Yimo Zhang

ZHANG Yimo is the Priority Project Coordinator of Sustainable Blue Economy, World Wide Fund for Nature Beijing Office. His portfolio encompasses sustainable fisheries, sustainable blue economy policies, marine protected areas, and the No Plastic in Nature initiative, among others.

Previously, he conserved wetlands and waterbirds in the Yangtze at multiple levels, from individual wetland restoration to sub-basin governance and national policy advocacy. He used to serve as the NGO focal point in China for the Ramsar Convention, the inter-governmental treaty on wetland conservation.

He has served for 17 years in WWF, taking various roles and thus enjoying opportunities in working with different stakeholders, from governmental departments and NGO fellows to corporate and academic institutes. He understands profoundly how NGOs can catalyze changes among different sectors.