Laurence BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES
Member, International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Yes- Looks like the consevancy angle of Las Cristinas is their reason to pick her, remember Ortega (below) made a big stink about mining inside the national forest? After Crystallex spent 10 years of money and time. I'm not worried about this, seeing how hammered Las Cristinas looks now. In fact she might just want to rule against Ven based on their ongoing ecological destruction of the area.
Remember this criminal? She's out of a job now.
About The IUCN:
The IUCN is the world's largest conservation organization, bringing together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.
The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
See:
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/153866/
http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/155375/