The Revelator - Susan Lieberman

Susan Lieberman

has worked in international biodiversity conservation, at the intersection of science and policy, for almost 30 years, including extensive experience with international wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking and intergovernmental policy. Having obtained her Ph.D. in tropical ecology from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where she then undertook postdoctoral research, she worked for the U.S. Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service) for 11 years, including several years as chief of the U.S. CITES Scientific Authority. She has attended all CITES meetings of the Conference of the Parties since 1989 and is a recognized expert on wildlife trade (legal and illegal). She is now vice president, international policy with the Wildlife Conservation Society, IUCN Council Member for North America and the Caribbean, a member of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, and an appointed member of both the U.S. Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking and the United for Wildlife/Royal Foundation Transport Taskforce.

Op-Eds

How to Stop Wildlife Trafficking in Its Tracks

The rich countries that fuel demand for wildlife products must step up to fulfill their enforcement responsibilities and support developing countries and vulnerable communities.

March 28, 2022

Maud Lelièvre and Susan Lieberman

The rich countries that fuel demand for wildlife products must step up to fulfill their enforcement responsibilities and support developing countries and vulnerable communities.