Walk don’t drive. Use public transport and don’t drive private cars. Get serious about conservation. We must have designated places where only conservation takes place. She is noted for her directness. She is a strong advocator of people power.  Ms Yolanda Kakabadse’s work with the environmental conservation movement officially began in 1979, when she was appointed Executive Director of Fundación Natura in Quito, where she worked until 1990. During this time, she helped Fundación Natura become one of Latin America’s most important environmental organizations and, in 1993, she created Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, an organisation dedicated to promoting the sustainable development of Latin America through conflict prevention and management. She was its Executive President until 2006. From 1990 until 1992, Ms Kakabadse coordinated the participation of civil society organisations for the United Nations Conference for Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Geneva. From 1996 to 2004, she was President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). In August 1998, Ms Kakabadse was appointed Minister of Environment for the Republic of Ecuador - a position she held until January 2000. During 2001, she was a visiting professor at Yale’s School of Forestry and Environment, USA. She has been co-chair of the Environmental Sustainability Task Force of the UN Millennium Project; and the Scientific and Technology Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (STAP / GEF).    Ms Kakabadse was WWF’s International President from 2010-17; and is a Member of the Board of several national and international organisations of civil society and the private sector.