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My principal research interests lie in understanding the socio-cultural development of humans, the relationships between humans and wildlife and the influence of anthropogenic activities on biodiversity. I am passionate about the inclusion of existing cultural beliefs into conservation strategy and acknowledging the key role of people who share their landscape with protected species. My research and practical work to date has used interdisciplinary socio-ecological data to understand and address conservation dynamics, and issues and I am interested in taking this to the next level by developing novel techniques to achieve more effective and sustainable conservation outcomes in the long-term. I graduated with a BA degree with honors in History and Anthropology (2017) and a MSc in Primate Conservation (Human-Primate Interface) (2018) from Oxford Brookes University in the UK, which gave me an excellent grounding in the methods and application of multidisciplinary approaches. When planning my undergraduate dissertation in 2014, I developed an interest in understanding how cultural practices and beliefs influence peoples attitudes and behaviors towards the environment. I have been both conducting research and working in practical conservation roles across West Africa and South-East Asia developing and applying skills in this area ever since. As co-founder of the Pan Verus Project in Outamba-Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone, I have seen first hand the effects of top-down conservation action on people living in protected areas and the subsequent adverse effects on the habitat and the wildlife. Interestingly, nature often finds ways to adapt and chimpanzees are an excellent example of a species that can flexibly respond to anthropogenic habitat modifications. In my positions as Assistant Conservation Manager in Sierra Leone and Technical Research Advisor in Guinea Bissau, I conducted research on spatio-temporal use of habitats by people and animals, community conservation projects and environmental education programmes, with a particular focus on chimpanzees. I am extremely passionate about building on this research to further investigate and understand local practices and perceptions of wildlife and conservation projects in order to incorporate what people are already doing into conservation approaches. And so, in September 2021 I started a PhD in Anthropology at ISCTE and NOVA FCSH.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Chloe Grace Chesney

Nomes de citação

  • Chesney, Chloe

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
C11F-C599-5C49
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6514-7845

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • chloechesney@gmail.com (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Sociais - Sociologia - Antropologia
  • Humanidades - História e Arqueologia - História
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Conservação da Biodiversidade

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês (Idioma materno)
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Formação
Grau Classificação
2021/09 - 2025/08/31
Em curso
Antropologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, West Africa." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Current Average: 18/20
2020/05/22
Concluído
Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface (Licence)
Université de Genève, Suiça

Université de Montréal, Canadá

Institut Pasteur, França

Université Paris Descartes Faculté de Médecine Site Cochin, França
87.51%
2020/05/08
Concluído
International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice (Licence)
Universiteit Leiden, Países Baixos
92.5%
2020/05/01
Concluído
Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy (Licence)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Estados Unidos
100%
2017/09/14 - 2018/09/14
Concluído
Primate Conservation (Human-Primate Interface) (Master)
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
"Park Staff and Local Community Relationships in Outamba Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Merit
2014/09/14 - 2017/06/09
Concluído
History and Anthropology (Bachelor)
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido

Oxford Brookes University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Reino Unido
"What can anthropologists contribute to the history of witchcraft? A comparison of early modern European and contemporary Javan magic beliefs." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Upper Second Class (with Honours)
2013/09 - 2014/12
Concluído
Italiano per stranieri (Licence)
Università per Stranieri di Siena, Itália
Distinction
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2021/01/01 - Atual Investigador Coordenador (carreira) (Investigação) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2019/10 - 2020/01 Investigador (Investigação) Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project, Guiné-Bissau
2016/05/01 - 2017/07/01 Investigador (Investigação) Aspinall Foundation, Reino Unido
2015/09/01 - 2017/07/01 Investigador (Investigação) Little Fireface Project, Indonésia
2016/06/01 - 2016/09/15 Investigador (Investigação) Aspinall Foundation, Indonésia

Cargos e Funções

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2019/04/05 - 2020/12/31 Assistant Conservation Manager Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary - Tacugama Community Outreach and Environmental Education Programme, Serra Leoa

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2017/10/01 - 2019 Co-Founder and Researcher Pan Verus Project, Serra Leoa
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2022/09/01 - Atual In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in West Africa
(TBC)
Investigador responsável
Global Wildlife Conservation

Re:wild
Em curso
2022/09/01 - 2023/02/28 Outside Conservation: exploring the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term persistence of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) outside protected areas in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
LEKWILD
Investigador
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2021/01/01 - 2022/06/30 Reducing transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 to wild African great apes in tourism
Investigador
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
United Kingdom Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Em curso
2019/04 - 2020/12 Mobonda Community Conservation Project
Investigador
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary - Tacugama Community Outreach and Environmental Education Programme, Serra Leoa
Global Environment Facility

United Nations Development Programme Sierra Leone

United Nations Office for Project Services
Concluído
2019 - 2020/12 Mobonda Community Conservation Project
Investigador
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary - Tacugama Community Outreach and Environmental Education Programme, Serra Leoa
Global Environment Facility

United Nations Development Programme Sierra Leone

United Nations Office for Project Services
Concluído
2019/04 - 2020/03/31 Loma Mountains National Park Conservation Project: An approach to protect the largest populations of Western Chimpanzee in Sierra Leone
Investigador
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary - Tacugama Community Outreach and Environmental Education Programme, Serra Leoa
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Concluído
2019/04/05 - 2019/08/30 Family 4 Nature
Family4Nature
Investigador responsável
Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary - Tacugama Community Outreach and Environmental Education Programme, Serra Leoa
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2022/09/01 - Atual In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in West Africa
2022.10996.BD
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em boletim informativo
  1. Chesney, Chloe; Hockings, Kimberley. Autor correspondente: Chesney, Chloe. "Keep Protecting Great Apes from Disease", PEN: Primate Eye Newsletter, 2022, https://sway.office.com/1pfyBZZsIym0ybp8?ref=Link.
Artigo em revista
  1. Nuno, Ana; Chesney, Chloe; Hockings, Kimberley. "Understanding Visitors at Tourist Sites to Protect Great Apes from Disease". Gorilla Journal 65 (2022): 17-19. https://www.berggorilla.org/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/journal/journal_en/gorilla-journal-65-english.pdf.
    Publicado
  2. Ana Nuno; Chloe Chesney; Maia Wellbelove; Elena Bersacola; Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka; Fabian Leendertz; Amanda D. Webber; Kimberley J. Hockings. "Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission". People and Nature (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10396.
    10.1002/pan3.10396
  3. Chesney, Chloe; Hockings, Kimberley. Autor correspondente: Chesney, Chloe. "Protect Great Apes from Disease: Freely Available Education Materials for Research and Tourism". African Primates 15 (2021): 47-50. http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1200343/28492344/1641001558270/AP+Vol+15+Chesney+and+Hockings.pdf?token=19jFZHGDS60E%2FfI%2BdbXGH%2F42Mwg%3D.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
  4. Chesney, Chloe; Casado Bolaños, Natalia; Kanneh, Bockarie Ambrose; Sillah, Ethel; Amarasekaran, Bala; Garriga, Rosa M.. "Mobonda Community Conservation Project: Chimpanzees, oysters, and community engagement in Sierra Leone". American Journal of Primatology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23219.
    Publicado • 10.1002/ajp.23219
  5. Chesney, Chloe. Autor correspondente: Chesney, Chloe. "Tourism or Ecotourism at Outamba Kilimi National Park, Northern Sierra Leone?". Canopy 19 1 (2018): 11-14.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
Recurso online
  1. Chesney, Chloe. Volume 2: Climate Urgency and Anthropology's Ethnography: Fast Theory and Slow Methods. 2022. https://www.consciexeter.org/post/climate-urgency-and-anthropology-s-ethnography-fast-theory-slow-methods.
  2. Nuno, Ana; Chesney, Chloe; Maia Wellbelove; Bersacola, Elena; Gladys Kalema-Ziksoka; Fabian Leendertz; Amanda Webber; Hockings, Kimberley. Understanding visitors at tourist sites to protect great apes from disease. 2022. https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2022/07/29/plain-language-summary-understanding-visitors-at-tourist-sites-to-protect-great-apes-from-disease/.
  3. Chesney, Chloe. Volume 1: A few quick thoughts on anthropology and biodiversity conservation. 2022. https://www.consciexeter.org/post/a-few-quick-thoughts-on-anthropology-and-biodiversity-conservation-part-1.
  4. Chesney, Chloe. Autor correspondente: Chesney, Chloe. Launching the 'Protect Great Apes from Disease' Project. 2021. https://www.consciexeter.org/post/protect-great-apes-from-disease.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Chesney, Chloe. "In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in West Africa". Trabalho apresentado em British Ecological Society, Edinburgh, 2022.
    Publicado
  2. Chesney, Chloe. "In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in West Africa". Trabalho apresentado em Primate Society of Great Britain Summer Meeting, 2022.
    Publicado
  3. Chesney, Chloe; Nuno, Ana; Bersacola, Elena; Gladys Kalem-Ziksoka; Amanda Webber; Fabian Leendertz; Hockings, Kimberley. Autor correspondente: Chesney, Chloe. "Protect Great Apes from Disease: developing evidence-based education materials to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission in wild African great ape tourism and research.". Trabalho apresentado em Iberian Forum for Primatology, 2021.
    Publicado
Tese / Dissertação
  1. "Park Staff and Local Community Relationships in Outamba Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone". Mestrado, Oxford Brookes University, 2018.
  2. "What can anthropologists contribute to the history of witchcraft? A comparison of early modern European and contemporary Javan magic beliefs.". Licenciatura, Oxford Brookes University, 2017.
Website
  1. Chesney, Chloe; Hockings, Kimberley. Autor correspondente: Chesney, Chloe. Protect Great Apes from Disease. 2021. www.protectgreatapesfromdisease.com.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2022/12/18 In and Out of National Parks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBV2EJour6o British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022
British Ecological Society (Edinburgh, Reino Unido)
2022/11/04 Introducing my Project: In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in West Africa
Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas (Bissau, Guiné-Bissau)
2022/07/01 In and Out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic landscapes in West Africa PSGB Summer Meeting
Primate Society of Great Britain (Reino Unido)
2022/01/27 Designing Research Projects: Applied Anthropology (Conservation) LAE: January Meeting
The Environmental Anthropology and Behavioural Ecology Laboratory (LAE CRIA) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/12/01 Conservation Technology: CyberTracker and SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) ConScience: December Meeting
Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter (Reino Unido)
2021/11/27 'Protect Great Apes from Disease': developing evidence-based education materials to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission in wild African great ape tourism and research Iberian Forum for Primatology
Asociación Primatológica Española (Espanha)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado
Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2022/01 - Atual Protecting Great Apes in Research and Tourism Contexts: Developing Evidence Based Strategies
Coorientador de Wilson Sousa (61293)
Anthropology (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - Atual Using Instagram posts to evaluate the risk of anthroponotic disease transmission in chimpanzee tourism
Orientador de Pedro Guerra Franco (2019135783)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2020/11/01 - 2021/05/06 Evaluating visitor perceptions of disease risk to protect wild African great apes in tourism
Coorientador de Maia Wellbelove
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2022/02/24 - 2022/02/25 Attendance and participation.
Seminário
Abordar a Complexidade: Encontro(s) de Ecologia Politica
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
2019/06/18 - 2019/06/19 Attendance and participation.
Oficina (workshop)
Counter Illegal Wildlife Trade
Manu River Union, Serra Leoa
2018/12/04 - 2018/12/05 Attendance and participation.
Conferência
PSGB Winter Meeting: Bristol Zoological Society
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido

Bristol Zoological Society Ltd, Reino Unido
2017/11/27 - 2017/11/29 Attendance and participation.
Conferência
Primate Society of Great Britain: 50th Anniversary Conference, London
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido

Arbitragem científica em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2017/09 - 2018/09 Canopy (2054-2070)

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2022/02/01 - 2022/08/01 Great Ape Conservation in Africa (Master) Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Estados Unidos
2022/01/05 - 2022/01/07 Primate Conservation: in theory and practice Primatologia (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2021/09/01 - Atual The Environmental Anthropology and Behavioural Ecology Laboratory (LAE) Member
2021/09 - Atual Environment, Sustainability and Ethnography Research Group (DASE) of the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) Member: https://cria.org.pt/en/people/c-chesney
2021/01 - Atual ConScience: Conservation Science hub at the University of Exeter Member: https://www.consciexeter.org/chloe-chesney
2020/05/05 - Atual WildHub Member: https://wildhub.community/users/396551-chloe-chesney

Membro de comissão

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de participação
Instituição / Organização
2022/06/08 - Atual Organising monthly meetings for ConScience members (>100). ConScience is a collective of inter-disciplinary researchers based at or working with the University of Exeter, working to reduce biodiversity loss through socially just and evidence-based conservation.
Coordenador
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation - ConScience: Conservation Science Hub, Reino Unido