Paola Bouley
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​Ecologist by training, conservationist in practice.  My training, background and experience includes marine and terrestrial ecology, community-based restoration, and wildlife rescue and veterinary.  Currently based in Gorongosa, Mozambique.  

Associate Director - Dept. of Conservation.  Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.   2018-current.  
Co-founder, director - Gorongosa Carnivore Project.  Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.   2012-current.  

National Geographic Society Explorer & Big Cat Initiative Grantee.  2014-2019.

Education

  • M.S. Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies & San Francisco State University, 2005.
  • B.S. with honors in Marine Biology, Department of Biology at University of California at Santa Cruz, 2001.​​​

Publications
  • P. Bouley, N.H. Carter, M. Poulos, R. Branco.  Post-War Recovery of the African Lion in Response to Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration.  2018.
  • Neil H. Carter, Paola Bouley, Sean Moore, Michael Poulos and Stuart Pimm. Climate change, cattle disease, and the future of lions. 2018.​

  • ​P  Bouley, M Isadore, T Carroll.  2015. Return of North American River Otters, Lontra canadensis, to Coastal Habitats of the San Francisco Bay Area, California.  Northwestern Naturalist 96(1):1-12.  Link here.
 
  • P. Bouley, W. J. Kimmerer.  2006. Ecology of a highly abundant, introduced cyclopoid copepod in a temperate estuary.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 324:219-228.
 

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Awards & Leadership

  • Director & Co-Founder ~ Gorongosa Lion Project, May 2012 - current.
  • WildCam Gorongosa ​- A joint Gorongosa Project and Howard Hughes Medical Institute project.
  • Co-Founder & Executive Director ~ River Otter Ecology Project, 2012 & 2013.
  • Outstanding Alumna Award ~ Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, May 2010.
  • Employee of the Year ~ Turtle Island Restoration Network, Dec 2009.
  • Peter Behr Memorial Steward of the Land Award ~ Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, June 2008.
  • Ted Wellman Water Award ~ Marin Conservation League, 2008.
  • Sustainable Fairfax Board President, February 2009 – September 2010.
  • Co-Founder ~ 10,000 Raingardens Project.
  • Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, Student Association President. 2003.

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