Razan Al Mubarak was elected President of IUCN this week. She is the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history and its first president from West Asia. Watch her acceptance speech.

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 MorrisWWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza and Jinfeng Zhou of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green […]

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.

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.

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.