{"id":26945,"date":"2021-06-01T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?page_id=26945"},"modified":"2021-06-04T13:52:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:52:48","slug":"marc-hoogeslag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/marc-hoogeslag\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc hoogeslag | Senior Expert Nature Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After extensive travels in Southern Africa and Latin America, Marc Hoogeslag joined IUCN NL as a volunteer in 1999. At IUCN NL he worked on programmes supporting local NGOs in the conservation of wetlands, dry areas and tropical rainforests. He was the co-founder of the Land Acquisition Fund in 2001 and has been in charge of this programme ever since. In 2019 he joined the team that initiated Operation Jaguar, a 3-year programme focusing on tackling the poaching and trafficking of jaguars in Latin America.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Marc was born and raised in the Dutch countryside and inherited the love for flora and fauna from his parents. As a child he was mesmerized by nature documentaries on tv, showing the precious beauty of amazing places on the planet. Studying \u2018Management of natural resources in the tropics\u2019 at Wageningen University laid the basis for a career in which he can do what he loves most: supporting passionate people all over the world to protect endangered species.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4934 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/161gesnedenIUCN-290915-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After extensive travels in Southern Africa and Latin America, Marc Hoogeslag joined IUCN NL as a volunteer in 1999. At IUCN NL he worked on programmes supporting local NGOs in the conservation of wetlands, dry areas and tropical rainforests. He was the co-founder of the Land Acquisition Fund in 2001 and has been in charge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26945","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29236,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26945\/revisions\/29236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}