Serge Alexis Kamgang specializes in biodiversity conservation and capacity building in tropical Africa. With an interdisciplinary background in conservation science, he has focused on great ape and carnivore ecology, human-wildlife conflict, protected and conserved area management, sustainable development and educational development. He has more than 15 years of experience in the management of protected areas integrating agroforestry and ecosystem approaches. His career is a mix of science and action, reflecting a combination of academic skills and cross-cultural networking, communication, leadership and management. For more than 10 years, he has been working on the ecology of chimpanzees in the Mbam-Djerem Conservation Landscape of Cameroon (Yoko Council Forest, Mbam-Djerem and Mpem-Djim National Parks) and the conservation of lions, in particular in the North, the Far North and recently in the Center Region of Cameroon. Currently independent consultant and associate researcher at the Garoua Wildlife College and affiliated with the Laboratory of Applied Ecology of the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), he is also a visiting lecturer at ERAIFT (UNESCO/MAB)/ University of Kinshasa and author of a few scientific publications, co-author of the book "State of Protected Areas of Central Africa" ​​2020 edition (COMIFAC), and has mentored more than 500 wildlife specialists / protected area experts across Africa and Europe.