This informative virtual talk with Lucy Fellow and tutor Dr Howard P. Nelson discusses bird conservation in the Caribbean.
Dr Howard P. Nelson is a Trinidadian wildlife biologist and forester, with 33 years conservation experience in the Caribbean.
He took his BSc. and MPhil. degrees in Zoology at the University of the West Indies – St Augustine, and earned a dual PhD in Wildlife Ecology and Forestry at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr Nelson's diverse roles in Caribbean conservation includes CEO of the Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad, as a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies-St Augustine on the MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability in the Caribbean, and as a policy specialist on wildlife, forests and protected areas for Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of the Environment.
Dr Nelson is a member of the Darwin Expert Committee of the UK government’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and is a member of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) taskforce on knowledge and data. His service includes roles on regional and international boards including currently as Chairman of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), board member of The Global Diversity Foundation, and previously as president of BirdsCaribbean.
Dr Nelson and his students work on diverse conservation issues in the Caribbean. He was Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology and Programme Leader for the Masters in Wildlife Conservation at the University of Chester, and is currently the Lecturer in Conservation Leadership at Fauna & Flora International, an Affiliate Lecturer at the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow and tutor at Lucy Cavendish College, and a Fellow of the Linnaean Society.