51 min

Entry #3: Restoring Mexico's Biodiversity with Dr. Kathy Slater Opwall's Field Notes

    • Natural Sciences

Dr. Kathy Slater is Opwall's Research Manager and the Senior Scientist for our site in Mexico. She oversees the terrestrial research done in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve near Guatemala and the marine research done in Akumal Bay. Kathy's personal research focus is primatology and she got her start in Mexico researching spider monkeys for her PhD. She joined her first Opwall expedition to Indonesia in 2000, then went on to run terrestrial research in Cusuco National Park, Honduras before eventually setting up the Mexico project in 2012. Kathy currently advises a number of PhD students researching jaguars and Morelete's crocodiles in the reserve. In this episode, we discuss Kathy's decision to become a field researcher, what is happening to biodiversity in Mexico, and how data can be used to produce real conservation outcomes.

Dr. Kathy Slater is Opwall's Research Manager and the Senior Scientist for our site in Mexico. She oversees the terrestrial research done in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve near Guatemala and the marine research done in Akumal Bay. Kathy's personal research focus is primatology and she got her start in Mexico researching spider monkeys for her PhD. She joined her first Opwall expedition to Indonesia in 2000, then went on to run terrestrial research in Cusuco National Park, Honduras before eventually setting up the Mexico project in 2012. Kathy currently advises a number of PhD students researching jaguars and Morelete's crocodiles in the reserve. In this episode, we discuss Kathy's decision to become a field researcher, what is happening to biodiversity in Mexico, and how data can be used to produce real conservation outcomes.

51 min