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. 

I have spent my conservation career with a focus on supporting practitioner networks for community conservation and the conservation of charismatic megafauna. I serve as the Executive Director of the Painted Wolf Foundation, and continue to work with organisations like IIED, IUCN and organisations on the ground in Africa on the intersection between community conservation and combatting the illegal wildlife trade.

I'm currently working as Policy Advisor for Energy Policy and Civil Society focussing on Africa and the MENA region for a German NGO called Germanwatch. My job is very diverse - from lobbying for ambitious climate policy on the national and international stage to building capacity with local actors and researching participatory, environmentally-friendly and people-centred energy pathways - I do it all though not alone. I always work in cooperation with others. I strongly believe that only together we can achieve the kind of transformation we need to conserve our natural world and protect the climate. I know, I am not the typical conervationist. I don't focus on species, I am not even working in the field of conservation anymore. But I believe that conservation and climate protection should go hand in hand - and maybe I can help to be the bridge. Before working for Germanwatch I worked as operations and project manager for a Moroccan environment and development organisation in Marrakesh. Prior to this I completed a MSc in Conservation and Rural Development and a BSc in Biology.

I'm a biologist from Ecuador with more than five years of fieldwork experience with birds. I'm a founder and CEO of Amazona Lilacina Foundation I'm interested in everything around wildlife conservation, conservation NGO management, conservation solutions.

Conservation practitioner working with and supporting in-country capacity building for a fledgling conservation program focussed on the conservation of two endangered marmoset species in southeastern Brazil. More to follow, currently in the closing stages of organizing the first conservation planning workshop for these species ... busy days : )

33 years in Law Enforcement. 20 years policing CITES and other illegal matters at the UK border. The last 4 years have been spent providing IWT training internationally to wildlife crime officers in Thailand, Viet Nam, Azerbaijan, Panama, Peru and more recently across the zoom platform. Particularly interested in plant derivatives and their use in herbal remedies.

I am a conservation researcher. I have delved into many aspects of conservation in my career, from rehabilitation, release and reintroductions and now researching biodiversity in unprotected areas of Borneo. My work has been focused in Indonesia and tropical systems. I began research in behavioural ecology of slow lorises in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan. My interests in the inter-relatedness of an organism to its habitat/the ecosystem, has motivated me to conduct research at a broader scale moving from a species focused perspective. I am currently involved with the Defaunation Hub, DICE, University of Kent, and hope to start my PhD research on defaunation trends in three distinct habitat types in Central Kalimantan, Borneo.

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. 🙈 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! 🌏

Three species of African pangolins are found in the Dzanga Sangha Forest Reserve, a dense tropical rainforest reserve in the southwestern tip of the Central African Republic. I conduct ecological research and manage a budding community monitoring initiative for the Sangha Pangolin Project. Monitoring the local pangolin scale trade, camera trapping, promoting community science, understanding local perceptions, and mapping community forest areas to better serve the local and indigenous communities are my main areas of focus. 

I am early-career wildlife researcher from Nepal with M.Sc Zoology (ecology and environment) academic background. Currently, I am Post Graduate Diploma student at WildCRU, University of Oxford. I have experiences of volunteering in wildlife surveys ranging from reptiles, birds to mammals, organizing conservation events, hiking, national and international conferences, as Project Officer in studying pangolins and primates in Nepal, and leading independent project on owls and rodents. I have special interest in studying predator-prey dynamics and landscape ecology along with human dimensions of conservation. I love learning new skills, and enjoy website designing, video editing to learning data analysis. I enjoy interdisciplinary subjects which creatively connects diverse set of skills and ideas together. I also like to do illustrations specially of wild animals. I dream to create a wildlife art gallery where people from diverse sector meets for discussion on common goals of conservation. I love owls and cats. ^^

As Programme Director for Selamatkan Yaki, an integrated species conservation programme based in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia I am responsible for planning and rolling out various projects to work towards our objectives across a multiple year framework. Our programme works towards protecting the habitat and remaining populations of the Critically Endangered Sulawesi crested black macaque (Macaca nigra), whilst supporting local initiatives, developing alternatives to hunting and capacity building for the local people. I am also the Co-Founder of Lestari Environmental Education Consultancy. Lestari cultivates regenerative change through innovative and engaging social science approaches. Drawing from a rich resource and experience base of behavioural chance best practice, Lestari offers a service to academic institutions, NGOs, businesses and other change makers across the following central domains: advocacy and communications, facilitation, and research and evaluation. Collaborative pathways are catalysed to undertake transformative research, develop strategy and policy and facilitate events and training such as participatory workshops and nature-based experiential learning to foster change. In addition to this role, I am undertaking a part time PhD in Human Geography, primarily focused on the understudied area of conservation advocacy. Integrated into the programme, this study examines anthropological causes of species' declines and potential mitigation strategies based on behavioural change mechanisms such as community based social marketing. It is predicted that the mutual and synergistic goals of filling gaps in our understanding of mechanisms of advocacy whilst enhancing in-situ conservation strategies will be achieved. Previous positions have seen the development of my experience in primate conservation and research as a primatologist for Operation Wallacea in Sulawesi and conducting research on primate health in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. In addition to my field experience, I have been involved in ex-situ management, working as experienced keeper in the primate department and quarantine at Stichting AAP in The Netherlands. I completed an MSc in Primate Conservation at Oxford Brookes University, UK in 2010. With this range of experience I have developed a commitment for working in conservation to support efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity and live in harmony with our fellow primates.