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I am a postdoctoral researcher associated with the Centre for Ecology and Conservation (University of Exeter). My research focuses on understanding human-wildlife interactions within complex socio-ecological systems, from both wildlife and human perspectives. During the past eight years I have worked in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. I am co-director of the Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project, a multi-institutional network of researchers and conservation practitioners working on chimpanzee ecology, health and conservation in Guinea-Bissau. I was recently Research Fellow for the Darwin Initiative Project 026-18, co-managing a project focussed on biomonitoring and One Health in Cantanhez National Park, an anthropogenic, agro-forest coastal landscape in southern Guinea-Bissau. I have published 13 articles in scientific journals and 3 book chapters, and contributed to IUCN Red List assessments and species conservation action plans. In collaboration with the Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP), Dr Kimberley Hockings (University of Exeter) and local communities, I have recently developed a mammal conservation action plan (2023-2033) for Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau. This action plan outlines eight conservation strategies, including habitat protection and restoration, One Health, management of human-wildlife and conservation conflicts, with strong emphasis on improving multi-stakeholder collaboration and promote national and local expertise.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Elena Bersacola

Nomes de citação

  • Bersacola, Elena

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
301A-8825-8E98
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3814-8687

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Conservação da Biodiversidade
  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Ecologia
  • Ciências Sociais - Sociologia - Antropologia

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Italiano (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Crioulo e pídgin, baseada em Português (Outras) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Francês Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2)
Português Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2016/01 - 2020/05/21
Concluído
PhD in Anthropology and Geography (Doctor of Philosophy)
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
"Zooming-in on human-wildlife coexistence: primate community responses in a shared agroforest landscape in Guinea-Bissau" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
PhD
2011/09 - 2012/12
Concluído
MSc in Primate Conservation (Master)
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
"Population density and habitat of red langurs (Presbytis rubicunda) in the Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
MSc
2010/09 - 2011/06
Concluído
Graduate Diploma in Anthropology (Pós-Graduação)
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
2006/09 - 2010/06
Concluído
BA in Visual Arts (Bachelor)
Especialização em Painting
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Itália
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2022/04/01 - Atual Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2022/01/01 - Atual Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project, Reino Unido
2019/08/01 - 2022/03/31 Pós-doutorado (Investigação) University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2016/01/20 - 2019/09/30 Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
2015/09/01 - 2015/12/15 Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação) Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2019/08/01 - 2022/06/30 Promoting public health in a biodiverse agroforest landscape in Guinea-Bissau
Investigador Pós-doutorado
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido

Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, Guiné-Bissau

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

Robert Koch Institut, Alemanha
United Kingdom Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Darwin Initiative
Concluído
2020/01/01 - 2020/03/31 Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to African great apes in tourism
Investigador
University of Exeter, Reino Unido
Darwin Initiative
Concluído
2016/01 - 2019/09/27 Zooming in on human-wildlife coexistence: primate community response in a shared agroforest landscape in Guinea-Bissau
Primate Action Fund 2015-2016 #6001197
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Oxford Brookes University Department of Social Sciences, Reino Unido
Concluído
2015/09/01 - 2016/02/28 Chimpanzee tool-use in Guinea-Bissau and behavioural complexity
Bolseiro de Cientista Convidado
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
2012/05/01 - 2012/09/30 Population density and threats to large mammals: the primates and cats of Sungai Wain Protection Forest
La Vallée des Singes research and conservation grant
Bolseiro de Mestrado
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Elena Bersacola; Catherine M. Hill; Vincent Nijman; Kimberley J. Hockings. "Examining primate community occurrence patterns in agroforest landscapes using arboreal and terrestrial camera traps". Landscape Ecology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01524-7.
    10.1007/s10980-022-01524-7
  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. Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva; Gerini, F.; Teixeira, H.; Costa, S.; Casanova, Catarina; Sá, R.; Bersacola, Elena; et al. "Os babuínos da Guiné (Papio papio) na Guiné-Bissau: uma revisão bibliográfica promover a conservação da espécie". Sintidus 4 (2021): 74-104. https://sintidus.blogspot.com/p/numero-4.html.
    Publicado
  4. Bersacola, Elena; Parathian, Hannah; Frazão-Moreira, Amélia; Jaló, Maimuna; Sanhá, Américo; Regalla, Aissa; Saíd, Abílio Rachid; et al. "Developing an Evidence-Based Coexistence Strategy to Promote Human and Wildlife Health in a Biodiverse Agroforest Landscape". Frontiers in Conservation Science 2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.735367.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3389/fcosc.2021.735367
  5. Hockings, Kimberley J.; Mubemba, Benjamin; Avanzi, Charlotte; Pleh, Kamilla; Düx, Ariane; Bersacola, Elena; Bessa, Joana; et al. "Leprosy in wild chimpanzees". Nature 598 7882 (2021): 652-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03968-4.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1038/s41586-021-03968-4
  6. Thurstan, Ruth H.; Hockings, Kimberley J.; Hedlund, Johanna S. U.; Bersacola, Elena; Collins, Claire; Early, Regan; Ermiasi, Yunsiska; et al. "Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic". People and Nature (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10262.
    Publicado • 10.1002/pan3.10262
  7. Bersacola, Elena; Hill, Catherine M.; Hockings, Kimberley J.. "Chimpanzees balance resources and risk in an anthropogenic landscape of fear". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83852-3.
    Publicado • 10.1038/s41598-021-83852-3
  8. Bersacola, Elena; Sastramidjaja, Wiwit J.; Rayadin, Yaya; Macdonald, David W.; Cheyne, Susan M.. "Occupancy patterns of ungulates and pig-tailed macaques across regenerating and anthropogenic forests on Borneo". Hystrix 30 2 (2019): 126-133.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
  9. Bersacola, Elena; Bessa, Joana; Frazão-Moreira, Amélia; Biro, Dora; Sousa, Cláudia; Hockings, Kimberley Jane. "Primate occurrence across a human-impacted landscape in Guinea-Bissau and neighbouring regions in West Africa: using a systematic literature review to highlight the next conservation steps". PeerJ 6 (2018): e4847. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4847.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.7717/peerj.4847
  10. Svensson, Magdalena S.; Bersacola, Elena; Mills, Michael S. L.; Munds, Rachel A.; Nijman, Vincent; Perkin, Andrew; Masters, Judith C.; et al. "A giant among dwarfs: a new species of galago (Primates: Galagidae) from Angola". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 163 1 (2017): 30-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23175.
    Publicado • 10.1002/ajpa.23175
  11. Bersacola, Elena; Svensson, Magdalena S.; Bearder, Simon K.. "Niche partitioning and environmental factors affecting abundance of strepsirrhines in Angola". American Journal of Primatology 77 11 (2015): 1179-1192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22457.
    Publicado • 10.1002/ajp.22457
  12. Bersacola, Elena; Ehlers-Smith, David A.; Sastramidjaja, Wiwit J.; Rayadin, Yaya; Cheyne, Susan M.. "Population density of Presbytis rubicunda in a small primary dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo". Asian Primates Journal 4 2 (2014): 16-26. http://www.primate-sg.org/asian_primates_4_2/.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado
  13. Svensson, Magdalena S.; Bersacola, Elena; Bearder, Simon K.; Nijman, Vincent; Mills, Michael. "Open sale of elephant ivory in Luanda, Angola". Oryx 48 1 (2013): 13-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605313001439.
    Publicado • 10.1017/s0030605313001439
Capítulo de livro
  1. Bersacola, Elena; Hockings, Kimberley; Harrison, Mark E.; Imron, Muhammad Ali; Bessa, Joana; Ramon, Marina; Regalla de Barros, Aissa; et al. "Primate conservation in shared landscapes". In Primates in anthropogenic landscapes: Exploring primate behavioral ecology across human contexts, editado por Tracie McKinney; Sian Waters. Springer, 2023.
    Aceite para publicação
  2. Ramon, Marina; McLennan, Matthew R.; Ruiz-Miranda, Carlos R.; Kalema-Zikusoka, Gladys; Bessa, Joana; Bersacola, Elena; Sanhá, Américo; et al. "Infectious Diseases in Primates in Human-Impacted Landscapes". In Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, 139-160. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    Publicado • 10.1007/978-3-031-11736-7_9
  3. Beja, Pedro; Vaz Pinto, Pedro; Veríssimo, Luís; Bersacola, Elena; Fabiano, Ezequiel; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Monadjem, Ara; et al. "The Mammals of Angola". In Biodiversity of Angola, 357-443. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Publicado • 10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_15
Recurso online
  1. McGraw, S.; Minhós, Tânia; Bersacola, Elena; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Galat, G.; Galat-Luong, A.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; et al. Piliocolobus badius . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161247840/161259430.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T161247840A161259430.en
  2. Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Bersacola, Elena; Galat, G.; Galat-Luong, A.; Mayhew, M.; Starin, E.D.. Piliocolobus badius ssp. temminckii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18247/92648587.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18247A92648587.en.
  3. Svensson, Magdalena S.; Bersacola, Elena; Nijman, Vincent; Mills, Michael; Munds, Rachel A.; Perkin, Andrew; Bearder, Simon K.. Galagoides kumbirensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164378198/164378551.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T164378198A164378551.en
  4. Svensson, Magdalena S.; Bersacola, Elena. Cercopithecus mitis ssp. mitis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136943/17984504.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136943A17984504.en
  5. Svensson, Magdalena S.; Bersacola, Elena; Bearder, Simon K.. Galagoides demidoff. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40649/17962255.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T40649A17962255.en
Relatório
  1. Bersacola, Elena; Hockings, Kimberley. 2023. Action plan for the conservation of medium- and large-sized terrestrial mammals in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau (2023-2033).
  2. Linder, JM; Cronin, DT; Ting, N; Abwe, EE; Davenport, TRB; Detwiler, KM; Galat, G.; et al. 2021. Red colobus (Piliocolobus) conservation action plan 2021-2026. https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49478.
    https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.08.en • Pessoal de suporte
  3. IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Primate Specialist Group. 2020. Regional action plan for the conservation of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) 2020–2030. https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49052.
    https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2020.SSC-RAP.2.en • Pessoal de suporte

Outros

Outra produção
  1. Leprosy in wild chimpanzees. 2020. Kimberley J. Hockings; Benjamin Mubemba; Charlotte Avanzi; Kamilla Pleh; Ariane Düx; Elena Bersacola; Joana Bessa; et al. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.10.374371.
    10.1101/2020.11.10.374371
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/03/30 Human-wildlife coexistence in Cantanhez National Park: an overview based on long-term socio-ecological data Conferência BELAB – NOVAFRICA 2023
BELAB & NOVAFRICA (Bissau, Guiné-Bissau)
2022/12/19 Action plan for the conservation of medium- and large-sized mammals in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau (2023-2033): Structure, content and revision.
Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Areas Protegidas (Bissau, Guiné-Bissau)
2022/07/22 Promotion One Health dans un paysage agroforestier biodiversifié en Guinée-Bissau Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Kigali, Ruanda)
2021/06/19 Protect Great Apes from Disease. Protect Great Apes from Disease Guide Training
University of Exeter (Camecote, Guiné-Bissau)
2020/12/01 Spatiotemporal data for chimpanzee conservation in anthropogenic landscapes – Integrating sustainable development and conservation class, UWE, Bristol, UK. Lecture for 2nd-year undergraduate students in Integrated Wildlife Conservation
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) (Bristol, Reino Unido)
2020/11/19 Spatiotemporal data for chimpanzee conservation in anthropogenic landscapes CLES Friday seminar series
University of Exeter (Penryn, Reino Unido)
2020/11/18 Decolonising primate conservation Lecture for BIO3426 Primate Biology and Conservation
University of Exeter
2020/10/13 Camera trap survey methods Lecture for BIO3426 Primate Biology and Conservation
University of Exeter (Penryn, Reino Unido)
2019/09/10 Developing an evidence-based conservation strategy for Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau. European Federation of Primatology & the Primate Society of Great Britain Winter meeting
University of Oxford (Oxford, Reino Unido)
2018/08/20 Chimpanzee and other primates' spatiotemporal interactions with people in a biodiverse, human-dominated landscape in Guinea-Bissau International Primatological Society XXVII Congress
International Primatological Society (Nairobi, Quénia)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado
Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2021/09 - 2022/10 Mangroves act as hunting refugia for Campbell's monkeys persisting in a shared agroforest landscape
Coorientador de Houldcroft, Andrew
Conservation and Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 The impacts of an agro-forest mosaic on diurnal, arboreal primates’ spatial and temporal activity
Coorientador
Biological Sciences (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of occurrence by arboreal non-human primates across a human-dominated landscape in Guinea Bissau, West Africa
Coorientador
Biological Sciences (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 Understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of habitat use by arboreal non-human primates in an anthropogenic landscape.
Coorientador
Biological Sciences (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 Examining the ecological effects of western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) densities across an agroforest landscape
Coorientador
Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 Assessing the influence of environmental characteristics on the densities of three arboreal primate species in a human- impacted landscape
Coorientador
Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 Comparing two methods to determine the impacts of anthropogenic activity on space-use by chimpanzees in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
Coorientador
Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020 - 2021 Evaluating visitor perceptions of disease risk to protect wild African great apes in tourism
Coorientador
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2020/03 - 2020/09 Leprosy in wild Guinea baboons (Papio papio) and their spatial interactions with humans in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea Bissau
Coorientador
Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
2019/10 - 2020/09 Ungulate occupancy across a human-dominated agro-forest landscape in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
Coorientador
MSc Conservation Science and Policy (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2022/05/14 - 2022/05/14 Improving leprosy surveillance through training of community health agents. I organised the training day, involving staff from Cumura Hospital (Bissau) and AIFO (www.aifo.it) and 42 health agents from across Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau. (2021/05/14 - 2021/05/14)
Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)
University of Exeter, Reino Unido

ONG NADEL, Guiné-Bissau

AIFO, Itália
2021/11/01 - 2021/12/10 One Health outreach in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau. I supervised a series of knowledge-sharing group workshops on the linkages between human, animal and environmental health across eleven villages in central Cantanhez. (2021/11/01 - 2021/12/10)
Oficina (workshop) (Coorganizador)
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido

Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, Guiné-Bissau

ONG NADEL, Guiné-Bissau
2020/05/01 - 2020/07/14 World Chimpanzee Day, Online event, 14 July 2020. Online community outreach. Developed a series of videos featuring different aspects of chimpanzee life, conservation and research. My main task was to co-organise the event, help produce scripts and content for 8 short videos, coordinate the production of two short videos (research and conservation), produce the script and voice-over of one video and helped disseminate the videos across social media channels. Participated in Q&A live session. (2020/07/14 - 2020/07/14)
Outro (Coorganizador)
University of Exeter, Reino Unido

University of Oxford, Reino Unido
2020/05 - 2020/05 Crowdfunding for Cantanhez National Park: Support COVID-19 community response. Helped organise the crowdfunder, which raised over £3000. I coordinated the purchase and distribution of equipment, including hand washing systems, alcohol, and a full solar panel light system for the local health centre in Iemberem. (2020/05 - 2020/05)
Outro (Coorganizador)

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2023/03/30 - 2023/03/30 CONFERENCE – Conferência BELAB NOVAFRICA 2023. Attended and gave an oral presentation. The conference's topics of interest included but were not limited to: agriculture, conflict, education, health, infrastructures, political economy, and private sector development. This Conference was an opportunity for all researchers conducting empirical research in the country to share their ongoing work and receive critical feedback.
Conferência
Conferência BELAB NOVAFRICA 2023
2019/09/08 - 2019/09/09 CONFERENCE – European Federation of Primatology & the Primate Society of Great Britain Winter meeting. Attended numerous talks, contributed to an oral presentation and participated in the symposium (What Works, and What Doesnt Work: The Challenge of Creating Effective Applied Conservation Research in Human-Modified Habitats)
Conferência
European Federation of Primatology & the Primate Society of Great Britain Winter meeting
University of Oxford, Reino Unido
2018/12/04 - 2018/12/05 CONFERENCE – Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) Winter meeting, Bristol, UK 4-5 December.
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido
2018/08/19 - 2018/08/25 CONGRESS – International Primatological Society XXVII Congress, Nairobi, Kenya. Attended numerous talks, symposia and events, gave an oral presentation of my work (on primate responses to anthropogenic landscape characteristics in Cantanhez, Guinea-Bissau) and attended the symposium on and contributed to develop the red colobus conservation action plan.
Congresso
International Primatological Society XVII Congress
International Primatological Society, Estados Unidos
2017/12/10 - 2017/12/16 Regional Western Chimpanzee Action Planning Workshop, Monrovia, Liberia. The workshop's main goal was to develop a draft framework for a regional conservation action plan for the western chimpanzee (WCAP). Specific objectives: To review and discuss recent data on the status and threats of the western chimpanzee across the region; Identify current research and conservation work carried out by stakeholders across the region; To identify the conditions necessary for the implementation of the WCAP; To identify next steps to finalise the WCAP.
Oficina (workshop)
Regional Western Chimpanzee Action Planning Workshop
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Suiça

Fauna and Flora International, Reino Unido
2017/11/27 - 2017/11/29 CONFERENCE – Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2017: PSGB's 50th Anniversary. 27-29 December
Conferência
Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2017: PSGB's 50th Anniversary
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido

Royal Geographical Society, Reino Unido
2016/05/18 - 2016/05/18 CONFERENCE – Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), Student conference, Oxford, UK. Presented research conducted in northeastern Angola: First insights into the nocturnal primate communities in Angola.
Conferência
RAI Student Conference
Royal Anthropological Institute, Reino Unido
2015/08/25 - 2015/08/28 CONFERENCE – European Federation For Primatology 6th Meeting, Rome, Italy. Presented my research on "Habitat use and spatial niche partitioning of five nocturnal primates in Angola" (poster).
Conferência
6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Itália
2014/08/11 - 2014/08/16 CONGRESS – International Primatological Society XXV Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam. Participated in symposia, attended talks and contributed to a presentation entitled: "Heads or tails: the identification of nocturnal primates by means of face markings and penile morphology".
Congresso
International Primatological Society XXV Congress
International Primatological Society, Estados Unidos
2014/04/07 - 2014/04/08 CONFERENCE – Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting 2014, Oxford, UK. When Darkness Comes: The Evolution of Nocturnal Behaviour in Humans and Other Primates. Assisted the organising committee in event organisation, developed of programme booklet, participated in the event and presented a poster.
Conferência
Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting 2014
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido

Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
2013/12/11 - 2013/12/11 CONFERENCE – Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2013, London, UK. Participated and presented two posters entitled: "Primates in the bushmeat trade in Angola" and "Distribution of strepsirrhines in Angola".
Conferência
Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2013
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido
2012/12/05 - 2012/12/05 CONFERENCE – Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2012, London, UK. Participated and presented a poster entitled: "Population density of red langur (Presbytis rubicunda) in Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan".
Conferência
Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2012
Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology, Reino Unido

Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

Programa Tema
2021/07/25 - Atual Televisão Guiné-Bissau. Featuring in national TV advert about Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau including themes about tourism, conservation and research activities. Broadcasted regularly before or after News. Tourism, Conservation
2021/11/20 - 2021/11/20 News in Cantanhez, Radio Lamparam, Guinea-Bissau. Recorded group discussions and interviews about the establishment of a new solar panel for the local health centre in Iemberem, Cantanhez National Park, supported by the Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project, the Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas, NADEL and the Association of Young Student of Cubucaré (AJEC). News
2021/11/15 - 2021/11/15 News in Cantanhez, Radio Lamparam, Guinea-Bissau. Radio Interview regarding my research activities and results in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau, focussing on One Health 'djumbai' outreach activities to share scientific data and local ecological knowledge about the links between human, animal and environmental health. One Health knowledge-sharing outreach
2021/07/22 - 2021/07/22 News in Cantanhez, Radio Lamparam, Guinea-Bissau. Radio interview regarding my research activities and results in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau, focussing on wildlife survey training and implementation of the park-wide inventory. We also discussed human-wildlife interactions and the importance of the forest for people and biodiversity. Human-wildlife interactions, biodiversity monitoring, human and environmental health
2017/02 - 2018/07 News in Cantanhez, Radio Lamparam, Guinea-Bissau. Multiple interviews in 2017-2018 regarding my research activities and results in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau, focusing on human-primate interactions, camera traps, local ecological knowledge. Human-wildlife interactions, biodiversity monitoring, human and environmental health

Expedição científica

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2022/10/19 - 2022/12/12 Exploratory scientific expedition across southern Guinea-Bissau, across Catió, Cacine and Empada Sectors, to measure human-primate interactions using semi-structured group interviews. Organised expedition and led interviews. This work is part of Chloe Chesney PhD's project on local ecological knowledge in and out of National Parks. Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project, Reino Unido

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
2019/10 - 2022/06/30 I established and oversaw a biodiversity monitoring programme in Cantanhez National Park (CNP, Guinea-Bissau) with project partner IBAP. I co-developed and implemented One Health knowledge-sharing activities with local communities. I supervised four Guinean early career researchers in running project activities. Worked with NGO NADEL and CRIA to collect and analyse social anthropology data (interviews, focus groups). Established participatory mapping across ten villages in central CNP. University of Exeter, Reino Unido
2022/04/01 - 2022/05/10 Designed and implemented a whole-park inventory in Cantanhez National Park (CNP), Guinea-Bissau. I designed the research, trained, and supervised a team of 23 people including seven IBAP park managers (from Protected Areas across the country) and three government officials (Ministry of Environment and Forestry Department), and successfully implemented the first park-wide mammal inventory in CNP. I trained IBAP technicians in data analysis and produced the Action Plan for the Conservation of medium- and large-sized mammals in CNP.
2017 - 2018 12-month intensive monitoring of one chimpanzee community in Cantanhez National Park using camera traps to investigate chimpanzee spatiotemporal landscape use in relation to food availability and indices of anthropogenic risk. Bayesian spatiotemporal modelling using INLA-SPDE approach. This work was included in my PhD and a published article in Scientific Reports
2016 - 2017 Zooming in on human-wildlife coexistence: primate community response in a shared agroforest landscape in Guinea-Bissau. Used camera traps to investigate chimpanzee and other primates’ spatiotemporal habitat use in a human-dominated agro-forest landscape (Cantanhez National Park). Measured vegetation structure and composition, monitored phenology. Carried out interviews to understand perceptions and knowledge of chimpanzee behaviour. Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
2015/09/01 - 2015/12/15 Project: Chimpanzee tool use in Guinea-Bissau and behavioural complexity. Funded by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, EXPL/IVC-ANT/0997/2013). Two months of scientific expedition in Guinea-Bissau, including in Cantanhez and Dulombi National Parks, to search for evidence of tool use by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Assisted in research planning, contributed to data collection and team management. Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Spatiotemporal distribution and habitat use of nocturnal primates in Angola. Investigated nocturnal primate occurrence across north-western Angola. Four sites in Angola surveyed using reconnaissance walks at night. Identified and described a new species (Galagoides kumbirensis). Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
2012/05/01 - 2012/07/31 Estimating the density of red langurs (Presbytis rubicunda) in Sungai Wain, Indonesia. Led a team of six to complete a distance sampling on line transect survey within a dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo. Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2021 - 2021 International Journal of Primatology (1573-8604) Springer
2020 - 2020 American Journal of Primatology (0275-2565) Wiley
2020 - 2020 Royal Society Open Science (2054-5703) The Royal Society Publishing

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2021/09/01 - Atual In and out of National Parks: the role of local ecological knowledge in the long-term conservation of biodiverse anthropogenic areas in West Africa Chloe Chesney
2022/03/23 - 2022/05/27 Provided logistical assistance and advice to a MRes student using camera traps in one chimpanzee community in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau Anna Bowland
2022/04/28 - 2022/05/10 Data analysis training – Distance sampling analysis and GIS species distribution maps, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Four technicians, three park directors and two government officials
2021/05/01 - 2022/05/01 Assisted with logistics and data collection coordination for a PhD student research on leprosy presence and prevalence in three chimpanzee communities in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau Marina Ramon
2022/04/01 - 2022/04/05 Training sessions – Data collection methods, sampling designs, and biomonitoring 15 technicians, four park directors, four government officials
2021/06 - 2022/03 Establish a One Health participatory mapping SMART survey Sara Quadé
2021/11/01 - 2021/12/15 Delivery of One Health knowledge-sharing workshops Sara Quade, Benicio Có, Americo Sanhá, Maimuna Jaló
2019/11/01 - 2021/07/28 Biodiversity monitoring survey design and data collection training Maimuna Jalo; Americo Sanha
2021/06/19 - 2021/06/19 Protect Great Apes from Disease: Guide Training 22 tourist guides in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
2021/05 - 2021/06 One Health and human-wildlife interactions: data collection training using SMART Conservation software Ten community health agents in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
2019/11 - 2020/02/28 Biomonitoring training in Cantanhez National Park: distance sampling on line transects, camera traps, GPS and SMART software Eight Cantanhez park guards and two field assistants