Committee

Maximiliano Fero Meñe is Professor of Botany and Dean of the National University of Equatorial Guinea, since 2014. He holds two Masters, one in Conservation Biology (2009) and the second in Nature Management and Conservation (2009), as well as a PhD in Biology (2012). He has published widely on botany and the impacts of hunting in tropical forests. As Dean he manages aspects of policy, training, and advocacy for research, including linking the university to respected research groups at the … Read more

Corneille Ewango is Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology and Management at the University of Kisangani, DRC. He was Scientific Director of the Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation Forestière (CEFRECOF), a research and training centre in the Ituri Forest (2003-2006 and 2012-2017). He led the DRC team who mapped the central Congo peatlands, and is Project Scientist for the DRC Peatlands Management Unit and National Forest Inventories, providing scientific and technical support to government. He has published over … Read more

Jean-Jacques Braun a Senior Scientist at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development. He is a geochemist and a specialist in integrated studies of the tropical Critical Zone, including initiating an observatory in Cameroon. He has published over 150 scientific studies. He has more than 25 years of experience in field studies, research and development projects, and team management. He co-manages the International Joint Laboratory “Dynamics of Central African forest ecosystems in a context of global change”, and leads … Read more

Nicola Anthony is Professor and endowed Chair in Wildlife Sustainability at the University of New Orleans. Her focus is on the conservation genetics and evolutionary diversification of central African tropical forest vertebrates. She has worked for over 20 years with the Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (UTSM) in Gabon and in two international partnerships (CAB-Alliance and ECOTROP) engaging in conservation research, education and scientific training. She has delivered professional development workshops and international field schools that partnered students … Read more

Gaspard Abitsi is Country Director of Wildlife Conservation Society Gabon. He is a conservation practitioner with almost twenty years’ experience working in partnership with the private sector, government representatives and the local community in Gabon. He is interested in understanding how various land use strategies, such as logging, mining, fishing, and protected area management, differentially impact wildlife, habitats, and local community livelihoods. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Tri-National Sangha, Gabon’s national parks … Read more