Wayne Klockner to Lead Conservancy's Global Climate Change Team

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — October 31, 2007 — In effort to address one of the most serious and urgent threats to its mission, The Nature Conservancy announced that Massachusetts State Director Wayne Klockner will lead the organization’s Global Climate Change Team.

In this special year-long assignment, Mr. Klockner will lead a group of Conservancy staff focused on climate change policy, science and on-the-ground action. This team includes scientists and policy advisors as well as staff from state and country programs around the world. As team leader, Klockner will internally, as well as with other NGOs and governments, to maximize the Conservancy’s impact against this threat.

A highly respected state director and 25-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy, Klockner brings a breadth of experience to this critical role. In addition to his role as state director of the Massachusetts program, Klockner has served as the state director of the Maryland program, deputy regional director of the former Asia Pacific Division, and director of the Indonesia program.

Wayne Klockner © Angela Ellis/TNC

Recently, Klockner provided outstanding leadership in developing the Conservancy’s climate change strategic plan, which included engagement in U.S. and global policy, work on avoided deforestation and the integration of adaptation science into conservation strategies.

“With half a century invested in conserving habitats around the world, the Conservancy is committed to working at a global scale to slow the pace of climate change and help human and natural communities adjust to the coming impacts,” said Klockner. “It is an honor to lead this very important effort.”

For more information on The Nature Conservancy’s global Climate Change Initiative, visit http://nature.org/initiatives/climatechange.

The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 15 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 102 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.