Aliya Hosein
Aliya Hosein chose to write about the charismatic Scarlet Macaw Ara macao for her undergraduate Animal Behaviour project and has followed parrots and macaws ever since. She is interested in locations where parrots and macaws live and how they are able to thrive in these ever changing habitats. She even went to Peru as a volunteer field assistant at the Tambopata Research Centre to learn about macaw breeding and clay-lick ecology. Another big part of her research interest concerns the relationship between humans and the environment. As a former research assistant in the Baseline Biological Survey of the Aripo Savannas (Green Fund Project) her main responsibility was to design and implement a community survey to collect information on knowledge, perception and uses of the savannas.
During this time she also volunteered her services for the data collection phase of the regional water- aCCSIS project in Trinidad, Carriacou and Barbados. This afforded her a glimpse at how people value water and their environment in different countries. When she is not learning about new techniques such as use of drones to survey nests she enjoys travelling, gardening and baking.
She holds a BSc in Biology and MSc in Sustainable Development and Conservation in the Caribbean (with Distinction) from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus. She sees the CLiC Fellows Program as an opportunity to gain relevant skills that will be useful in protecting the Caribbean’s biodiversity.
During this time she also volunteered her services for the data collection phase of the regional water- aCCSIS project in Trinidad, Carriacou and Barbados. This afforded her a glimpse at how people value water and their environment in different countries. When she is not learning about new techniques such as use of drones to survey nests she enjoys travelling, gardening and baking.
She holds a BSc in Biology and MSc in Sustainable Development and Conservation in the Caribbean (with Distinction) from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus. She sees the CLiC Fellows Program as an opportunity to gain relevant skills that will be useful in protecting the Caribbean’s biodiversity.