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Before becoming IUCN Director General, Ms Marton-Lefèvre was the Rector of the University of Peace in Costa Rica , which has campuses in several parts of the world. The University, mandated by the United Nations, provides education, training and research on issues related to peace and conflict. Formerly, Ms Marton-Lefèvre was Executive Director of LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) International, a program established by The Rockefeller Foundation to bring together and train mid-career leaders from all parts of the world in improving their leadership skills around the issues of sustainable development. She was also the Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU) based in Paris ; and previous to that a Programme Specialist in Environmental Education under a joint UNESCO-UNEP Program. She was also a university teacher in Thailand as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She was Vice Chair of the World Resources Institute, and is currently on the board of directors of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and a founding member of the China Council for Environment and Development. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of the United Kingdom , and in 1999, she received the AAAS Award for International Cooperation in Science.
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