My pronouns are she/her
My research and conservation work has focused on understanding the drivers of wildlife exploitation in tropical forests in order to develop more effective strategies to reduce unsustainable hunting, trade and consumption. My main area of interest is the wild meat trade in Central Africa. This interest grew out of a passion for great apes, which are one of many species groups threatened by the wild meat trade. I've spent more than 18 years working on research and conservation interventions across Central Africa, spending extended periods of time in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. I currently work on the Operation Pangolin project in Cameroon and as a technical advisor on wild meat trade and consumption for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). For the last five years I have coordinated research activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo for WCS as part of the UKRI GCRF Trade, Development and the Environment Hub. This includes research to understand motives for consuming wild meat, profile wild meat sellers, monitor changing perceptions of wild meat as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and evaluate the effectiveness of demand reduction campaigns. Prior to this role, I conducted my PhD at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS) on the effectiveness of livelihood interventions in conservation, with an empirical focus on projects implemented to reduce wild meat hunting around protected areas in Cameroon.
