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The following advisors support the project team with strategic and technical advice.
Professor at the University of Evora. Specialist in effects of land use changes and habitat fragmentation on landscape functional connectivity, and biodiversity recovery and habitat rehabilitation. Chair, Applied Ecology Research Group. Partner, the Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (ICAAM).
Lecturer and consultant specialising in applied animal behaviour and animal welfare. Previously worked for IFAW, Eurogroup for Animals, and the European Association for Zoos & Aquaria.
Financier, environmentalist and philanthropist. Co-founder and Chief Executive of Menhaden PLC. Chair of Conservation Environment Network. Former Non-Executive Director of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Head of UK CITES Scientific Authority and government advisor on wildlife trade, including in live elephants and ivory. Current: Founder & CEO NatureSpace. Board Trustee National Trust. Former: Chief Scientist Natural England.
CEO, Detroit Zoological Society (retired). Eight award-winning zoo exhibits. Ten award-winning conservation documentaries. Numerous museum and zoo scientific and policy papers. Founder: Berman Academy for Humane Education; Center for Zoo and Aquarium Animal Welfare and Ethics.
Angel investor, lawyer, philanthropist and environmental campaigner. Founder of We Have The POWER (Protect Our World – Educate Restore). Member of Patriotic Millionaires UK.
Lawyer and partner, PLMJ, Portugal. Expert in real estate and tourism. Law degree from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon and an Executive MBA from Nova SBE.
15+ years advising hundreds of zoos, government, and NGOs. Former Zoo Biologist, BIAZA: conducted 2010 elephant welfare assessment & contributor, BIAZA’s 2010 elephant management guidelines. Former Executive Director, Wild Welfare.
Economist and Corporate Finance expert with extensive international experience in
Banking, Real Estate, Marketing and Executive Education. Previously Head of Real Estate at Novo Banco.
Biologist and environmental consultant with 40 years’ experience in Africa and Asia, including Amboseli Elephant Research Project. Specialist in elephant feeding ecology & population demography.
The following scientists and other experts who are specialist in various aspects of elephant biology, conservation or management, have endorsed the fundamental of our management approach – that if elephants must be in captivity then they need an abundance of natural space.
Visiting Researcher, University of Sussex. Lecturer, University of Portsmouth. Director and Board Member, Elephant Specialist Advisory Group (South Africa). Research into elephant cognition, culture, and social behaviour. 20+ publications.
Professor Richard W. Byrne FRSE
Emeritus Professor, St Andrew’s University. Research into elephants’ memory and cognition, evolution of intelligence. Editor/author, 5 books. 290+ publications. British Psychology Society Lifetime Achievement Award. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
David Casselman, Esq.
Trial lawyer with long history of successful, high-profile litigation. Adjunct professor, two US Schools of Law. Litigation includes animal protection, including elephants. Founder, one-million-acres Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary. CEO, Ecoflix films.
Dr. Ros Clubb
Co-author: A review of the welfare of zoo elephants in Europe. Published on welfare of captive elephants, other species, including in Nature, Science. Former member, Zoos Expert Committee. Member, UK Elephant Welfare Group.
Dr. Marion Garaï
Angel investor, lawyer, philanthropist and environmental campaigner. Founder of We Have The POWER (Protect Our World – Educate Restore). Member of Patriotic Millionaires UK.
Lawyer and partner, PLMJ, Portugal. Expert in real estate and tourism. Law degree from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon and an Executive MBA from Nova SBE.
15+ years advising hundreds of zoos, government, and NGOs. Former Zoo Biologist, BIAZA: conducted 2010 elephant welfare assessment & contributor, BIAZA’s 2010 elephant management guidelines. Former Executive Director, Wild Welfare.
Economist and Corporate Finance expert with extensive international experience in
Banking, Real Estate, Marketing and Executive Education. Previously Head of Real Estate at Novo Banco.
Expert in real estate, tourism and culture in Portugal. Trustee (Chairman), Turf Club. Trustee of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Adminstrator for the Convento de Belmonte.
Pangea Trust is registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales (charity number 1177137), and a Company registered in England and Wales (company number 10893190).
