🎧 Community-led Biodiversity Conservation with Dr. Teri Allendorf
Conservation starts with community!
This week I spoke with biodiversity conservation expert, Dr. Teri Allendorff, about community-led models for fostering conservation of natural resources in different sites across the globe. Dr. Teri Allendorf is the Executive Director of Community Conservation, located in Viroqua, WI, but with projects around the world, including Peru, Myanmar, Nepal, Madagascar, Thailand, and Cameroon. She is also an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Allendorf has worked on issues of local communities and conservation since 1994. Follow her work at the Community Conservation website and social media channels:
Twitter: ComConsInc
Facebook: communityconservationinc
Insta: communityconservationinc
About Teri
Dr. Teri Allendorf is the Executive Director of Community Conservation, located in Viroqua, WI, but with projects around the world, including Peru, Myanmar, Nepal, Madagascar, Thailand, and Cameroon. She is also an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Allendorf has worked on issues of local communities and conservation since 1994. She earned her PhD in Conservation Biology in 1999 at the University of Minnesota. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal, a AAAS Fellow with USAID’s Biodiversity Team, and a Fulbright Senior Specialist. She has published numerous scientific articles on community relationships with protected areas and biodiversity and the influence of gender and policy. She has taught courses at the University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Future Generations University, and has consulted on forestry and biodiversity projects for USAID in Tanzania, Mozambique, Uganda, Nepal, Guatemala, Guyana, and India.
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Yours in health, Dr. Quave
Cassandra L. Quave, Ph.D. is a scientist, author, speaker, podcast host, wife, mother, explorer, and professor at Emory University School of Medicine. She teaches college courses and leads a group of research scientists studying medicinal plants to find new life-saving drugs from nature. She hosts the Foodie Pharmacology podcast and writes the Nature’s Pharmacy newsletter to share the science behind natural medicines. To support her effort, consider a paid or founding subscription, with founding members receiving an autographed 1st edition hardcover copy of her book, The Plant Hunter.