Interviews

CLP is proud to have supported some of the leading lights in conservation and it is always a great pleasure to find out how their careers are progressing.

Past award winners often credit CLP with catalysing their successful careers. Many of them are now working full time in the conservation sector within national and international NGOs, universities, research organisations and private companies as biodiversity consultants. Several CLP alumni are now directing country-wide, regional and global programmes of work.

Preserving rivers without boundaries

Eugene Simonov, August 2013

Rivers have been an important feature in Eugene Simonov’s life for many years. As coordinator of River without Boundaries he plays an important role in drawing together international organizations...Read interview with Eugene Simonov

Putting the rock ‘n’ roll into herpetology

Nicolas Urbina, April 2013

During a recent trip to Colombia the CLP was reunited with Dr Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, CLP alumnus and Director of the Bachelor Programme in Ecology, at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in...Read interview with Nicolas Urbina

Out of her comfort zone

Cynthia Layusa, November 2012

This has been a busy year for Filipina conservationist Cynthia Layusa. In April she co-organised the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines’ annual congress and in October she travelled...Read interview with Cynthia Layusa

Network development fits the bill

Evgeniy Murnakhov, August 2012

Evgeniy Murnakhov has been working at the Strizh Ecological Centre in west Siberia since it opened in 2006 and, although his role involves undertaking a variety of activities, his...Read interview with Evgeniy Murnakhov

Leadership, lessons… and lemurs!

Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka, April 2012

As a student in 2004, Julie joined a CLP team for a project which focused on bats in Madagascar. Nine years later, she is Director at Madagasikara Voakajy (MV)...Read interview with Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka

A life on the ocean waves

Joanna Alfaro, November 2011

Most conservationists will tell you about how they were first inspired to work in conservation. Perhaps it was a conversation with a family member, something seen on TV or...Read interview with Joanna Alfaro

A birds-eye view of conservation –

Maxim Koshkin, March 2011

The Student Conference of Conservation Science (SCCS) in Cambridge is one of the foremost organised gatherings for students and future conservation leaders in the world. It also attracts today´s...Read interview with Maxim Koshkin

The creative conservationist

Weber Silva, December 2010

Weber Silva was in his early twenties when he went on a field trip to an area of Chapada do Araripe, Ceara, in north east Brazil in 1996. There,...Read interview with Weber Silva

Rising through the ranks

Tom Brooks, September 2010

Tom Brooks became a CLP alumnus in 1992 and has since risen the ranks as a conservation professional. From 2002 to 2010, he served on the CLP Executive Committee...Read interview with Tom Brooks

At one with Nature

Kanchana Weerakoon, June 2010

Kanchana first came across the CLP in 1997 when her undergraduate supervisor recommended her as the local counterpart to a team of UK students who travelled to Sri Lanka...Read interview with Kanchana Weerakoon