Dr. Simon Stuart

Simon Stuart is serving his second four-year term as chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. In 2004 he completed the Global Amphibian Assessment, which put the global phenomenon of amphibian declines and extinctions on the map. Simon’s involvement with Future For Nature stems from his commitment to raising up the next generation of conservation leaders. 

Prior to his work for IUCN, Simon was the senior species scientist for both IUCN and Conservation International. From 1991 to 2000 he served as programme head of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, and from December 2000 to April 2001 as acting director-general of IUCN. Simon has undergraduate and doctoral degrees in conservation biology from the University of Cambridge.