Global Tree Specialist Group Members

The IUCN/SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (GTSG) has over 80 expert members from botanic gardens, herbaria, universities and both governmental and non-governmental organisations. Find out more about the specialists who help to inform the conservation work we carry out.

Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya

Tropical botany and conservation

Botanical Project Coordinator -Osa Conservation

Darién E. Prado

Neotropical dry forests, Argentine temperate & subtropical vegetation, Chaco & Espinal forests, genus Schinopsis

Botany, Agrarian Sciences, National University of Rosario & CONICET, Argentina

Prof. Hugh W. Pritchard

Tree seed & embryo biology, storage/cryopreservation & germination

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Wakehurst Place, UK

Esteban M. Martínez Salas

Herbario Nacional de México, Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, UNAM

Marie-Stéphanie Samain

Hydrangeaceae

Centro Regional del Bajío, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Mexico

Dr. George E. Schatz

Annonaceae, Ebenaceae, Flora of Madagascar

Missouri Botanical Garden, USA

Prof. Peter A. Schmidt

German Dendrology Society

Hajo Schmitz-Kretschmer

Biologist, CITES, impact of international timber trade on conservation status of trees

Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany

Kairkul Shalbukov

Kyrgyz Agrarian University, Kyrgyzstan