Maureen Kinyanjui
PhD Candidate in Conservation Science, University of Edinburgh
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- Kenya
I am a bats researcher based in Kenya expert in collecting, analysing and reporting data regarding conservation.
My background is mainly in species conservation, education and capacity exchange. I researched mother-young interactions in gorillas and chimpanzees, in captivity and the wild. After that, I worked for three years in Indonesia, where I developed and implemented youth ambassador and community engagement programmes on local and regional scales. I co-founded WildHub, a community of nature conservation professionals, in 2020 and work as their Community Lead. I am furthermore on the Advisory Board of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent where I obtained my PhD on capacity development for conservation in 2022.
Highly experienced in supporting policy and decision making through delivering data on marine species, coastal pollution, and water delivery on the local, state, and federal levels. Early in my career I took every opportunity I could to gain experience in marine mammal science from California to Quebec. These opportunities created strong connections eventually guiding me to researching plastic pollution while earning my masters degree. As I finished writing my thesis, I began working with NASA on projects using satellite imagery and big data to investigate drought, this experience immensely strengthened my project management, mapping, and analytical skills. Last year I ventured into conservation writing wanting to build on my science communication skills. I would be happy to feature your project or career journey as a blog post within WildHub, so feel free to reach out to set up a short chat/interview.
Dreamer and adventurer for primate conservation
I completed the MSc Primate Conservation at Oxford Brookes University in 2019 during which I had the chance to study a group of capuchins in rehabilitation at ONCA Wildlife Rescue. I then went to Ikamaperu where I was in charge of the rehabilitation process of the orphan woolly monkeys as well as of the communication of the centre on social media. š
In 2018, I created Primate Odyssey a project to share my adventure around the world to raise awareness about primate conservation and inspire people to act for conservation. Embark on my adventures with me by following me on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook! š
Hello! I am a modern languages student, fluent in French and Spanish. My real passion has always been animals, in particular southern African mammals. My dream is to move to Botswana and work in conservation or be a guide.
I'm a biodiversity consultant working mainly in the corporate space. I work with large companies to help them figure out their nature-related impacts, dependancies, risks and opportunities, then use this information to create biodiversity strategies.
I work for department of Wildlife and National Parks, under the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism in Botswana. i am the head of Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit. In addition, i act as a department focal project officer for UNDP programme which aims to address human wildlife interface in the western part of Botswana, the project has 3 components (projects). i sit on TRG meetings and also report progress to my superiors. i have more than 15 years in wildlife conservation, most of the years i spent working as Park Ranger within the park and it happened that i supervised most of the projects undertaken within the park and its proximity. for example Northern Botswana Human Wildlife Co-existence that aimed to reduce human wildlife conflict in the Chobe District.
I am a conservation scientist focused on understanding the impacts of landscape-scale disturbance on tropical biodiversity. Iām particularly interested in how we can combine acoustic technologies and machine learning to quantitatively assess these impacts, as well as assess the effectiveness of conservation initiatives. I'm currently a postdoc researcher at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison using soundscapes to assess the value of forest certification for wildlife in logged forests in Gabon. Previously, I completed my PhD at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology focused on bats in Borneo.