Ms Domitilla RAIMONDO

Threatened Species Programme Manager, South African National Biodiversity Institute

Domitilla Raimondo is the Threatened Species Programme Manager at the South African National Biodiversity Institute. She is responsible for the species assessments for South Africa’s National Biodiversity Assessment. Domitilla has extensive experience assessing the threat status for South Africa’s animal and plant species, is the lead author of the “Red List of South African Plants” (2009) and has co-ordinated the Red List assessments for many animal groups. She is dedicated to ensuring that species information feeds into landuse decision making. Domitilla is also involved in species conservation work internationally and Chairs the IUCN Species Survival Commissions’ Plant Conservation Committee. She is passionate about mainstreaming species information into development work and works across Africa to ensure technical transfer and capacity development takes place to mobilise biodiversity information needed to inform decision making.