Dr Eric Wikramanayake, Director, Wildlife & Wetlands

Eric Wikramanayake has more than 25 years’ experience leading conservation projects across Asia with WWF’s Conservation Science Programme. As Senior Conservation Scientist, Eric provided technical assistance and served as the science lead in WWF’s ecoregion and landscape conservation programme in Asia before becoming Chair of the Board of Directors of the non-profit Environmental Foundation, Ltd in Sri Lanka. Eric has a PhD in Ecology and Conservation Biology from the University of California Davis.