Nicole Gross-Camp (2007)
Fellowship Year: 2007
Academic Background: Antioch University New England - Ph.D. - (Conservation Biology)
Nicole is a tropical ecologist and conservation biologist specialising in the African tropics. She joined the University of East Anglia (Overseas Development Group) in March 2009 as part of a team to evaluate a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) scheme in the Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Nicole began her involvement in African conservation issues in 1996 working as a botanical research assistant in the Ituri Forest of the DRC. Additional professional highlights include management of a primate sanctuary in Nigeria, and most recently helping to design and implement a chimpanzee population census in Rwanda. Nicole's work to support tropical conservation and ecology extends to the US where she served as the Assistant Director for the Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation for two years (www.centerfortropicalecology.org). She joined the PES Rwanda team eager to apply her interdisciplinary training in a way that will meaningfully contribute to bridging the gap between conservation and poverty alleviation initiatives.
Expertise: Conservation Science & Biology, Int'l Conservation & Developmt
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