Future For Nature Office Members
The Future For Nature Office is responsible for organising the application process, providing administrative support to the Selection Committees, organising the FFN events, carrying out public relations and communication activities, fundraising and supporting the FFN Family and learning network.
I’m the director of the Future For Nature Foundation. As such, I am responsible for developing our mission and goals, and monitoring our complian [...]
I’m the director of the Future For Nature Foundation. As such, I am responsible for developing our mission and goals, and monitoring our compliance and progress towards them. To this end, I am working on a daily basis to improve our relationships with partners, and to look for opportunities to further support our winners. All in close cooperation with the FFN Board and FFN Office.
From an early age I have been fascinated by nature, and never missed an opportunity to learn more about it. While studying biology and during several projects abroad, I also started to realize that nature is very much under pressure. And often by our own actions! With this understanding, there grew a passion in me to try and do something about it.
I am a strong believer in conservation optimism, and am confident that positive and optimistic stories will help increase awareness and create a feeling of hope and empowerment that we can turn this around. The growing Future For Nature Family has many of these stories, and together we can lead by example.
The Future For Nature winners dedicate themselves to safeguard species and ecosystems by mobilizing communities, governments and the public at large. They inspire me to give my best every day, for them and for nature.
Each year, three young, talented, and ambitious nature conservationists are honoured with the FFN Award and become part of the FFN Family. Throughout t [...]
Each year, three young, talented, and ambitious nature conservationists are honoured with the FFN Award and become part of the FFN Family. Throughout the year, I ensure everything runs smoothly, from the selection process to the annual awards ceremony.
I have studied Natural Resource Engineering for my bachelor’s degree and Marine Science as a master’s student. Like many other nature lovers, I did my part in nature conservation by joining many wildlife conservation projects and NGOs with the focus on big carnivoures in Iran. In this journey, I had the opportunity to coordinate the Yahya Awards in Iran for three years and the honour of being one of the selection committee members for two years.
Here at FFN, I have the pleasure of taking care of the annual cycle of the FFN awards and welcoming three new winners coming from all around the world to the FFN Family. I believe in the impact of their endeavours on nature conservation, and by supporting and helping the FFN family with their impressive work, I feel I’m doing my part for the future of nature conservation.
Future For Nature and its growing pool of Award winners continue to inspire a new generation of conservationists. Years of story-telling and success-s [...]
Future For Nature and its growing pool of Award winners continue to inspire a new generation of conservationists. Years of story-telling and success-sharing have led to a united network of passionate students and young graduates: The Future For Nature Academy. As the coordinator of the Future For Nature Academy, I am responsible for the communication within the network and to the FFN Office. I am the general point of contact for the FFN Academy members, and I make sure the network runs smoothly by organizing meetings, helping members set up events, and maintaining the optimistic conservation spirit!
As a child, Animal Planet was my favourite channel and the shows there sparked my passion for nature and traveling. During my MSc in Animal Sciences I was able to delve deeper into learning about ecology and conservation, and travelled to Australia and Guinea-Bissau where I had the chance to see some very endangered habitats and species. This made me realize more than anything that the time for action is now, and I started looking for likeminded people. In 2019 I joined the Future For Nature Academy as a volunteer, and got inspired stories of the FFN Award winners. I am very honored that I now get to coordinate this amazing network of young and passionate future nature conservationists.