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Filipa Oitavén, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Mozambique
Around Gorongosa National Park, Filipa Oitavén researches how conservation organizations work with local communities — and how local knowledge and leadership can shape conservation.
Astracia Warner, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working on One Health in Suriname
Astracia Warner works from a One Health perspective, researching mosquito-borne diseases and socio-ecological change with Indigenous communities in the Surinamese rainforest.
José María Casanova Celis, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Mexico
José María Casanova Celis expands ABC Futures to a fifth research country. His PhD applies a political ecology lens to power relations in protected area governance.
Sheryl Starke, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Suriname
From a howler monkey for sale at a Paramaribo market to a PhD on bush meat, land rights and Indigenous sovereignty: meet Sheryl Starke and her research in Suriname.
Adrian Leitoro, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Kenya
Growing up as the son of a Kenya Wildlife Service officer and as a member of the pastoralist Rendille people, PhD candidate Leitoro aims to bridge the gap between pastoralist knowledge and conservation.
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