Kirsten is the Director General of WWF International and has been a life-long global conservation leader. Starting at WWF as a youth volunteer ranger, Kirsten has risen to various global leadership positions in the organization, with over 20 years of experience with WWF. Prior to WWF, she worked in Kenya and Malawi with local communities on wetland conservation. Throughout her conservation career, she has had a particular interest in the relationship between nature and socio-economic systems. Kirsten sits on several boards, including the Board of Wageningen University in The Netherlands. She holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and a Masters Degree in International Economics of the University of Maastricht.
As governments, businesses and organizations gather in Nice, France, for the UN Ocean Conference 2025, we can count ourselves lucky to participate in the life of a thriving coastal city f...
在过去几个月中，亚马逊的社区在经历极端干旱期后，又进入了大火多发的季节。由于森林砍伐、厄尔尼诺现象以及气候变化，今年9月的火灾数量达到了14年来的最高峰。
En los últimos meses, las comunidades de la Amazonía han vivido una temporada de incendios feroz, seguida por un período de sequía extrema. Impulsados por la deforestación, el fenómeno cl...
Over the past few months, communities in the Amazon have been living through a ferocious fire season following a period of extreme drought. Fuelled by deforestation, the El Niño weather p...
A living Amazon is vital for global stability, not least because of its role in storing carbon and regulating global climate. It is also an ecosystem in grave peril.
