What Can I Do For You?​
My services are based on global knowledge of field-based practical conservation in diverse cultures. I can offer any or all of the following  to help you understand how communities perceive your conservation work enabling you to achieve sustainable results.
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Applying ethnographic data collection and analysis to:
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​Engage local people in conservation research​

Understand the place-based dynamics of human-animal relations 

​​Develop communication methods to avoid or transform  conflict​

Understand social and cultural drivers of the wildlife trade​​
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​Assess  stakeholder perceptions  of existing or planned rewilding programmes

Resulting in:​

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​Development of inclusive conservation projects

Conservation strategies incorporating local stakeholders' perceptions of wildlife.

Avoidance or mitigation of conservation conflicts

The development of appropriate awareness raising initiatives to decrease demand

Facilitation of public support to avoid or mitigate societal conflicts around rewilding initatives

 I can also offer:

• Advice for funders on the social justice aspects of conservation project proposals
  
• A workshop on taking ethnographic approach to wildlife conservation
• Qualitative social science training for conservationists​​
• ​Facilitation of stakeholder meetings and workshops ​​
• I have field experience in Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Laos, Mauritius, Morocco, USA, Venezuela and Vietnam.