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The Protected Landscape Approach: Linking Nature, Culture and Community
Force. Formerly he was Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff
University, Wales; for 11 years the Director General of the Countryside Commission (UK); and
before that an employee of IUCN and UNEP. He now serves in a voluntary capacity in support
of several conservation NGOs in the UK.
Guillermo E. Rodríguez-Navarro is a founding member of Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta, Colombia, now serving as its coordinator for fundraising and international
relations. Together with his colleagues at the Foundation he has developed a complex manage -
ment plan for the Sierra Nevada region, geared towards the creation of a participatory process
involving all the groups that co-exist in that environment, and helping them define a shared
interest in the region’s well-being. Current appointments include lecturer at the Jorge Tadeo
Lozano University, president of the Fundacion Jardin Etnobotanico Villa Ludovica, and work
with the Archaeological Museum Casa del Marques de San Jorge.
Giles Romulus is the former Executive Director of the Saint Lucia National Trust and currently
represents the island of Saint Lucia on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee. He is a member
of the IUCN WCPA and its Protected Landscapes Task Force, and the Caribbean Conservation
Association. Currently he is the Programme Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility
Small Grants Programme/United Nations Development Programme for Barbados and the
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
Mechtild Rössler obtained her PhD in Geography from the University of Hamburg, Germany,
in 1988 and joined UNESCO’s Division of Ecological Sciences in 1991 after a year at the
Science Museum in La Villette, Paris, France, and as Visiting Professor at the geography
department of University of California-Berkeley, USA. She has been working for the
UNESCO World Heritage Centre since its creation in 1992, mainly on natural heritage and
cultural landscapes and is currently the Chief of Europe and North America (in charge of fifty
countries and 385 World Heritage sites).
Fausto O. Sarmiento, PhD, is director of the Office of International Education and Assistant
Professor of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia, USA. His research focuses on
restoration of neotropical montane landscapes. He is Regional Editor for Latin America for the
journal Mountain Research and Development and is on the board of global organizations in
favor of mountains. He has served as UNESCO/IUCN regional expert for topics related to
cultural landscapes, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, including the
recent II Cultural Encounter of the Americas, where he spoke on Cultural Landscapes, Identity
and Common Cultural Spaces in Latin America. He is a member of the IUCN WCPA Protected
Landscapes Task Force.
Guy S. Swinnerton is Professor Emeritus, Parks and Protected Areas, in the Faculty of
Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Canada. His nearly forty years of
both academic and professional experience with parks and protected areas has focused on
policy and management issues in both the UK and Canada. He is particularly interested in
land-use planning and management issues associated with lived-in landscapes. Currently, he is
a member of the IUCN WCPA Protected Landscapes Task Force, and is a member of the
Science Advisory Committee for Elk Island National Park and the Coordinating Committee for
the Beaver Hills Initiative in Alberta.
Jacquelyn L. Tuxill has 25 years experience in conservation, most recently focused on
building partnerships between the public and private sectors that encourage community-based
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