Photo of Susan  Cheyne Susan Cheyne
Borneo Nature Foundation International, Tremough Innovation Centre
TR10 9TA Penryn, Cornwall, UK
s.cheyne(at)borneonature.org

I have worked in Asia since 1997 and in Indonesia since 2002. I received my PhD from the University of Cambridge on primate ecology and conservation looking into the illegal pet trade of gibbons and studying the rehabilitation and reintroduction successes of these threatened apes. As a co-director of Borneo Nature Foundation International, I lead a team working on the conservation of primates and wild cats and mammals where we are using camera trap technology to understand the movement, distribution and conservation status of these threatened cats. I am passionate about working with local communities for establishing locally-managed protected areas and for reaching out through conservation education to people locally and around the world. Working with partners I am leading work to establish threat reduction and conservation on all 5 Bornean cat species in a multi-stakeholder collaborative effort.