Opwall's Field Notes30 Sep 2021

Entry #17: Wildlife Tourism for Conservation with Sophia Wood and Gara Trujillo

Gara Trujillo ran Opwall's Galapagos site in 2019. She recently completed an Erasmus Master's program in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management while traveling across Greece, Hungary, and Sweden. As an ecologist, Gara has worked in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, in coastal Greece, and in the Galapagos Islands with Opwall. This episode was recorded in early 2021 when she was still completing her graduate program. Gara is now interviewing at WWF Sweden. In this joint episode you will also hear Gara interview Sophia Wood about our site in the Ecuadorian Amazon and how it is evolved since she started managing the project in 2018. Sophia had her start with Operation Wallacea in 2017 while helping set up the Fiji project fresh out of university. After a brief stint in venture capital and start-ups in Latin America, she dove into conservation full-time with Opwall in 2019 to run Friends of Wallacea, Opwall's tourism arm, and to continue to develop conservation projects alongside indigenous communities across the region. In this episode, we cover what life is really like in the Amazonian rainforest, how travelers can leave a positive impact when they travel, and how scientific research fits into local tourism and conservation efforts.

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Episoder(31)

Entry #23: Careers in Wildlife Conservation with Dr. Nick Askew

Dr. Nick Askew is the Founder and Director of Conservation Careers, one of the biggest advice centres and job boards for conservationists in the world. Nick started his career as an ornithologist and ...

28 Jan 202250min

Entry #22: Why We Should Kiss the Ground with Karen Rodriguez

Karen Rodriguez is Vice President of Program Operations at Kiss the Ground. Originally from Guatemala, Karen grew up in California and followed a deep love of food into the restaurant industry. Throug...

4 Jan 202249min

Entry #21: Making the Holidays a Little Greener with Katie Bell

Katie Bell leads Opwall's fundraising team and manages our site in Borneo. She originally joined Opwall after becoming passionate about marine science, and achieving a bachelor's degree in marine envi...

6 Des 202128min

Entry #20: Sowing the Fields with Ellie Field

Ellie Field is Opwall's Rewilding Lead and International Sales Manager. She spent much of her time during the Covid-19 pandemic learning about efforts to improve agriculture in the UK and rejuvenate b...

2 Des 202132min

Entry #19: Empty Stomachs Have No Ears with John Kahekwa

John Kahekwa is the director of the Pole Pole Foundation from The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Pole Pole Foundation recently reached international acclaim as a finalist for the first ev...

9 Nov 202143min

Entry #18: How to Create a Protected Area with Manuel Sanchez

Manuel Sanchez is an Ecuadorian ornithologist and science communicator who joined our expedition in Ecuador this year to run the bird surveys. Manuel grew up in Southern Ecuador and fell in love with ...

30 Sep 202149min

Entry #16: On birds and Biodiversity with Joe England

Joe England is a British ornithologist who has worked with Opwall in Fiji since 2017 when he helped set up the first research sites on the Natewa Peninsula. Joe is deeply passionate about birds, biodi...

1 Sep 202151min