The Governing Board consists of ten persons from the Academy's member institutions elected at the Academy's Annual Collegium by representatives of the member institutions. 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 also members of the Governing Board, to ensure close continuing cooperation with IUCN in the implementation of the Academy's research recommendations.
Members of the Governing Board
 | Matteo Fermeglia
School for Transnational, European and Regional Studies, University of Amsterdam
Region: Western Europe
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 | Professor Stellina Jolly
South Asian University, India
Region: South and West Asia Region
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 | Professor Linda Yanti Sulistiawati
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Region: South-East Asia
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 | Amanda Kennedy
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Region: Oceania
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 | Professor Gustavo Alanís-Ortega
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, Mexico
Region: Meso-America
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 | David M. Forman
William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Region: North America
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 | Alexander (Sandy) Paterson
Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, University of Cape Town
Region: Africa
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Region: Eastern Europe and Central Asia |
| Fernando Reverendo Vidal Akaoui
Universidade Santa Cecília, Brazil
Region: South America
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 | Professor CAO Mingde
China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL)
Vice President, China Association of Environmental Resources Law Research
Region: North Asia
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 | Professor Christina Voigt
University of Oslo, Norway
Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
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 | Dr. Alejandro Iza
Head, IUCN Environmental Law Programme
Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Germany
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