Stephen Woodley is an ecologist, who has worked in the field of environmental management for 30 years. He is Chief Scientist in Parks Canada's ecological integrity branch where he works on a number of issues related to protected areas, including wildlife disease, developing techniques for monitoring and assessment of ecological integrity, ecological restoration and sustainable forestry. Stephen was on the science advisory group to the Banff Bow Valley Study and was a member of a Parks Canada’s Ministerial Panel on Ecological Integrity. This independent panel was asked to evaluate the success of national parks in meeting their legal mandate to manage for ecological integrity.

Current projects include being a member of the Technical Working Group for the program of work on protected areas under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Stephen is a adjunct professor at University of New Brunswick, and a member of the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Commission on Protected Areas.
 

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