Tom Kirschey

Tom Kirschey is a German nature-conservation specialist currently working as director of Kompetenzzentrum Natürlicher Klimaschutz in Berlin and Bonn. His experience spans amphibian and reptile conservation, protected areas, biodiversity policy and the links between ecosystem restoration and climate action. Within the Danube Dragon Action Plan team, he contributed perspectives on international conservation frameworks, linking to the implementation of the EU nature restoration regulation, project development and the practical conditions needed to move from recommendations to implementation. His work supports cooperation between scientific societies, civil-society organisations and public conservation institutions.