Dr Elizabeth BENNETT

Vice President, Species Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society

Elizabeth Bennett is the Vice President for Species Conservation at WCS. She received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University for research on the ecology of primates in Malaysia. She moved to Sarawak, Malaysia, in 1984, and worked there for the next 18 years. This included studies of the proboscis monkey, and the effects of hunting on wildlife. She then led a Sarawak Government-WCS team to write and implement a comprehensive wildlife policy for the State. She then became Director, Hunting and Wildlife Trade Program at WCS. This included developing strategies to address the bushmeat trade in C. Africa and wildlife trade in China. Her current role involves overseeing WCS’s species conservation programs globally. She has more than 130 scientific and popular publications. Her services to conservation have been recognized by her being awarded the MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and Merdeka Award for Outstanding Contribution to the People of Malaysia.