Daniel Willcox Email & Phone Number

Singapore

ASAP is a network of over 200 member organisations, the majority of which are local NGOs based in Southeast Asia. I am responsible for overall programme coordination, with a strong focus on ensuring the training, organisational development, and grant programmes for ASAP Partner organisations are connected and strategic. - Development and management of grant programmes for local organisations- Technical support and advice to local organisations on governance, fundraising, and strategy development - Technical support and advice on species conservation interventions and research- General programmatic development for ASAP (budgeting, workplanning, fundraising)- Line management of technical staff

Responsible for managing and coordinator the group's 100+ membership. This includes provid direct support to members from the Global South (e.g. project / proposal endorsement, coordination with other members of the group).- Led on the overhaul of the group's website, including content production- Ensured that the group had clearly communicated species conservation priorities (European Mink, Owston's Civet, Malagasy Carnivores, and the illegal wildlife trade)- Increased the group's outreach and engagement with people working on small carnivore conservation in the Global South

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

Day-to-day management of a 1 million USD regional project focused on the conservation of Asian Elephants in protected areas in Vietnam, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar. Primary beneficaries were government rangers and protected area staff, as well as CITES Management Authorities in these six countries.- Developed and edited several practical guides on how to monitor, manage, and record Asian Elephant deaths- Produced guidance on how to record elephant deaths linked to human-elephant conflict- Co-produced specialised training for enforcement staff in Thailand and Lao PDR on the fundamentals of crime scene management at an animal carcass

Singapore

Consultancy support for the Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP) and its work supporting local organisations in Southeast Asia.- Development and management of two grant programmes for ASAP Partner organisations- Production of a concise strategy, outlining current issues, gaps, and solutions for organisational development / training for local organisations in Southeast Asia

Vietnam

Programme development and management of SVW's conservation research team. Included strategic development of the organisation's conservation programme, professional development of staff across organisation, fundraising, and communicating with major donors.- Developed and initiated a project on wild meat demand reduction using behavioural science- Secured in excess of 500,000 USD for programme development- Secured placements for multiple staff on oversees training courses, including masters programmes- Established SoPs and protocols on enforcement training, protected area management, species surveys, and data managements- Led on a multi-stakeholder, multi-day conservation strategy meeting for the Endangered Owston's Civet; led on the production of the species's conservation strategy

London, United Kingdom

Coordination of campaign activities, grant development and reporting, coordination with partners and governments, liaison with CITES delegates. Provided on-site coordination support to investigations on the illegal ivory trade in Africa and in Asia. - Produced the overall strategy and justification for EIA's first Pangolin-focused campaign, which was approved internally by EIA in 2017.- Coordinated and led on all project activities for EIA’s Combatting the Illegal Ivory Trade: An Enforcement Guide. Involved communicating, meeting, and working with dozens of enforcement practitioners in Asia and Africa and soliciting support for the project from government representatives at CITES.- Led on the development of campaign materials for the successful UK Ivory campaign

London, United Kingdom

Development of CITES policy briefings and proposals, investigations into EU - Asia timber trade, field investigations into market placement of illegal timber from mining and hydro-power dam concessions in Southeast Asia.- Assited in the production of two major policy briefings on the illegal rosewood trade- Led on several investigations into the EU - Asia trade in illegally sourced timber

Cambodia

Management and coordination of biodiversity conservation activities across a 6,000 km2 conservation landscape (up to 25 staff across the landscape), protected by two different government ministries and in two separate provinces. Responsible for ensuring that species conservation, community development / support, and protected area management were linked.- Developed a landscape-level research and conservation strategy in consultation with government partners.- Provided technical input into the development of a new protected area, successfully decreed in 2016.

Cambodia

Management and coordination of biodiversity conservation activities in a 1,400 km2 conservation landscape. Included staff development and training, grant writing and reporting, liaison with local communities.- Secured a two-year grant to support conservation activities for Cambodia’s vultures across the country. Involved liaising and working with multiple international and national NGO partners.- Secured a three-year grant to support community-based forest pool conservation in the protected area using domestic buffalos to recreate habitat processes that native wildlife are reliant on.

Vietnam

Lead researcher on a three-month project assessing prevalence of bear bile and bear parts in the wildlife trade in Vietnam. Involved overt and covert field surveys of bear bile farms and wildlife markets in or near all of the country's major cities.

Vietnam

Management and development of field programme, professional development of staff, strategy development, grant writing and reporting. - Secured funding to investigate post-release survival rates of Sunda Pangolins and led on project design.- Completed field surveys and conservation status assessments in three globally important protected area

Masters By Research (Mres), Conservation Biology

Research thesis on: Conservation status and priorities for Owston's Civet (Chrotogale owstoni)

Bachelor’S Degree, Zoology/Animal Biology, 2.1