Prof. dr. ir. Hans de Iongh

Hans de Iongh has been a member of the Board of the Netherlands Committee for IUCN since 1987 and has been a Chair of the Committee between 1990 and 2000 and a Vice Chair from 2000 until 2003. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of IUCN NL and Biodiversity Advisor to the daily board. During 2008 and 2012 Hans was a IUCN Regional Councillor for West Europe in the IUCN Council. Hans has been a member of the Steering Committee of the  IUCN Species Survival Commission during 2008 to date  and still is an active member of  the Sustainable Use Specialist Group, the Sirenia Specialist Group and the Cat Specialist Group. He is also an active member of the African Lion Working Group, which is affiliated with the Cat Specialist Group, and he has contributed to the Ecosystem Management Group for several years. Hans has been a  member of the Netherlands CITES Commission, Chair of the Van Tienhoven Foundation from 2008 until 2016, Chair of the Leo foundation from 2008 until 2025 and he is still a  member of an Advisory Group to the Ministry of LNV on Red Lists in the Netherlands and Board member of the Stichting Leeuw in Anna Paulowna.