am Iman Ebrahimi, a conservationist and the founder and CEO of AvayeBoom Bird Conservation Society, the first bird conservation NGO in central Iran. Over the past decade, I have led various projects focusing on bird conservation, wetland restoration, and community engagement. My interests include wetland and waterbird conservation, migratory bird monitoring, and engaging local communities in environmental stewardship.
Through AvayeBoom, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with over 310 volunteers and conducting educational programs for thousands of people. I’m passionate about building partnerships, sharing knowledge, and learning from the global conservation community to protect biodiversity for future generations.
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.