Philip Muruthi is the Senior Director of Conservation Science for the African Wildlife Foundation. He faces conservation challenges from a broad perspective. His role is to ensure strong/appropriate conservation science inputs to AWF's integrated conservation strategies that take into account landscape-level approaches, social issues, and economic issues. He is responsible for issues as varied as the kind of endangerment classification a species should receive, or how resources should be allocated and oversees AWF's species program. In addition, Philip represents AWF in the international conservation dialogue, such as at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress.