Razan Al Mubarak
Razan Al Mubarak was elected President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for a term from 2021 to 2024. A native of the United Arab Emirates, Ms. Al Mubarak is the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history and its first president from West Asia. A progressive conservationist for more than 20 years, she is currently Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund) and Emirates Nature. She served as managing director of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) from 2010 to 2018.
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Razan Al Mubarak in Beautiful News
Mar. 08, 2022
For International Women’s Day, Beautiful News looks at Razan Al Mubarak’s efforts to support the work of female conservationists worldwide.
Razan Al Mubarak in Mongabay’s “Conservation Players”
Aug. 30, 2021
Razan Al Mubarak was interviewed by Mongabay editor-in-chief Rhett Butler as part of the news outlet’s Conservation Players. The series explores nature and sustainability issues and trends with notable conservation leaders from around the world such as The Nature Conservancy’s Jennifer Morris, WWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza, and Jinfeng Zhou of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation.
Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in Eco-Business
Aug. 11, 2021
In an op-ed published in Eco-Business, Razan Al Mubarak argues that addressing the biodiversity crisis requires long-term research, field projects, advocacy, and education, as well as institutional overhead like rent and salaries, that can best be maintained through unrestricted monetary donations.
Women conservationists spotlighted in World Atlas
May. 03, 2021
World Atlas interviewed Razan Al Mubarak and four women who have received grants from the Mohamed Bin Zayed Conservation Fund for a special series of articles on the critical role that women play in biodiversity conservation.
Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in World Economic Forum
Apr. 28, 2021
In an op-ed published today in the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, Razan Al Mubarak discusses why it is essential that women are fully engaged and equally represented in biodiversity conservation — at the grassroots level and in the leadership of governments and NGOs.
Razan Al Mubarak profiled in Financial Times
Feb. 13, 2021
In an interview with the Financial Times, Razan Al Mubarak discusses why she believes the existential twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are the greatest challenges of our time.
Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in Sustainability Times
Aug. 26, 2020
For more than a decade, scientists like Luis Ortiz-Catedral have been working to protect the Galápagos pink land iguana. The species faces a range of threats including feral cats and rats, which prey on eggs and young reptiles. Their scientists’ work, however, came to a halt in April when the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador went into effect.
In an op-ed published in Sustainability Times, Ms. Al Mubarak looks at how the pandemic has impacted the conservation sector and proposes a plan of action for ensuring a sustainable recovery.
Razan Al Mubarak Calls For Wildlife Recovery Plan
Jun. 03, 2020
While the global lockdown has led to unprecedented reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, there is increasing evidence that the pandemic is bringing critical conservation efforts to a halt, harming efforts to prevent biodiversity loss worldwide.
In an op-ed written for Mongabay, the global conservation and science news outlet, Razan Al Mubarak calls for a post-COVID recovery plan for wildlife conservation.
Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in The Ecologist
Apr. 30, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call that a seemingly innocuous event in one part of the world can have a profound effect on the other side of the planet in just a matter of days.
In an op-ed written for The Ecologist, Razan Al Mubarak makes a powerful case for the need for conservationists to work more closely with global health and trade authorities in order to prevent future pandemics, economic crises, climate catastrophe, biodiversity loss and other existential threats.