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Graduated in Economics at the Azad University of Tehran, Iran in 2011, and completed his Master's in Tourism Economics and Regional Development at the University of Algarve in 2016. Published scientific paper in one of the high impact factor journals Tourism Management Perspectives with the title: Tourism and Conservation: A case in Golestan National Park. In 2019 he presented this work as the author at the 19th International Congress of Conservation Biology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Siavash Ghoddousi worked on different research projects on human-leopard coexistence at the Georg-August University of Gottingen, Germany. During these projects, he outreached as the corresponding author in 3 peer-reviewed papers and 3 conference papers. Siavash Ghoddousi also joined as a field researcher in an international project in collaboration with Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany, Protected area effectiveness of the Caucasus during socioeconomic and political shocks. Currently, he is studying for his PhD in Tourism at The Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon (IGOT) and he is an integrated researcher at The Research Group on Tourism, Heritage and Space (TERRITUR). In 2020, he participated in The Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme, 250 hours of a professional training program for evolving nature conservation leaders, funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment. In 2023, he was awarded a Rufford foundation grant for conducting his PhD research fieldwork activity in the Brazilian Pantanal.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Siavash Ghoddousi

Citation names

  • Ghoddousi, Siavash

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BA1B-8C05-FC72
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1214-4541

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02/23 - 2026/09/01
Ongoing
 Tourism (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2014/09/15 - 2016/07/21
Concluded
 Tourism economics and regional development (Mestrado)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
"Role of tourism in local communities’ attitudes toward biodiversity conservation: a case study of Golestan National Park, Iran" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/06/17
Concluded
 Economics (Bachelor)
Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Iran
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2019/12/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/12/01 - 2021/05/01 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Institute of Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainability (IBCAS), Iran
2017 - 2021 Environmental and ecotourism consultant Amayeshgaran Pouya Mohit - (APM), Iran
2014 - 2018 Co-Founder Kareez, Iran
2014 - 2014 Costumer service Toiran.com, Iran

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009 - 2012 Environmental Education Assistant Plan for Land Society, Iran
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/04 - 2022/05 Protected area effectiveness in the Caucasus in socioeconomic and political shocks
409732304
Researcher
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2018/09 - 2019/12 Promoting co-existence between local people, carnivores, and biodiversity conservation by conflict and poaching mitigation in Hyrcanian Forests, Iran
2153/5-1
Researcher
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Concluded
2014/03 - 2015/03 Preventive measures and their evaluation to curb human-leopard conflicts in Golestan National Park, Iran
14059333
Researcher
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
2013/01 - 2014/05 Prey preferences of Persian leopard and trophic competition with human hunters in Iran
91540556
Researcher
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Ghoddousi, Siavash; Khorozyan, Igor; Soufi, Mobin; Soofi, Mahmood; Waltert, Matthias. "Cattle can be efficiently protected from leopard if they wear protective collars". Paper presented in The 20th International Congress of Conservation Biology (ICCB 2021), 2021.
  2. Ghoddousi, Siavash; Pintassilgo, Pedro; Mendes, Júlio da Costa; Ghoddousi, Arash. "Role of tourism in local communities' attitudes toward biodiversity conservation: case study of Golestan National Park, Iran". Paper presented in The 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019), Kuala Lumpur, 2019.
  3. Khorozyan, Igor; Ghoddousi, Siavash; Soofi, Mahmood; Waltert, Matthias. "Multi-scale cattle selectivity by leopards in forests of north Iran: lessons and possible solutions to human-leopard conflict mitigation". Paper presented in The 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, Jyväskylä, 2018.
  4. Ghoddousi, Arash; Ghoddousi, Siavash. "Decline in ungulate populations of Iran's oldest national park calls for urgent actions against poaching". Paper presented in 6th World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Nicosia, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Khorozyan, Igor; Ghoddousi, Siavash; Soufi, Mobin; Soofi, Mahmood; Waltert, Matthias. "Studded leather collars are very effective in protecting cattle from leopard ( Panthera pardus ) attacks". Ecological Solutions and Evidence 1 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12013.
    Published • 10.1002/2688-8319.12013
  2. Khorozyan, Igor; Ghoddousi, Siavash; Soufi, Mobin; Soofi, Mahmood; Waltert, Matthias. "Cattle selectivity by leopards suggests ways to mitigate human–leopard conflict". Ecology and Evolution 8 16 (2018): 8011-8018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4351.
    10.1002/ece3.4351
  3. Ghoddousi, Siavash; Pintassilgo, Pedro; Mendes, Júlio da Costa; Ghoddousi, Arash; Sequeira, Bernardete. "Tourism and nature conservation: A case study in Golestan National Park, Iran". Tourism Management Perspectives 26 (2018): 20-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2017.12.006.
    10.1016/j.tmp.2017.12.006
  4. Ghoddousi, Arash; Soofi, Mahmood; Hamidi, Amirhossein Kh.; Ashayeri, Sheyda; Egli, Lukas; Ghoddousi, Siavash; Speicher, Julian; et al. "The decline of ungulate populations in Iranian protected areas calls for urgent action against poaching". Oryx 53 1 (2017): 151-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003060531600154x.
    10.1017/s003060531600154x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ghoddousi, Siavash. "Role of tourism in local communities attitudes toward biodiversity conservation: case study of Golestan National Park, Iran". Master, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8669.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 Cattle can be efficiently protected from leopards if they wear protective collars The 20th International Congress of Conservation Biology (ICCB 2021)
International Congress of Conservation Biology (Virtual)
2019 Tourism and nature conservation: A case study in Golestan National Park, Iran. The 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019)
International Congress of Conservation Biology (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
2017/06/23 Save Wild Iran: A Conversation About Conservation
See You In Iran Cultural House

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/11/25 - 2022/11/25 Why should we care about the shrinking Artic Sea Ice Cover?
Seminar
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2022/05/17 - 2022/05/17 Conference of tourism, policies, and changing agendas by Prof. Alan Williams
Conference
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2021/10/26 - 2021/10/26 Webinar to increase awareness about the importance of accelerating the impact of community-based conservation solutions in line with global priorities
Seminar
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
2021/03/08 - 2021/03/08 Training Action | How to enhance the visibility of research and scientific production via Scopus and Web of Science
Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current Snow Leopard Network
2019 - Current Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
2017 - Current International Ecotourism Club
2013 - Current Persian Leopard Project

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2017/01/25 - 2017/01/27 International Guides Convention (WFTGA 2017)

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020/11/05 Interview with Etemad newspaper about local communities and leopards' conflict in the forests of northern Iran. Etemad
Distinctions

Award

2023 Rufford Grant
Rufford Foundation, United Kingdom
2022 Certificate of Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme for Future Nature Conservation Leaders
Internationale Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz, Germany
2021 Certificate of Environmentally and Socially responsible Tourism in Snow Leopard Landscapes