Mr Tim BADMAN

Director, IUCN World Heritage Programme, IUCN

Tim Badman is Director of IUCN’s World Heritage Programme. He speaks for IUCN on all matters concerning the World Heritage Convention, including IUCN’s work on monitoring all listed natural sites and evaluating new proposals for World Heritage Listing. Since 2019, Tim has been leading the IUCN Nature Culture Initiative, developing closer links between the Nature and Culture sectors,  and also leads IUCN's support on youth.  He also speaks for IUCN on the special challenges of conserving geological sites, including those sites that protect the most exceptional fossil remains of life on Earth.

Tim joined IUCN having worked as team leader of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site, UK. This role culminated in inscription of the site on the World Heritage List in 2001, and the subsequent development of the local World Heritage programme. He has been involved in many World Heritage site issues globally.