Natarajan Ishwaran
State Recruited Expert of the Chinese Government
From 1986-2012, Natarajan Ishwaran served in senior positions in UNESCO for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program and the International Geosciences Program, where he developed international conservation and development initiatives in all parts of the world
Since 2012 he is a State Recruited Expert of the Chinese Government enabling RADI (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth) and HIST to link Chinese science and technology for the conservation, management and sustainable development of UNESCO designated World Heritage sites, biosphere reserves and global geoparks
Serves on the editorial boards of Environmental Development and Australasian Journal of Environmental Management.