Alexandra Zimmermann Explained

Alexandra Zimmermann
Education:University of Leeds (BSc)
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (MSc)
Alma Mater:Oxford University (PhD)
Discipline:Wildlife conservation
Sub Discipline:Human-wildlife conflict resolution
Workplaces:Chester Zoo
IUCN
Oxford University (WildCRU)
World Bank

Alexandra Zimmermann is a conservation scientist specialising in conflict resolution in wildlife conservation based in Oxford, England, United Kingdom.[1] She is known for founding the IUCN Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force[2] [3] [4] and is also a researcher at the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU).[1] She is also a Senior Advisor for the World Bank's Global Wildlife Program.[1] [3] She has published over 50 research papers.[5]

Biography

Early life and education

Raised internationally in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, Zimmermann earned her Bachelor's degree in Zoology from the University of Leeds in 1997. She also earned a MSc in Conservation Biology from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology in 2000. She went on to earn a DPhil (PhD) in conservation social sciences from Oxford University in 2014, supervised by David Macdonald.[6]

Zimmermann has also studied at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, as well as multilateral negotiation at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.[1] [3]

Career

For 18 years, Zimmermann worked at Chester Zoo, where she directed research and field conservation projects at the zoo. Eventually, she became the Head of Conservation Science at Chester Zoo.[1] [3] [7] At Chester Zoo, Zimmermann led their human-wildlife conflict mitigation projects, for which she was awarded grants from the UK Government's Darwin Initiative five times beginning in 2007.[8] [9] These included projects in Bolivia, Nepal, India, and Indonesia.[10] [11] [7]

Zimmermann chairs the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force, which she had founded in 2016.[3] [12] [13] As part of the task force, she oversees the development of the IUCN SSC Guidelines on Human-Wildlife Conflict and the International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence.[12] Zimmermann also became a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy, along with several Species Survival Commission Specialist Groups.[1] [3]

Later, Zimmermann became a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University's WildCRU.[1] [14] [15] While holding positions at both organizations, Zimmermann helped facilitate the partnership between Oxford University and Chester Zoo in 2018 for a portfolio of conservation projects, including one on Andean bears, which was funded through the Darwin Initiative and is still ongoing.[11] [16]

Zimmermann is a Senior Advisor for the World Bank's Global Wildlife Program.[1] [3] She is also Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Conservation Science, an academic journal.[17] She has been interviewed several times by BBC News as a specialist on conservation and human-wildlife conflicts.[4] [18] [19] [20]

In 2018, Zimmermann was also interviewed for an Al-Jazeera Earthrise documentary about human-wildlife conflict in Australia and Bangladesh.[21]

Selected publications

Zimmermann has written over 50 scholarly articles on conservation science.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Alexandra Zimmermann | Department of Zoology . Zoo.ox.ac.uk . 2021-06-18.
  2. Web site: Our Members. HWCTF.
  3. Web site: Alexandra Zimmermann | Senior Advisor, Global Wildlife Program . Blogs.worldbank.org . 2020-11-17 . 2021-06-18.
  4. News: Elephant and tiger attacks highlight India's wildlife conflict - BBC News . BBC News . 12 August 2017. 2021-06-18.
  5. Web site: Alexandra Zimmermann - Google Scholar . 2021-06-18.
  6. Book: Zimmermann, Alexandra . Jaguars and people: A range‐wide analysis of human‐wildlife conflict . April 2014 . (DPhil Thesis) Oxford University.
  7. Web site: Spectacled bears and snow leopards among creatures getting funding boost. jerseyeveningpost.com. 6 June 2018.
  8. Web site: Dr Alexandra Zimmermann | Department of Zoology . Zoo.ox.ac.uk . 2021-06-18.
  9. Web site: Dr Alexandra Zimmermann . WildCRU . 2021-06-18.
  10. Web site: World-leading conservationists unite to tackle human-wildlife conflict . Chester Zoo . 2016-10-05 . 2021-06-18.
  11. Web site: Defra, UK Darwin Initiative . The Darwin Initiative . 2018-07-01 . 2021-06-18.
  12. https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/2016-2017_human-wildlife_conflict_tf.pdf IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force: 2016-2017 Report
  13. Web site: Uomini contro animali, e nessun vincitore / Notizie / Home - Unimondo. www.unimondo.org.
  14. Web site: Cash-Strapped Zoos Rethink Financial Strategies - Chinadaily.Com.Cn . en . Epaper.chinadaily.com.cn . 2021-06-18.
  15. Web site: Protection de la nature – Ultime bastion pour la faune, les zoos souffrent de la pandémie. Tribune de Genève. 23 October 2020 .
  16. Web site: Oxford University collaboration wins 'green Oscar' for conservation . WildCRU . 2017-05-18 . 2021-06-18.
  17. Web site: Frontiers in Conservation Science | Human-Wildlife Dynamics . Frontiersin.org . 2021-06-18.
  18. News: Extinction: A million species at risk, so what is saved? - BBC News . BBC News . 28 December 2019. 2021-06-18.
  19. Web site: Gill . Victoria . Have rogue orcas really been attacking boats in the Atlantic? . bbc.co.uk . 1970-01-01 . 2021-06-18.
  20. News: Helen BriggsBBC Environment correspondent . Covid-19: Funding crisis threatens zoos' vital conservation work - BBC News . BBC News . October 2020. 2021-06-18.
  21. Web site: Archived copy . 2021-06-18 . 2020-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109004239/https://www.aljazeera.com/program/episode/2018/5/16/human-wildlife-conflict-learning-to-live-together/ . dead .

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