Dan Kraus, Director of National Conservation with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada.
Topic: Stopping the Sixth Extinction needs to start at home: A Canadian perspective on global wildlife loss and recovery.
Dan, an expert on Canadian biodiversity, has worked on projects ranging from prioritizing islands in the Great Lakes for conservation action to working with economists at TD Bank to determine the natural capital value of Canada’s forests. Most recently, Dan has published papers on nationally endemic species, Canada’s “crisis” ecoregions, ecological corridors, and coastal conservation.
Dan is a member of the federal government’s Nature Advisory Committee. He researches and teaches about endangered species recovery at the University of Waterloo and served on the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario for over a decade. His editorials on conservation have appeared in media across Canada.
