I'm Liane, and I am a WildLearning Specialist at WildTeam! I'm looking forward to getting to know you all!
For the last few years, I've been working in Seychelles, focusing on island and marine conservation efforts, particularly coral restoration and turtle nesting monitoring. If you ask me questions about coral, be prepared for me to get very nerdy about it! Prior to that, I was managing a project in Northern Thailand, where I worked closely with a local community to set up ethical elephant experiences in their village.
In my free time, I love running and hiking, and being anywhere in nature. I have also learnt to freedive in the last few years and enjoy doing that when possible. I'm really interested in talking to different people and learning from them and their unique experiences.
Master in Animal Biology, with a deep interest in biodiversity conservation, restoration and climate change. Former collaborator of CoalitionWILD and the Global Rewilding Alliance. Former Coordinator of Actions and Partnerships at Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil and Co-Director at Youth Climate Leaders, currently working as a Climate Change Specialist at WWF-Brazil.
I am a PhD student at the Wildlife Research Center and Department of Primatology at Kyoto University. I study the social lives and minds of lutungs (Trachypithecus spp.), with a focus on the limestone langurs (T. francoisi group). I am also an animal rights advocate and proponent of the compassionate conservation movement (sensu lato). I also like to draw and occasionally make things of clay, but not too often, because you'll have dry hands for at least a week. If you want to procrastinate on whatever you ought to do instead, here's my website: https://www.brendadegroot.com
I am passionate about primates, felids and large mammals, conservation education and outreach.
