Governing Board

The Governing Board consists of ten persons elected by representatives of the member institutions of the Academy. Click on each member's name below for a biographical note.

The Chair of IUCN's Commission on Environmental Law and the head of IUCN's Environmental Law Program are ex officio members of the Governing Board, to ensure close continuing cooperation with IUCN in the implementation of the Academy's research recommendations. The Director is also an ex officio member. The Governing Board defines the Academy's projects and operations.

Members of the Governing Board

	Nilufer Oral Chair, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey Region: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
	Lye Lin-Heng Deputy Chair, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Professor, Law Faculty, National University of Singapore Region: South East Asia
	Bharat H. Desai Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Region: West Asia
	Rob Fowler Professor, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Professor, University of South Australia, Australia Region: Oceania
	Jose Juan Gonzalez Marquez Professor, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico Region: Meso-America
	Robert Kibugi Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya Region: Africa
	Elizabeth Kirk Professor, University of Dundee, Scotland Region: Western Europe
	Melissa Powers Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School, USA Region: North America & the Caribbean
	Gilberto Rincon Professor, Centre for Studies in Sustainable Development, Colombia Region: South America
	Wang Xi Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Region: North Asia
	Jamie Benidickson (ex officio) Director, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
	Alejandro Iza (ex officio) Head, IUCN Environmental Law Programme Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Germany
	Yves Le Bouthillier (ex officio) Director, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa