Dr Carmel CROUKAMP

CEO, Parque das Aves

Carmel was born in Namibia and moved to Brazil in 2009, taking on the role of CEO of Parque das Aves, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, in 2014. Carmel is founder and President of Instituto Claravis and the Center for Conservation of Atlantic Rainforest Birds and a co-founder of the IUCN SSC Center for Species Survival Brazil.
She sits on the Technical Advisory Board of the Brazilian Government's National Action Plan for the Birds of the Atlantic Rainforest (ICMBio PAN Aves da Mata Atlântica), on the Board of Directors of Global Conservation Network (GCN) which oversees the IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group and the Amphibian Ark institute, is a member of the Conservation Committee of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and a councillor of the Iguaçu National Park, amongst other board memberships and directorships.