Dr Anthony DANCER

Conservation Monitoring & Technology Lead, Zoological Society of London

Anthony is Conservation Monitoring & Technology Lead for ZSL, where he heads a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, technologists, and field experts, who work to improve nature conservation by designing and implementing enhanced monitoring approaches and building practitioners’ capacity to use those approaches effectively. His background spans conservation science and practice, focusing primarily on the development of advanced monitoring methods, protected area management effectiveness, law enforcement, impact evaluation, and capacity development, and including work with University College London, WWF, Imperial College London, and the Saiga Conservation Alliance, and an earlier career in financial services for BlackRock Asset Management, among others. He also acts as Chief Capacity Officer for the SMART Partnership, overseeing development and delivery of SMART’s capacity development initiatives to support improved management in >900 protected areas globally.