Alexandra Zimmermann
Alexandra Zimmermann | |
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Academic background | |
Education | University of Leeds (BSc) Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (MSc) |
Alma mater | Oxford University (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Wildlife conservation |
Sub-discipline | Human-wildlife conflict resolution |
Institutions | 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][2] She is known for founding the IUCN Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force[1][3][4] and is also a researcher at the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU).[2] She is also a Senior Advisor for the World Bank's Global Wildlife Program.[2][3] She has published over 50 research papers.[5]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]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.[2][3]
Career
[edit]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.[2][3][7][8] 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.[9][10] These included projects in Bolivia, Nepal, India, and Indonesia.[7][11][8]
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.[2][3]
Later, Zimmermann became a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University's WildCRU.[2][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.[2][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
[edit]Zimmermann has written over 50 scholarly articles on conservation science.[5]
- Chartier, Laura; Zimmermann, Alexandra; Ladle, Richard J. (2011). "Habitat loss and human–elephant conflict in Assam, India: does a critical threshold exist?". Oryx. 45 (4): 528–533. doi:10.1017/S0030605311000044. ISSN 0030-6053. S2CID 86804369.
- Marchini, Silvio; Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B.; Zimmermann, Alexandra; Guimarães-Luiz, Thaís; Morato, Ronaldo; Correa, Pedro L. P.; Macdonald, David W. (2019). "Planning for Coexistence in a Complex Human-Dominated World". Human–Wildlife Interactions. pp. 414–438. doi:10.1017/9781108235730.022. ISBN 9781108235730. S2CID 189652483.
- Davies, Tammy E.; Wilson, Scott; Hazarika, Nandita; Chakrabarty, Joydeep; Das, Dhruba; Hodgson, Dave J.; Zimmermann, Alexandra (2011). "Effectiveness of intervention methods against crop-raiding elephants". Conservation Letters. 4 (5): 346–354. Bibcode:2011ConL....4..346D. doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00182.x. ISSN 1755-263X.
- Inskip, Chloe; Zimmermann, Alexandra (2009). "Human-felid conflict: a review of patterns and priorities worldwide". Oryx. 43 (1): 18. doi:10.1017/S003060530899030X. ISSN 0030-6053. S2CID 73686302.
- Marchini, S., Ferraz, KPMB., Zimmermann, A., Guimarães-Luiz, T., Morato, R., Correa, PLP. & Macdonald. D.W. (2019). Planning for coexistence in a complex human-dominated world. In: Frank, B., Glikman, JA & Marchini, S. Human-Wildlife Interactions: Turning Conflicts Into Coexistence? Cambridge University Press. pp. 414–438.
- Pooley, S.; Barua, M.; Beinart, W.; Dickman, A.; Holmes, G.; Lorimer, J.; Loveridge, A.J.; Macdonald, D.W.; Marvin, G.; Redpath, S.; Sillero-Zubiri, C.; Zimmermann, A.; Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2017). "An interdisciplinary review of current and future approaches to improving human-predator relations". Conservation Biology. 31 (3): 513–523. Bibcode:2017ConBi..31..513P. doi:10.1111/cobi.12859. hdl:2164/8763. ISSN 0888-8892. PMID 27783450. S2CID 3809395.
- Clegg, Simon Russell; Tollington, Simon; Kareemun, Zainal; Augustin, Arlaine; Lallchand, Kunal; Tatayah, Vikash; Zimmermann, Alexandra (2019). "Quantifying the damage caused by fruit bats to backyard lychee trees in Mauritius and evaluating the benefits of protective netting". PLOS ONE. 14 (8): e0220955. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1420955T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220955. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6695134. PMID 31415626.
- Zimmermann, Alexandra; McQuinn, Brian; Macdonald, David W. (2020). "Levels of conflict over wildlife: Understanding and addressing the right problem". Conservation Science and Practice. 2 (10). Bibcode:2020ConSP...2E.259Z. doi:10.1111/csp2.259. ISSN 2578-4854. S2CID 221375856.
- Zimmermann, A.; Walpole, M.J.; Leader-Williams, N. (2005). "Cattle ranchers' attitudes to conflicts with jaguar Panthera onca in the Pantanal of Brazil". Oryx. 39 (4): 406. doi:10.1017/S0030605305000992. ISSN 0030-6053. S2CID 85822613.
- Zimmermann, A., Hatchwell, M., Dickie, L. & West, C. (2007) Zoos in the 21st Century: Catalysts for Conservation? Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.
- Zimmermann, A. (2020) "Why we need to invest in conflict resolution for better biodiversity outcomes". World Bank Blogs. 17 November 2020.
- Zimmermann, A, Macdonald, E, & Kingston, T (2020) Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else. The Conversation. 26 November 2020.
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- ^ a b c d e f g "Alexandra Zimmermann | Senior Advisor, Global Wildlife Program". Blogs.worldbank.org. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b "Elephant and tiger attacks highlight India's wildlife conflict - BBC News". BBC News. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b "Alexandra Zimmermann - Google Scholar". Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Zimmermann, Alexandra (April 2014). Jaguars and people: A range‐wide analysis of human‐wildlife conflict. (DPhil Thesis) Oxford University.
- ^ a b "World-leading conservationists unite to tackle human-wildlife conflict". Chester Zoo. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b "Spectacled bears and snow leopards among creatures getting funding boost". jerseyeveningpost.com. 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Dr Alexandra Zimmermann | Department of Zoology". Zoo.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Dr Alexandra Zimmermann". WildCRU. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b "Defra, UK Darwin Initiative". The Darwin Initiative. 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force: 2016-2017 Report
- ^ "Uomini contro animali, e nessun vincitore / Notizie / Home - Unimondo". www.unimondo.org.
- ^ "Cash-Strapped Zoos Rethink Financial Strategies - Chinadaily.Com.Cn". Epaper.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Protection de la nature – Ultime bastion pour la faune, les zoos souffrent de la pandémie". Tribune de Genève. 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University collaboration wins 'green Oscar' for conservation". WildCRU. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Frontiers in Conservation Science | Human-Wildlife Dynamics". Frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Extinction: A million species at risk, so what is saved? - BBC News". BBC News. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Gill, Victoria (1970-01-01). "Have rogue orcas really been attacking boats in the Atlantic?". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ Briggs, Helen (October 2020). "Covid-19: Funding crisis threatens zoos' vital conservation work - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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