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S. No. Name of Member and Title Affiliation Email Address Hornbill S. No. Name of member and Affiliation Email address Hornbill species worked on title 1 AM Adam Miller Planet Indonesia adam.miller@planeti We focus on Helmeted Hornbills but work on all 8 ndonesia.org species in Borneo. We have community engagement projects, community patrol units, undercover investigations, a field research team, and a lobbying team that works with Indonesian court system. 2 AM Aditi Lele Not provided [email protected] Great hornbill and Malabar Grey hornbill m 3 AM Carmela P. Española University of the carmela.espanola@g Northern Rufous Hornbill, Luzon Hornbill, Walden's Philippines Diliman mail.com Hornbill, Visayan Hornbill, Sulu Hornbill--research and conservation 4 AM Chakorn Pasuwan Silpakorn University, chakornpasuwan@h Asian Hornbills 52/527, Maung Ake4, otmail.com Patumthanee12000, Thailand 5 AM Cynthia Chin WWF-Malaysia [email protected] I worked on hornbills as a group in Sarawak, Malaysia (there are 7 species here). I did hunting and absence/presence surveys, engaged local communities in management of hornbill habitat, and work on priority conservation areas. 6 AM Derek Engelbrecht University of [email protected] Research, conservation, breeding ecology and nest Limpopo, South Africa om box provisioning 7 AM Dr. Alan Kemp Honorary Curator, [email protected] All species, research advances/discoveries Ditsong Museum of om Natural History 8 AM Dr. Amitha Bachan K.H. Western Ghats amithabmes@gmail. I have initiated involvement Kadar Indigenous Hornbill Foundation, com community and their traditional institutions in Aranyak, Mathilakam Monitoring and Protection of Hornbill Nests, Nest Kerala, India. & Trees and their habitat (Great Hornbill, Malabar Pied Research Department Hornbill and Malabar Grey Hornbill) since 2004 in of Botany, MES the Vazhachal-Sholayar-Parambikulam part of Asmabi College, Anamalai in the Western Ghats. We are now in a Kodungallur, Kerala. stage to incorporate all the past years of research India. and conservation works to the Working and Management Plan of the Forest Department and the CFR Management plan of the community along with some policy advocacy for conservation. 9 AM Dr. Anak Pattanavibool Wildlife Conservation [email protected] I used to work extensively on ecology of rufous- Society necked hornbill and population and status of hornbills in Thailand with Dr.Pilai Poonswad. Now under WCS I'm working on the protection of endangered wildlife and its habitat in the Western Forest Complex where 6 species of hornbills occur. 10 AM Dr. Anil Pimplapure VNHS CentreNagpur anil.pimplapure@gm I worked on Indian Grey hornbill in urban landscape ail.com at Nagpu. At present monitoring this species for post breeding dispersal and ecology. 11 AM Dr. Anuj Jain BirdLife International [email protected] Currently Helmeted hornbill (Working group (Asia) g coordination, distribution and hotspot mapping research, currently leading a Nat Geo grant on the species. 12 AM Dr. Aparajita Datta Nature Conservation aparajita@ncf- Foundation india.org 13 AM Dr. Caroline Dingle The University of [email protected] Helmeted Hornbill - research/conservation. Field of Hong Kong expertise - conservation genetics, behavior. 14 AM Dr. Chris R. Shepherd Monitor Conservation shepherd.chrisr@gm I have worked on the illegal trade on hornbills in Research Society ail.com Southeast Asia. This includes market research, CITES (Monitor) data analysis, seizure data analysis, enforcement assistance and advocacy for enhanced protection. 15 AM Dr. Divya Mudappa Nature Conservation [email protected] Great Hornbill and Malabar Hornbill in Western Foundation, Mysore, Ghats. Conducted a survey of the endemic and India endangered Narcondam Hornbill 16 Friend Dr. Gajanan A. Wagh. Associate Professor, gajuwagh252424@r I am working on Malabar Pied Hornbill Department of ediffmail.com (Anthracoceros coronatus) and Indian Grey Hornbill Zoology, Shri Shivaji (Ocyceros birostris) status, distribution, feeding and Science College, breeding biology in Vidarbha region of Amravati, Maharashtra,India. I have completed small grant Maharashtra, India project on Malabar Pied Hornbills 'status and and Wildlife and distribution in Melghat Tiger Reserve'. Also, we are Environment studying the distribution of MPH in protected and Conservation Society non-protected areas of entire Vidarbha region. (WECS) presently I am working on 'Nesting sites of Indian Grey Hornbill in urban area (Amravati city)'. 17 AM Dr. Jayant Wadatkar Member, Maharashtra jayantwadatkar.wecs Research and Conservation - Malabar pied Hornbill State Biodiversity @gmail.com (Anthracoceros coronatus) & Indian Grey Hornbill Board and Honorary (Ocyceros birostris) Wildlife Warden of Amravati District. 18 AM Dr. Jessica Lee Wildlife Reserves [email protected]. Helmeted hornbill. I have a background in research Singapore (Jurong sg and the conservation biology of birds, particularly in Bird Park) the area of environmental management and action- planning. I am currently assisting in the facilitation of a working group for helmeted hornbills and the implementation of an action plan. 19 AM Dr. Jiraporn Teampanpong Faculty of Forestry, [email protected] Working on encouraging ethnic people to run Kasetsart University, community-based conservation of hornbills in Thailand Western Tenasserim. Also work with Thailand Hornbill Project to conduct research capacity building workshop and conservation work in Huai Kha Khaeng WS, Khao Yai NP, Budo-Sungai Padi NP and other sites. 20 AM Dr. Kate Carstens Wild Bird Trust, South [email protected] I have worked on the Southern Ground Hornbill. I Africa m have expertise in the design and installation of nest boxes, breeding biology, and dispersal ecology. 21 AM Dr. Katja Koeppel University of Pretoria, katja_koeppel@gmx. South Ground-Hornbill- veterinary advisor South Africa net 22 AM Dr. Koen (Alexander Conrad) Maguari-One Zoo and ac_brouwer@yahoo. 30 African and Asian species ex situ captive BROUWER Wildlife Consultants com AND breeding, captive management, education, S.L., Valencia, Spain [email protected] conservation support, research, studbook, genetics AND Attica Zoological AND Park, Athens, Greece koen.brouwer@mag uari-one.com 23 AM Dr. Lisa Nupen Organization for [email protected] Research: Ground Hornbill, Yellow-billed Hornbill Tropical Studies m and African Grey Hornbill 24 AM Dr. Lucy Kemp Mabula Ground project@ground- Hornbill Project hornbill.org.za 25 AM Dr. Luis Carlos Neves Director of Zoology, [email protected]. I have experience in ex-situ management of the Wildlife Reserves sg largest hornbill collection in a zoological institution, Singapore the Jurong Bird Park, where 19 species are currently kept and most are regularly bred. Species that I have worked with: Buceros bicornis, Buceros rhinoceros, Buceros mindanensis, Berenicornis comatus, Anorhinus galeritus, Anthracoceros malayanus, Anthracoceros albirostris, Rhyticeros plicatus, Rhyticeros undulatus, Rhabdotorhinus corrugatus, Penelopides manilae, Bycanistes bucinator, Horizoceros albocristatus, Lophoceros alboterminatus, Lophoceros semifasciatus, Tockus deckeni, Tockus erythrorhynchus, Tockus nasutus, Bucorvus leadbeateri. 26 Friend Dr. Madhu Rao Wildlife Conservation [email protected] I have worked on developing an action plan for the Society Singapore helmeted hornbill - and am primarily interested in conservation action to address threats to the species. 27 AM Dr. Margaret Kinnaird WWF-International [email protected] Indonesian hornbills - research and conservation; rg Tokus hornbills in E. Africa - research 28 AM Dr. Margareta Universitas Negeri [email protected] Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulates) Rahayuningsih, S.Si Semarang es.a.id 29 AM Dr. Mike Finnie British Army, UK [email protected] I have completed a PhD at Cambridge University on om the breeding biology and intrafamilial conflict in Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill in the southern Kalahari. I am currently supporting research on the same population for the 'Hot birds project'. I have also managed UCTs Southern Ground Hornbill Research and Conservation Project in the Allied Private Nature Reserve, where I developed new, effective trapping methods. I am currently serving in the Corps of Royal Engineers in the British Army. This means I am occasionally unable to access email for months at a time. If I am unreachable, please try my work email ([email protected]). Whilst not currently employed as an academic I still engage actively in research. Additionally, the British Army has large training areas with resident hornbill species (principally Kenya and Brunei). I also hope to be employed in the Army's anti-poaching training team in the near future. 30 AM Dr. Mohd Azlan Jayasilan bin Animal Resource [email protected] Worked on Rhinoceros hornbill in Sarawak on Abdul Gulam Azad Science & density estimation and perception of the local Management, Faculty community on hornbills. Currently working on the of Resource Science population dynamics of Bornean hornbills in Technology, Universiti western Sarawak. Malaysia Sarawak 31 AM Dr. Moses Chibesa The Copperbelt moses.chibesa@gmai I have worked on the Trumpeter Hornbill as PhD University, School of l.com/moses.chibesa work (two publications so far). Field of expertise is Natural Resources, @cbu.ac.zm Ecology. Department of Zoology and Aquatic Sciences, P.O BOX 21692, Jambo Drive, Riverside, Kitwe, Zambia. 32 AM Dr. Norbert Cordeiro The Field ncordeiro@fieldmus Research/conservation Silvery- Museum/Roosevelt eum.org cheeked/Trumpeter/Crowned
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