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Senior Fellow
As a Lui-Walton Senior Fellow, Günther works to elevate and advance Conservation International’s efforts in Germany and across Europe.
Dr. Günther Bachmann
Günther serves as adviser to the CEPEI Covid-19 Data and Innovation Center at the Center for International Strategic Thought (CEPEI), a think tank based in Colombia. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Thünen Institute, the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), the board of trustees of the German Nature Conservation Association, and the executive board of the German Sustainability Award for companies and municipalities.
Formerly, Günther was director of the German Council for Sustainable Development, an innovative multi-stakeholder body that advises the German government on sustainable development. He has held leading positions on soil and land regulation at the German Federal Environment Agency and was instrumental in the creation of the country’s 1999 soil protection law.
He has a PhD in landscape planning from the Technical University of Berlin.