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About Jaima Smith
Hi there! I am an anthropologist & primatologist with a deep love and admiration for the natural world. I am passionate about primate conservation, specifically gibbons, and focused both my MA and PhD research on the elusive & enchanting Javan gibbon, and worked in collaboration with colleagues from the Javan Gibbon Center in West Java in order to achieve this. My research comprised elements of social anthropology (qualitative interviews with local people in West Java & social network research on the illegal wildlife trade) and conservation biology (population viability modelling & behavioural observations) and addressed a range of conservation issues relevant to the highly endangered Javan gibbon. I have participated in three releases of Javan gibbons back to the wild, including the very first one in 2009! I am a member of the IUCN Section on Small Apes and participate in two working groups with the Malaysian Primatological Society developing a national action plan for Malaysian gibbons. After my experience working in the education departments at both the Oregon Zoo and now currently Edinburgh Zoo, I have become quite passionate about conservation education and hope to inspire the younger generation to love the natural world as much as I do!
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This is a great idea, Natalie! Thanks!!
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Thanks, Beth! I responded via email so I could add screenshots :-)
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Project: PhD research - Javan gibbons on Java
Incoming dependency: Permission from Indonesian government to conduct research in country.
Outgoing dependency: My PhD supervisor ...
Hi everyone, the only example I really have is when writing my PhD dissertation I struggled quite a bit with feeling overwhelmed and writer's block - perhaps stemming from my own insecurities of...
Hi Beth (and Lucy), just wanted to say thank you so much for posting the live sessions. I wasn't able to attend this week so it was great (and helpful) to be able to watch it and *kind of* parti...
Hi Beth! Thank you for the information (last week's too!) - it's all great! I'm definitely interested in consultancy, but no idea how to get started with that! Since I'm very interested and have...
Thanks, Beth! I'm really excited to be doing this training - so great it's offered online! And hopefully I won't keep you waiting too long to read my book ;-)