She holds a PhD in Marine Biology from the University of Essex (UK) and is the first Bahraini woman field marine ecologist. Her passion for ocean exploration and conservation has seen her work on reefs and other marine ecosystems in countries such as Bahrain, Indonesia, Madagascar, Seychelles, and South Africa. She specialises in coral reef ecology and has nearly 15 years of field research experience in tropical and sub-tropical environments. Her research interests include reef carbonate budgets, population genetics, utilizing nature-based solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change in addition to environmental policies. Reem deeply believes that for future generations to exist on a healthy planet, it is mandatory for all to cultivate a culture of sustainability and environmental consciousness. When she is not on the field, Reem is a busy bee working on spreading awareness, creating pathways to make data and information freely available in addition to educating the public on the environmental challenges that the world is facing. Lastly, she is the recipient of the Abel Imray Award (joint) for the best outstanding ecological research project (2010) and the M.E.I (Motivational. Empowering and Inspiring) Women’s Award (2017) by the University of Essex in addition to the 2023 ITRI Visionary Young Leaders Award.
Nelson Mhlanga
Nelson is a Zimbabwean born environment and social safeguarding specialist, currently working in Nigeria’s iconic Oluwa Forest Reserve. A Rotary Peace Fellow, he is also recognized as one of the Top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders by World Wildlife Fund for nature (WWF) and African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). Nelson has over a decade of experience spanning East, Southern and West Africa in the fields of biodiversity conservation, community development and sustainability. He holds a B.Sc. Hons degree in Wildlife and Rangeland Management from Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe, and an advanced M.Sc. in Biodiversity, Conservation & Management from the University of Oxford, England. Nelson has worked in various roles and organizations including the International Antipoaching Foundation and the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Global Landscape Conservation Program. He is an ambassador for Rewilding Africa CiC and is a US Department of State IVLP Alumni. Nelson is the Managing Partner of Innovative EnviroPrenuers Inc a leading environmental consultancy firm based from Harare, Zimbabwe.