Conservation ecologist with 30+ years of experience with rewilding, ecosystem restoration and conservation, sustainable community programmes, capacity development, project design and management, education and training, working with a wide variety of local and international stakeholders. Working on the conservation of critically endangered Cross River gorillas since 2004. Focus on processes. Broad interest in wildlife ecology, ecological restoration and multitrophic interactions. Research and field experience areas include long-term and short-term missions on developing conservation and restoration strategies, protected areas and corridor development, monitoring and management, great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees) conservation, large mammal surveys and reintroduction, wildlife tracking, nocturnal prosimians and marsupials, laser altimetry, P3DM, GIS and remote sensing for natural resource management, forest biodiversity and vegetation mapping. Current interest in rewilding, ecological restoration, blockchain solutions for ecosystem restoration and carbon sequestration monitoring, community led/based conservation and conservation training / education. Photography: Featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, National Geographic Channel, BBC, WWF, New Scientist, The Conversation, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Africa Geographic, National Geographic Kids, The Times, 28 books and wildlife guides, Global TV Canada, Shaw TV, and the Biography Channel.Focus areas: Rewilding, Ecosystem Restoration, Biodiversity Conservation, Community Based Conservation, Protected Area Development, Primatology, Behavioural Ecology, Ethology, Microbiology, GIS, Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, P3DM / Participatory Mapping, Project Management, Organisational Development.
Listed skills include Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation Issues, Natural Resource Management, and 32 others.