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 |
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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 | |
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2016/01 - 2020/05/21
Concluído
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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)
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PhD |
2011/09 - 2012/12
Concluído
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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)
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MSc |
2010/09 - 2011/06
Concluído
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Graduate Diploma in Anthropology (Pós-Graduação)
Oxford Brookes University, Reino Unido
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2006/09 - 2010/06
Concluído
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BA in Visual Arts (Bachelor)
Especialização em Painting
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Itália
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Percurso profissional
Ciência
Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento |
Empregador | |
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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
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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
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2020/01/01 - 2020/03/31 | Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to African great apes in tourism
Investigador
University of Exeter, Reino Unido
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Darwin Initiative
Concluído
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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
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Concluído
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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
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
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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
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Concluído
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Produções
Publicações
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Recurso online |
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Outros
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Atividades
Apresentação oral de trabalho
Título da apresentação | Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento) |
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2021/06/19 | Protect Great Apes from Disease. | Protect Great Apes from Disease Guide Training
University of Exeter (Camecote, Guiné-Bissau)
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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)
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2020/11/19 | Spatiotemporal data for chimpanzee conservation in anthropogenic landscapes | CLES Friday seminar series
University of Exeter (Penryn, Reino Unido)
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2020/11/18 | Decolonising primate conservation | Lecture for BIO3426 Primate Biology and Conservation
University of Exeter
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2020/10/13 | Camera trap survey methods | Lecture for BIO3426 Primate Biology and Conservation
University of Exeter (Penryn, Reino Unido)
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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)
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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)
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Orientação
Título / Tema Papel desempenhado |
Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização |
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2021/09 - 2022/10 | Mangroves act as hunting refugia for Campbell's monkeys persisting in a shared agroforest landscape
Coorientador de Houldcroft, Andrew
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Conservation and Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | The impacts of an agro-forest mosaic on diurnal, arboreal primates’ spatial and temporal activity
Coorientador
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Biological Sciences (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of occurrence by arboreal non-human primates across a human-dominated landscape in Guinea
Bissau, West Africa
Coorientador
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Biological Sciences (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | Understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of habitat use by arboreal non-human primates in an anthropogenic landscape.
Coorientador
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Biological Sciences (Licenciatura/Bacharelato)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | Examining the ecological effects of western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) densities across an agroforest landscape
Coorientador
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Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | Assessing the influence of environmental characteristics on the densities of three arboreal primate species in a human- impacted
landscape
Coorientador
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Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | Comparing two methods to determine the impacts of anthropogenic activity on space-use by chimpanzees in Cantanhez National
Park, Guinea-Bissau
Coorientador
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Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020 - 2021 | Evaluating visitor perceptions of disease risk to protect wild African great apes in tourism
Coorientador
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University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2020/03 - 2020/09 | Leprosy in wild Guinea baboons (Papio papio) and their spatial interactions with humans in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea
Bissau
Coorientador
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Conservation & Biodiversity (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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2019/10 - 2020/09 | Ungulate occupancy across a human-dominated agro-forest landscape in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
Coorientador
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MSc Conservation Science and Policy (Mestrado)
University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Reino Unido
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Organização de evento
Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) |
Instituição / Organização | |
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Participação em evento
Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento |
Nome do evento Instituição / Organização |
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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
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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
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European Federation of Primatology & the Primate Society of Great Britain Winter meeting
University of Oxford, Reino Unido
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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
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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
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International Primatological Society XVII Congress
International Primatological Society, Estados Unidos
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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)
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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
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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
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RAI Student Conference
Royal Anthropological Institute, Reino Unido
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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
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6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Itália
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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
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International Primatological Society XXV Congress
International Primatological Society, Estados Unidos
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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
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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
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Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting 2013
Primate Society of Great Britain, Reino Unido
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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
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |