Vlado Vancura

Vlado is responsible for the verification process, and keeping in contact with protected areas and conservation NGOs.

He attained a forestry university diploma at the Forestry University in Zvolen, Slovakia in 1981 and finished his postgraduate studies on "Management of natural resources" in 1986 . Between 1982 and 1996 Vlado worked for the National Park Service, Slovakia. To learn about the management of protected areas he ended up spending 24 months working as a volunteer for the National Park Service, USA and 6 months as a volunteer for Parks Canada.

After 1996 Vlado worked for the Slovak NGO, A-project and in 2000 he was appointed PAN Parks Regional Coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe. In 2002 he was appointed Conservation Manager.