Endangered-species specialist Jim Groombridge describes how to lead a conservation field team, even when the species in question disappears.
Conservationist Jim Groombridge in Hawaii performing a ‘heli-hook-up’, in which a net full of equipment is hooked up to the hovering helicopter, to save it needing to land.Since his undergraduate degree, Jim Groombridge has been part of several teams that work with critically endangered animals, including the Mauritius kestrel , which was brought back from the brink of extinction. But he has also experienced the devastation of some species being lost forever, despite all possible interventions.
Another quirk is that, in a small conservation team of four to six people, there is often a mix of skill sets and experience. You can have highly experienced specialists in a particular area, such as screening parrots for diseases, or reintroduction biology, and you might also have volunteers with only passion and enthusiasm to offer.Even with those different levels of expertise, you still need to meet high standards for specimen and data collection.
Jim Groombridge , who studies biodiversity conservation at the University of Kent, UK, with one of the field crews involved in an operation to translocate a bird called the po‘ouli in Hawaii.What do team members tend to have in common? They often share a passion for nature. They want to save the environment, they want to save a species from going extinct, they want to make a difference. That level of emotion is important. It creates an energy, which needs to be channelled proactively and positively into the project to make it a success.
In 2002, for example, I was leading a team working to save a bird called the po‘ouli on the island of Maui, part of the Hawaiian archipelago. We were trying to translocate one of the last known birds into the range of another one to give them the opportunity to breed. There was huge excitement, but after four weeks of failing to catch the bird, there was also a lot of frustration.Morale is really important. So is being able to deal with difficulties when they arise.
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