Mr Arnau TEIXIDOR COSTA

Programme Officer, IUCN Med

Arnau is acting manager of the Ecosystem Resilience and Spatial Planning Programme at IUCN Med, coordinating a portfolio of projects including DestiMED Plus and Tech4Nature, as well as the MEET Network Association, with focus on tourism and visitation of protected areas. Before this role, Arnau was Climate Emergency Project Manager at Bristol City Council, Destinations Programme Officer at the Travel Foundation, and Executive Director of FMB (Fundação Maio Biodiversidade), a nature conservation NGO in Cabo Verde, Western Africa. With a background in spatial planning, Arnau has worked for over 10 years on sustainable development  initiatives related to tourism, nature conservation, transport and climate change in several countries, including Turkey, United Kingdom or Switzerland.  Arnau is from Girona, Spain, and holds a MSc in International Planning by University College London.