Heather E. Eves
Consultant Dr. Heather E. Eves and is a wildlife biologist who has studied and worked in Africa since 1985. She holds a Doctorate of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2006) from Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her dissertation research included studies and program development on the subsistence and commercial bushmeat trade in logging and non-logging communities of northern Congo (Brazzaville) and used a policy sciences approach to evaluate both field conservation efforts as well as a conservation collaborative. She holds a Master of Science (1994) in Wildlife Science with a minor in Experimental Statistics from New Mexico StateUniversity. Her thesis work, supported by a Fulbright scholarship, focused on gamebird hunting and management including work with Maasai communities in Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Science (1986) in Animal Science from the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Eves recently engaged in a Fulbright Senior Specialist opportunity to provide capacity-building training for conservation professionals from the East Africa region in a training program at the College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Tanzania (2008-2009). She was the Director for the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF) collaborative from 2000-2009. She evaluated wildlife conservation policies and impacts of the bushmeat trade in West Africa (1999) and conducted extensive field research and program development in East and Central Africa from 1991 – 1996. In addition to her field research in Africa, she has been involved with the development of wildlife education programmes for African children and adults as the Coordinator of the William Holden Wildlife Education Center in Nanyuki, Kenya (1989-1990) and was a Peace Corps Volunteer (Science and English Secondary School Teacher) where she worked extensively with the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (1986-1988). Heather was Co-Director of the Sangha River Network - a professional and academic research network based at Yale University, Council on African Studies. The SRN is focused on conservation issues related to the tri-national region of Central Africa where Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, and the Central African Republic meet and include the three protected areas of Lac Lobéké, Nouabalé-NdokiNational Park, and Dzanga Sangha. Heather is a member of The Society for Conservation Biology, The Wildlife Society of the US as well as the IUCN/SSC Antelope and Subsection on Great Apes of the Primate Specialist Group. | 
