Willem Ferwerda

Overview

Inspiration biodiversity connector energetic innovation ecosystem business systemic caring value. Willem Ferwerda has a long track record in ecology biodiversity conservation and business. He studied tropical ecology agriculture and environmental science and is an expert in multi stakeholder processes. When heading the Netherlands office of IUCN the International Union for Conservation of Nature he supported hundreds of local conservation and restoration projects in the tropics. Besides being the founder of Leaders for Nature an international business network on biodiversity and ecosystems Willem Ferwerda is also board member and advisor of several institutions and an executive business and ecosystem fellow at the Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University (Netherlands) and the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (Switzerland). In 2010 he created the first agreement on ecosystems and biodiversity between the Netherlands Confederation of Industries and nature organizations. Willem has worked in Latin America Africa and Europe.