Ms Alison WOODLEY

Senior Strategic Advisor, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

Alison Woodley is a Senior Strategic Advisor with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Canada’s only nationwide conservation NGO dedicated to the protection of public land, freshwater and ocean. She recently completed a two year assignment with the IUCN WCPA Task Force on Beyond the Aichi Targets. Over two decades Alison has played leadership roles in many CPAWS campaigns, including securing a $1.3 billion Canadian government investment in conservation in 2018. In 2017, she was appointed to a National Advisory Panel tasked with recommending how Canada could achieve its commitment to protect at least 17% of land and freshwater by 2020. She has been a member of the national Species at Risk Advisory Committee and an advisor to the Auditor General's office. She has a BSc in Forestry and an MA in Geography, lives in Chelsea, Quebec, and is happiest out enjoying nature in nearby protected areas, and other wild places around the world.